Become a reviewer.
I can't be everywhere. So I'm handing the places I haven't been to the people who actually went.
PONTUS runs on one rule: we only write about places we've actually been — with our own photographs, in our own honest voice, saying what we really think. I've built it mostly on my own trips: Greece, southern Italy, Québec.
But there's a whole world I haven't seen. And I'd rather give a place to someone who's stood there than fake it from a desk.
So I'm opening the doors to a small group of founding reviewers — the first names on the masthead.
What you get.
- 01A byline on a publication that's genuinely beautiful — a page you'll be proud to show.
- 02A permanent home built to rank and be found — not a clip that vanishes into a PDF.
- 03The title Founding Reviewer. Only the early ones ever carry it.
- 04Real freedom: your voice, your trip, your honest verdict. No assignment sheet.
- 05A link back to your own site, and a real push — Pinterest, the newsletter, the lot.
What we ask — and won't bend on.
- —You've actually been there. You review places you've genuinely visited.
- —Your own photos, from the trip. No stock, no AI, no borrowed shots — we keep the EXIF, because it's how we prove it's real.
- —Honest and first-person. Name the town that's overrated. Say where not to go. Hedging is the opposite of useful.
- —Nothing written by a bot. If AI could have written it, we don't want it.
How it works.
- 01Pitch me one place you've been and want to review.
- 02I send a one-page brief — you'll see exactly what a PONTUS review is.
- 03You write it, your photos. I edit it to fit, you approve, it goes live under your name.
- 04That's it. You're a founding reviewer.
Pitch a review.
One place you've been, your honest verdict, your own photos. Two minutes — I read every one and I reply.
Got it. I'll write back.
Your pitch landed in my inbox. I read every one and reply within a week — notes included, even if the answer's no.