About TideRoam

Who we are. Why trust us.

The question every reader should ask of any travel site. Here's the honest answer — who runs TideRoam, what qualifies us to write about these islands, and how we make the editorial decisions we make.

The people behind the sites

Meet the editorial team

Two editors. Both have spent significant time in the Indian Ocean. Neither writes about places they haven't been.

Marcus Reid

Lead Editor & Indian Ocean Specialist

Marcus founded the TideRoam network after a decade of visiting the Indian Ocean islands independently and finding that general travel sites consistently failed to answer the specific questions that mattered — which beach requires a 25-minute hike, which month's kite wind is reliable enough for lessons, whether the smoked octopus at the Saturday market is worth it (it is).

He oversees editorial direction across all six sites and writes the majority of the practical guides on RodriguesGo and MauritiusAllure.

Has visited Rodrigues Island 6 times across different seasons

Has stayed on all four coasts of Mauritius; assessed 24+ accommodation properties personally

Visited Réunion 3 times including a guided ascent of Piton de la Fournaise

Has never accepted a press trip, hosted stay or payment for editorial coverage

Writes RodriguesGo, MauritiusAllure and ElderRoam practical sections

Bio last updated: June 2026

Sylvie Laurent

Editorial Manager

Sylvie manages editorial quality across the network with a focus on StoriedTide's long-form and RodriguesGo's cultural sections. She has a background in travel journalism and brings the rigour of reported writing to destinations that most travel content treats as a list of beaches.

Her work on the table d'hôte culture in Rodrigues and the smoked octopus trade at the Saturday market has been used as a reference by tour operators who couldn't describe it as clearly themselves.

Has visited Rodrigues Island 4 times; based research visits in Port Mathurin and St François

Has eaten at 11 different tables d'hôte across the island across multiple trips

Has attended the Saturday market, Port Mathurin, on 8 separate occasions

Former contributor to independent travel publications; background in reported journalism

Writes StoriedTide long-form and RodriguesGo cultural and food sections

Bio last updated: June 2026

How we work

The approach that earns trust

These aren't policies we added to look credible. They're the principles we started with and the reason we built an independent network rather than writing for an existing publication.

What we do

Visit every destination we write about, in person, paying our own way
Update content when conditions change — not on a scheduled cycle to satisfy an algorithm
Disclose affiliate relationships clearly and in plain language
Publish date stamps on every page so readers can assess freshness
Credit authors on all content so readers know who wrote what and can assess their experience
Publish contact information and respond to corrections within 48 hours

What we don't do

Accept press trips, hosted stays or complimentary experiences from operators
Accept payment to feature, rank or positively review any operator, hotel or tour company
Write about places we haven't personally visited
Let affiliate commission rates influence editorial recommendations
Publish "sponsored content" labelled as editorial, or editorial disguised as sponsored content
Republish content from other sources or produce AI-generated guides without editorial oversight

How we got here

The network's timeline

TideRoam wasn't built from the top down. It grew from a first visit to Rodrigues and the realisation that decent travel writing about it barely existed.

First trip to Rodrigues

The lead editor visits Rodrigues for the first time. Nine days on the island, every beach, every village and two Saturday markets. Almost nothing useful written about it in English. The idea for RodriguesGo begins here.

RodriguesGo launches

The first site in what will become the network. Built around the specific, practical information a traveller needs to visit Rodrigues well — beaches, safe swimming zones, the tortoise reserve and the Saturday market. No filler, no generic advice.

MauritiusAllure and ElderRoam launch

The Mauritius guide follows, built on the same model. ElderRoam launches specifically for the over-60 traveller who found general travel sites hadn't thought seriously about guided tours, solo supplements or medical considerations. A second editor joins to manage editorial quality and long-form content.

StoriedTide and ReunionFound launch

StoriedTide adds the editorial layer — long-form reporting, photo essays and the weekly newsletter that distributes across the full network. ReunionFound fills the gap in English-language coverage of Réunion, the most complex island in the archipelago to visit well.

TideRoam Network hub launches — 2026

The five sites are brought together under TideRoam as the network hub. A single place for editorial standards, team information, cross-network content and contact. The name reflects what the network does: cover the islands for people who travel to them with intent.