Last updated: June 2026
Travel directories have a trust problem: prices go stale, links rot, and attractions close while the page describing them stays up for years. This page explains exactly what we do to keep DiscoverCheapUS accurate — and what the “✓ verified” stamp on our pages actually means.
Every link is checked by hand, in a real browser
Each listing links to the official website for that attraction — the operator’s own site wherever one exists, not a review aggregator or a directory built from scraped data. Before a link goes live, we open it in a browser and confirm the page actually describes the place we’re sending you to. We don’t guess at web addresses, and we don’t trust search-result summaries, which are routinely years out of date.
Prices come from the venue’s own admission page
Every dollar figure on this site was read from the attraction’s live admission, tickets, or visit page — never from a third-party review site or an old blog post. In our experience, roughly three-quarters of the prices floating around on aggregator sites are wrong. When a venue doesn’t publish its price online at all, we say so honestly (“small cash-only fee”, “call to confirm”) rather than quoting a number we can’t stand behind.
We check whether it’s actually open
A page that loads cleanly can still describe an attraction that’s been closed for months — storm damage, construction, seasonal shutdowns, a collapsed footbridge. When we verify a listing we scan the live page for closure notices, and if a place is closed indefinitely, we remove it rather than leave a dead recommendation up.
What the verified stamp means
City pages carry a stamp like ✓ Listings verified June 2026 showing the month we last checked that city’s listings against the official sources above. The date is real: we only stamp a page when we’ve actually done the work, which is why some pages show an older month or no stamp yet. We’d rather show you an honest gap than a fake “fresh” date on every page.
Homeschool guides get the same treatment
Our homeschool discount guides follow the same rules. A program is listed as confirmed only when the venue publishes its homeschool pricing on its own website and the visit can be completed in a single day. When a real program exists but pricing isn’t published online, we label it call to confirm instead of inventing a number. Stale event pages from years past don’t qualify.
Re-checks and corrections
Links and prices are re-audited on a rolling monthly schedule, and any change we make gets verified against the venue’s live page first. Even so, with thousands of listings, things slip through — if you find a wrong price, a dead link, or a closed attraction, please tell us or email info@discovercheapus.com. Reader corrections are checked and fixed quickly.
No pay-for-placement
No attraction has ever paid to be listed here, and verification isn’t for sale. Listings are chosen editorially because they’re genuinely free or cheap and genuinely worth your time. The site earns through clearly marked affiliate links — see our Affiliate Disclosure — which has no bearing on what gets listed.