Advertising Disclosure

We're Karen and Bill - and we want to be totally clear about our role in affiliate marketing & showing ads here at Tucson Up Close.

Our all-encompassing goal is to be the most helpful, informative and the best available for your needs in learning what you need to know about Tucson Arizona. Details to help you plan your best trip to our town. Or for whatever reason. That is our main purpose.

In doing that, we are internet marketers also. And we want to do that well to supply our needs to generate funds to maintain this website.

We're providing this Affiliate and Advertising disclosure to be in compliance and provide transparency for visitors of tucsonupclose.com. This website is our own personal site. [For more on who we are - See our About Us Page.]

Our website accepts advertising, as well as receiving other forms of compensation.

AFFILIATE PRODUCTS

We love living in our state of Arizona, and our city of Tucson. Because of that, we like to recommend to others relevant products which we have tried and found to be excellent. These are from companies we have personally bought from and trust in terms of their high quality products, cost-effective pricing, efficiency and personal service.

Those that we haven’t specifically used are carefully investigated, researched and vetted, possibly tested, so we can believe in them to ensure a high quality experience for visitors to our website. We hope our visitors will enjoy the same types of relevant products that we have used, or that we find valuable for recommending for them.

Some of these companies have an "affiliate plan" of which we are a member. This means that when we recommend a product and provide a link to buy it, we receive a small commission whenever someone clicks through to the supplier and buys. Or even sometimes when visitors just observe the information.

Although not all links on this website are affiliate links, you should assume that all links that leave this website and take you to another website are affiliate links - if they immediately get to a way to purchase a product. We try helping you know it's an affiliate link, by using contrasting red lettering. You should expect that we will likely earn a commission if you follow these links from our site and make a purchase.

But Importantly, this does not involve any additional cost to you:

The customer, our website visitor.

Not every business we recommend, speak about, or buy from ourselves has an affiliate plan. Some products or businesses we recommend or sell products from may not earn us commissions. We simply recommend them because they're of good quality and have a fit for our website purpose.

We have our "Affiliate Disclaimer" statement on our pages that have any of our affiliate links for recommended products. The Affiliate Disclaimer is there to be transparent for the fact that we use Affiliate marketing to provide income to fund the needs of maintaining this website. An alternate method we sometimes use is to display the word "Ad" at the link or advertisement, to ensure you it's an Affiliate Link.

We want to make sure it is clear that this website is a for-profit venture. We want you to know exactly how income is generated from this website and why.

More Recommendation Reasons

We have traveled to many varied areas. We may provide links to, or some info on subjects if they relate to the subject matter of tucsonupclose.com.

Some of the companies with paid links may include travel companies which we believe provide great experiences. We offer this because we love to travel - and getting to Tucson or nearby areas may include you traveling as well. We believe these affiliate links or ads may help find deals on something for your trips.

Booking.com is one example, as we use this source for all of our own travel - for anywhere we go. We've seen that the more you use it, the more you save! There are many benefits to using the travel pages of Booking.com - we use it all the time.

That is just one of the ways we provide additional options, so you can have fun, but also save a little money in the process.

Another thing to note:

We Do Not Sell Anyone's Personal Information From This Website

Where Does the Money Earned Go?

The money we earn from affiliate sales and/or ads helps us to keep the content information on this website free to visitors.

The earned funds are first used to pay the upfront costs of maintaining this website.

We also donate a portion of earnings to some Non-profit Organizations which have a special meaning for us, especially as citizens concerned with our community and state, as well as environmental needs. They include:

Local First Arizona
Occasionally others that support Tucson Arizona related concerns.

If You Make a Purchase at Tucson Up Close, You Pay the Same  - Remember - Pricing is the Same

All of the products recommended on tucsonupclose.com are the same prices as if you were to find them on your own.

They are not priced higher in order for us to get a commission. If you make a purchase, you pay the same, either way.

NEWSLETTERS

From time to time, we inform our newsletter readers about purchase offers within our website.

Occasionally we recommend certain products, activities, or places to go to our readers, that relate to affiliate promotions or agreements. We do this because of the value, our own experience, and/or our belief in the quality of the offer.

We use MailerLite as our email marketing automation platform. We also Publish On Substack. We also use Grow, as a marketing system to collect emails of those interested in our site and subscribing to our newsletter.

By using any sign-up order forms, the person is acknowledging that the information you provide will be used for processing in accordance with the Privacy Policy and terms of use:

MailerLite's Privacy Policy>
Grow by Mediavine Privacy Details>
Substack Privacy Policy>

AFFILIATE AGREEMENTS

Companies with which We have an Affiliate Arrangement related to this website are:

Amazon.com
Booking.com
Get Your Guide
Zazzle.com
Solo Build It

Amazon Statement

Special Statement About Amazon Products:

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

You'll also find this statement on each of our website pages, when you scroll down to the footer.

We love to read!

We really love reading about Tucson's history, novels set in the Tucson area, or Tucson informational books. For instance, those about area botanical gardens with tropical and/or desert plants, interesting recreation areas, odd quirks, and other related informational books about Tucson Arizona.

So we purchase many of our Tucson or Arizona related books from Amazon.

We're always able to find what we want on their site, for reasonable prices. Plus excellent delivery options and very good customer service. So we recommend them because we enjoy buying a great many items related to Tucson, as you might also.

Ads by Google

Google ads are not selected by us. We are an ad affiliate. By using Google AdSense, we allow them to place a variety of ads on our website. The reason for placing these ads Is Above.

If you see a Google AdSense-provided ad and a Web page or boxed alternative ad about the same product or service, the AdSense ad placement there is a coincidence. Please remember that the ads you see featured by Google are not selected by us, and we do not necessarily endorse what they're promoting.

Your Support is Appreciated

The compensation earned from this site does not influence the information provided within this site.

We've lived in the southwestern U.S., for many years. Therefore we know quite a bit about the wonderful things to do, and wonderful areas to visit. Especially including throughout the Tucson area. We also want to ensure you have helpful, good and correct information at your fingertips.

Our goal is to provide you with quick and easy access to great information and related details about Tucson Arizona. Whether it is compensation based or not.

We always provide honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences. We consistently do authentic research to help ensure the information provided is as accurate as possible. If we find an error, or someone visiting our site notices an error, we always respond by making any corrections necessary, asap. Since we want to ensure you enjoy our website experience and continue to come back for additional information and recommendation.

We appreciate your consideration of any of our suggestions. We enjoy creating this website for you - which does take some time and effort to deliver original content, free, to you.

Finally, We Conclude

We send you much appreciation for your support - any that you give.

• Whether it's just browsing and reading our webpages
• Or viewing some of the ads
• Or sharing/liking us on Social Media
• And especially when actually making purchases.

Our integrity, our website, the products that Tucson Up Close features for sale, and above all, your satisfaction are very important to us. If you have any questions or comments about this disclosure or about any of the products on this website, or anything else - such as suggestions for what you would like to see on our site, please don't hesitate to let us know on our Contact Form>

Thank you very much!

Karen and Bill

Updated November 2, 2024