About HiveCore Media
HiveCore Media is independent travel media built around one premise: most travel content is sponsored noise, and there's room for honest real-experience writing in the gap.
We're based in Northwest Florida — the Emerald Coast — and most of our coverage starts there: Destin, 30A, the Forgotten Coast, the Florida Keys. We push outward from there to RV and van life, camping (car and backcountry), the National Park system, and budget travel internationally.
What we publish
- Real trip ledgers with receipts kept
- Gear reviews of products we own and have used across multiple seasons
- Comparison guides where we've actually used both options
- Florida-specific intel from a decade of living here
What we don't publish
- AI-tourism slop ("Embark on a journey to...")
- Recommendations for products we haven't touched
- MLM travel scams or shady booking sites
- Sponsored content disguised as editorial
How we make money
Affiliate commissions when readers buy through our links, display advertising (Google AdSense), and the occasional sponsored review (always clearly labeled). See our full disclosure for specifics.
Contact us if a guide gets something wrong, or if you want to submit a trip report.