We have not had any paid advertising in the past, so not sure where you felt you had to eat in specific restaurants, stay in specific hotels or rent bikes from specific businesses — but we surely didnt get paid for any of these businesses. And we do not plan restricting members from using any businesses in Bansko in the future either.
It is really more like the opposite: we always try different restaurants around town when we go out as a group and organize activities based on our member’s preferences. Whenever we see a good real estate deal we share it in the group— no commision from brokers.

I would see the prefered partner approach more of a destination marketing contribution from some very specific service partners to help bring more nomads to Bansko. The partners that contribute towards this joint marketing effort will be *featured* in our guide, website, newsletter etc. and can then also benefit from the growing community of nomads that book transfers, rent apartments and setup companies here.

And maybe we participate together with partners on other marketing activities like joint presentations at nomad events.

But that does not mean that we stop listing others or change our “members interests come first” approach.