Disclaimer and how we make money

What this site is, how current it is, and how it earns money.

An independent guide

Savvy Wanderer Travels isn’t a government website, an embassy or a visa agent. We don’t apply for visas for anyone, review documents or give legal or immigration advice. Only each country’s authorities decide who gets a visa and who may enter. Always confirm with the official source before you book or apply.

How current our information is

What you’re reading	Where it comes from	Date
Detailed guides (South African trips and the hard-visa guides)	Official government and embassy pages, plus at least one independent source	Checked 17 Oct 2026
Changes we’ve tracked (such as the US travel ban and Thailand’s new rules)	Official notices and reliable reports, listed on each page	Checked 17 Oct 2026
Every other passport and country	An open visa dataset, not individually checked by us	Dataset updated 17 Feb 2026

Airlines decide whether you can board using a system called Timatic. Before you fly, check your route on the IATA Travel Centre.

How we make money

Booking links. Some links to flights, places to stay, tours, eSIMs and insurance are affiliate links. If you book through one, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. When these links are active, we say so next to them.
Trip planning. We charge a fee to plan a trip for you. You book and pay the airlines and hotels yourself.
Visa kits. We plan to sell optional checklist and template kits. The free guides will always stay free and complete.
Brand partnerships. We sometimes make paid content for travel brands. On social media it’s always labelled #ad or #sponsored, as the Advertising Regulatory Board’s code requires.

None of this changes what we tell you. We always link to the official visa site where we know it, and no visa agent pays us.

Other websites

We link to official and partner sites but don’t control them. Their content, prices and policies are their own.

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