How we work

The publisher behind goldengoall

MGM Resorts International publishes goldengoall.com. The same company owns and runs Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Post and email reach us here:

The ownership conflict, stated openly

Mandalay Bay is our publisher's own resort and appears first purely because of that ownership; no impartial comparison put it there. Every night booked at Mandalay Bay brings money directly to its owner, which is our publisher. Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, operated by Station Casinos, and Circa Resort & Casino have unrelated owners, and editorial judgement alone ranks them.

Where goldengoall's income comes from

Revenue arrives through affiliate and referral deals. Should a reader click out to a hotel and reserve, a partner network or that hotel could pass goldengoall a commission. Readers pay nothing extra because of it. No list position is sold. The affiliate page gives the full picture.

What earns a place

Editors examine four things for each resort, drawing on the hotel's official pages and broad travel experience:

• Setting and access, meaning the neighbourhood and the route in from Harry Reid International.
• Accommodation, meaning the room styles offered and anything unusual about them.
• Leisure away from the casino floor: water, treatments, shows, food, desert scenery close by.
• Candour, meaning how plainly resort fees, minimum ages and extra charges are explained.

goldengoall prints no marks and no made-up figures; unconfirmed room totals, prices and opening dates stay out. Where doubt remains, an entry tells you to ask the hotel.

Experience and checking

People who regularly plan desert and city trips draft each entry, and a second editor compares it with the official hotel website linked from the row. goldengoall publishes no guest testimonials and turns down complimentary stays offered in return for coverage.

Spotted a mistake?

Email contact@goldengoall.com naming the page and the sentence in question. Editors look into each report, fix anything confirmed without delay, and refresh the date shown beneath the page heading.