What Governs What We Publish.
Travel Router is the intelligence layer between a Bangladeshi passport and the world. That position requires editorial standards we can publish and defend. This page explains how we produce content, what we will not publish, and how we handle corrections.
Six Rules That Govern Every Publication.
Every piece of content published on travelrouter.co is reviewed by a human member of the planning desk before publication. We do not publish AI-generated content as editorial fact. We use AI tools internally as research and drafting aids — all claims in published content are verified by a desk reviewer before going live.
Travel Router publishes only verified, source-attributed figures. Where we cite a number — Henley Passport Index ranking, GMTI position, processing times, visa fee amounts — we have a sourced basis for that claim. We do not publish projections, estimates, or industry figures without identifying their source. Where we cannot verify a figure, we say so.
Visa requirements, processing times, and entry rules change without advance notice. Every visa data entry in our system carries the date it was last verified against official sources. Entries that have not been confirmed within 45 days are flagged with a warning indicator. We source from official consular portals, IATA TIMATIC, and the sherpa° consular-relations feed.
The planning desk observes patterns across the files it handles. Where we share those observations, we label them explicitly as desk observations — not as market-wide statistics, not as research findings. 'The desk has observed' and 'based on the files we have handled' are phrases we use precisely. They mean something narrower than 'research shows'.
No page on this site, no article in our insights section, and no communication from the desk will promise a visa approval outcome. This is a planning principle, not a legal disclaimer. Any content that implies a probability of approval without qualified sourcing is not our standard.
Travel Router maintains commercial relationships with accommodation providers, ground operators, and technology partners. These relationships are disclosed in our Partner Disclosure. They do not influence editorial content. A property we coordinate commercially is assessed on the same criteria as any other — halal access, location logic, room configuration, cancellation terms. We do not recommend a property or destination because of a commercial relationship.
How Visa Data Is Sourced and Verified.
Visa requirements change without advance public notice. An embassy can update a requirement through a gazette notice, an official bulletin, or a change to an online portal that is not widely announced. Our data pipeline is built to detect these changes as quickly as possible — and to flag when data may have aged beyond a reliable threshold.
Primary source: official government and embassy portals for each destination. Secondary source: the sherpa° consular-relations feed, which monitors IATA TIMATIC and government portals and typically detects changes within 24–72 hours of an official update. Tertiary source: Travel Router desk review, conducted monthly across all covered destinations.
When a consulate changes a rule, we typically detect it within 72 hours. When we confirm the change, we update the data and record the date. Any entry not confirmed within 45 days carries a staleness warning. Anyone claiming “live, this second” for visa data is selling a feeling, not data.
Official portals
Government embassy and consulate websites for each destination. Primary source for requirements, fees, and form references.
IATA TIMATIC
The airline industry's travel document verification system. Cross-referenced for entry requirement accuracy.
sherpa° feed
A dedicated consular-relations monitoring service that tracks regulatory changes across 200+ government sources. Typically detects changes within 24–72 hours.
TR desk review
Monthly review by the planning desk against official sources. All entries carry the date last confirmed. Entries older than 45 days are flagged.
What We Will Not Publish.
These are not guidelines — they are absolute limits. If content meets any of these criteria, it does not go live, regardless of commercial interest or content pressure.
Partners and Editorial Are Separate.
Travel Router maintains commercial relationships with accommodation providers, ground operators, eSIM providers, insurance partners, and technology suppliers. These relationships fund the desk's ability to operate at the depth and quality level it does. They do not determine what the desk recommends.
When the desk reviews a property for a planning file, the criteria are: location logic for the traveler's purpose, halal food access confirmation, room configuration for the group, accessibility, cancellation terms, and review quality. A commercial relationship with a property does not change those criteria.
The Travel Toolkit and Insights sections of this site are editorial content. Partner links within them are disclosed where they exist. No article or tool recommendation is paid for placement.
When We Are Wrong, We Update and Say So.
When we identify an error, we update the content, add a correction note where appropriate, and update the verification date. We do not silently delete or overwrite — the correction record is part of the content.
Visa data that is incorrect can cause material harm to a traveler — a missed flight, a refused entry, a wasted application fee. Visa data corrections are prioritised above all other content corrections and are made within 24 hours of verified notification.
If a reader disputes a claim and we cannot immediately verify or refute it, we will acknowledge the dispute and flag the relevant content while we investigate. We will not simply defend existing content before checking it.
To report an error, a stale data entry, or a factual dispute, contact the planning desk directly. Visa data corrections are prioritised and addressed within 24 hours of a verified notification.
Report an error →The Quarterly Intelligence Publication Standard.
Travel Router publishes a quarterly intelligence summary on Bangladesh outbound travel. These summaries cover visa access reality, destination flows, desk observations from the previous quarter, and planning windows for the coming quarter.
Each report applies the same standards as all other editorial content: source attribution on every figure, desk observations labelled as desk observations, no projections without sourced basis, no approval promises.
What the intelligence reports contain