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Finding businesses, My circle, offers, reviews and Supporters.
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Free offers every week, or every offer as a Supporter.
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Getting started5 topics
What Painted Circle isAn independent travel guide to businesses that do right by their places and their people.Join Painted CircleA free account in a few steps: your email, a sign-in link, and the Terms.Sign in and outNo password: we email you a sign-in link each time.Set up your circleYour names, places you'd love to go and the kinds of travel you enjoy.Find your way around My circleYour offers, interests, saved lists, reviews and settings in one place.
Finding businesses5 topics
Find businesses by placeSearch Destinations for a country, region or town.Read a business's pageRatings, impact scores, Traveler Verified, Good to know and reviews.Save businesses to your listsKeep the businesses you like in private lists for each trip.Book directly with a businessYou book on the business's own website; we take no commission.Recommend a businessKnow a business that belongs here? Tell us about it.
Offers and Supporters7 topics
How the Weekly Offer Share worksFree members receive special offers matched to their interests, every week.Get an offer: save it or passAn offer is waiting for you: decide within 48 hours.Use a saved offerThe instructions and the code to give when you book directly.Become a SupporterAnnual ($29 a year) or Lifetime ($99 once): every business's offer, any time.What changes as a SupporterEvery business's special offer, whenever you want it.Manage your Supporter planRenewal, your card, receipts and cancelling.Accept a gift of Supporter time, or use a codeFree Supporter time: no card, nothing ever charged.
Reviews4 topics
Write a reviewStars, three optional impact questions, your words and photos.Write a review after scanning a QR codeNo account yet? Write your review first, then confirm your email.Edit or withdraw your review, and read repliesYour reviews and the businesses' replies, in My circle.Read a review in your own languageTranslate any review or reply with one tap.
Your account6 topics
Change your namesWhat we call you in emails, and the public name shown with your reviews.Choose your emailsHow offers reach you, reminders, replies to your reviews and news.Protect your accountTwo-factor sign-in with an authenticator app, and backup codes.Change your email, or get back in after losing itMove your account to a new address, with or without the old one.Download your information, or delete your accountA copy of everything we hold about you, or deleting it all.Contact us, and stop any emailEmail info@paintedcircle.com; every email has a one-click stop link.
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