Journeyed press kit

Fact sheet

How voting works

Every hotel page lists 196 specific statements, such as "The mattresses are on the firm side". A traveler who stayed taps Agree or Disagree. There is nothing to write and no star rating.

A detail's rating runs from 0 to 100, where 100 means everyone agrees. It starts from evidence, a fact the hotel states on its own website or its brand standard, and then moves with votes. Without evidence there is no number until 5 people have voted.

Each person counts once per detail, can vote on it again after 30 days, and votes fade until they stop counting after 24 months. Votes are published only as anonymous counts.

Votes never change a score or a rank. Hotel staff, owners and competitors may not vote, and nobody may vote in exchange for a reward.

Data you can cite

Each report is computed from facts hotels state on their own websites and comes with its sample size, method and a CSV. All of it is free to reuse with a credit and a link.

• The LA Hotel Parking Report

  Of 214 hotels in the Los Angeles area that state a self-parking price on their own website, 154 say it is free. Where a price is charged, the median stated price is $27.

• Resort and Destination Fees at LA Hotels

  32 hotels in the Los Angeles area state on their own website whether they charge a resort, destination or amenity fee. 28 state a daily amount, from $3 to $125, and 4 say they charge none.

• Pet Policies Across LA Hotels

  Of 214 hotels in the Los Angeles area that state a pet policy on their own website, 90 allow pets, 100 do not, and 24 take service animals only. The median stated pet fee is $100.

• Hotels Near LA Stadiums and Arenas

  We counted the hotels within 1, 3 and 5 miles of 10 stadiums and arenas in the Los Angeles area, and what those hotels say about parking and breakfast on their own websites.

• What LA Hotel Websites Leave Out

  On the websites of 453 hotels in the Los Angeles area our crawler could read at least one detail of the stay. We checked each for 18 basic details: 52% state what parking costs, 47% state a pet policy and 7% say anything about a resort fee.

• Check-in and Check-out Times at LA Hotels

  Of 223 hotels in the Los Angeles area that state a check-in time on their own website, 54% say 3 PM, and 28% make guests wait until 4 PM or later.

• All reports
• Methodology
• Open data (CC BY 4.0)

Logos

Use the logo in pine on white, unaltered, to refer to Journeyed.

• Logo lockup (SVG)
• Square logo (PNG, 512 px)
• Share image (PNG, 1200 x 630)

Badges for hotels and local sites

Paste one of these where you want it. Each is a plain link around an image, with no script and no tracking. Replace your-hotel with the last part of the hotel's page address on Journeyed.

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  For a hotel or a local site that links to a hotel page: the hotel has a page where travelers rate its details.

  <a href="https://journeyed.org/hotel/your-hotel/"><img src="https://journeyed.org/press/badges/rated.svg" alt="Rated on Journeyed" width="200" height="48"></a>

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  For a hotel that has claimed its page and confirmed its facts, each shown with its source and the date it was checked.

  <a href="https://journeyed.org/hotel/your-hotel/"><img src="https://journeyed.org/press/badges/facts.svg" alt="Verified facts on Journeyed" width="200" height="48"></a>

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  For a front desk card, a lobby sign or a neighborhood site asking people who stayed to agree or disagree with specific details.

  <a href="https://journeyed.org/hotel/your-hotel/vote/"><img src="https://journeyed.org/press/badges/vote.svg" alt="Vote on details at Journeyed" width="200" height="48"></a>

A badge is a link, not an award. It never changes a score, a rank or a rating, and it may not be used to suggest that Journeyed endorses a hotel.

Contact

For interviews, a custom cut of the data or a correction, write to hello@journeyed.org.