Terms of Use
The plain terms for using ExtraChicago — a free, curated editorial guide to Chicago with a disclosed Booking.com affiliate relationship on some Where to Stay pages.
- ✓ExtraChicago is free to use; some Where to Stay links go to Booking.com and may earn the site a commission — disclosed plainly, not buried.
- ✓Everything here is for information only; prices, hours, festival dates and hotel rates change, so confirm with the official source before you travel.
- ✓Content is © ExtraChicago. Questions? Reach us through the contact form.
Using the guide
ExtraChicago is a free editorial guide to Chicago, offered for general information and trip planning. We write it carefully and check it against official sources, but we make no warranty that every detail is complete, current or error-free, and we can't accept liability for decisions you make based on it. Treat our advice as a knowledgeable friend's, not as a guarantee.
Chicago changes constantly: museum hours shift, restaurants and clubs close, 'L' service patterns get adjusted, festival dates move year to year, and hotel rates swing with the season and the event calendar. Before you commit money or time, confirm any perishable detail with the official source — the venue, the CTA, the festival organizer. Where we mention something time-sensitive, we flag it so you can re-check it yourself.
Affiliate links, content and contact
Some Where to Stay pages link to Booking.com, and a booking made through those links may earn ExtraChicago a commission at no extra cost to you. That relationship is disclosed here and on the relevant pages, and it does not influence which neighborhoods or properties we choose to cover — the recommendation comes first, the link is just how you book. External links elsewhere lead to third-party sites — official transit, museum and landmark pages, maps — that we don't operate or control, and we're not responsible for their content, accuracy or practices.
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