What we use, and how Onward makes money
Onward is free — no login, no paywall, and the visa facts are never for sale. The site earns through a small set of partner links, always marked, always after the answer. This page lists every partner, what it's actually for, and the lines we don't cross.
How the money works
When you book or buy through a link marked as a partner link, the company pays Onward a commission. It never costs you extra, and it never changes what the site tells you: the visa verdicts come from the same open dataset whether you click anything or not, the official government source is always linked, and pages with no honest commercial fit carry nothing at all.
The picks
| For | We link to | Why this one |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | Aviasales ↗ | Broad meta-search; shows the cheap routes our fare tool surfaces. |
| eSIMs | Yesim ↗ | Installs before you fly, activates when you land — no airport SIM hunt. |
| Travel insurance | EKTA ↗ | Covers the Schengen €30,000 visa requirement; buyable mid-trip. |
| Things to do | Tiqets ↗ | Skip-the-line tickets for the sights our planner suggests. |
| Car rental | GetRentacar ↗ | Transparent local operators, useful in eSIM-and-drive countries. |
| Airport transfers | Kiwitaxi ↗ | Fixed-price pickup when you land somewhere new at midnight. |
| Luggage storage | Radical Storage ↗ | For the layover-city wander our transit checker plans. |
| Onward tickets | BestOnwardTicket ↗ | Real, checkable reservations — our guide ranks safer options first. |
| Flight compensation | AirHelp ↗ | Chases EU261-style payouts for delays; you pay only from a win. |
| Visa photos | PhotoAiD ↗ | Compliant e-visa photos from your phone. |
Some of these links are not yet commissioned — they're listed because they fit, and they'll simply start earning if a partnership is signed. Nothing on this page is ranked by payout.
The lines we don't cross
No fake urgency or countdown timers. No hiding the disclosure behind a click. No presenting a paid visa service as the official application route — the government source comes first, every time. No insurance upsells attached to safety advisories. No affiliate consideration in any verdict, ranking or "best" list. And nothing on Onward is ever gated behind an email address — alerts are opt-in and one-click to leave.
Questions, or a partner you think fits better? hello@onwardpassport.com · See also the formal affiliate disclosure.