Editorial Policy
Our guides exist to help people navigate real decisions — filing a claim, planning a pilgrimage, buying property abroad. That only works if the content is accurate, current, and honest about its limits. This page explains how we produce and maintain it.
How We Research
Every guide starts from primary sources: government agencies (state workers’ compensation boards, the U.S. Department of Labor, Japan’s Legal Affairs Bureau), official route organizations (Pilgrim’s Office in Santiago, Kumano Kodo tourism bureaus), and peer-reviewed research where we make scientific claims. We do not republish or spin content from other websites.
Several of our guides draw directly on the datasets we build and maintain for our own products — stage-by-stage route data in Sacred Trails, property due-diligence checklists in Sumika, and claim-preparation workflows in CaseCraft. Where a guide covers ground our products cover, we say so.
How We Write and Review
We use AI tools in drafting, the same way we use them in our products. Every article is then reviewed by a member of our team before publishing: claims are checked against the sources above, numbers and deadlines are verified, and anything we cannot verify is removed. Published articles carry the date they were published and are updated when the underlying rules or data change.
What Our Content Is Not
Our legal guides are general information, not legal advice, and reading them does not create an attorney–client relationship. Rules differ by state and by situation — for decisions with real stakes, consult a licensed professional in your jurisdiction. The same applies to our real-estate and health-related content.
Corrections
If you find an error — a changed deadline, an outdated fee, a broken link — email [email protected]. We review correction reports within a week, fix confirmed errors, and note the update date on the article.
Advertising
Parts of this site are supported by advertising. Ads are clearly distinguishable from editorial content and never influence what we write, which topics we cover, or the conclusions our guides reach.