The I-5 Exit Guide is committed to providing you with trustworthy, accessible, and accurate information so you’re equipped to travel with confidence. We use an established editorial process to ensure we’re giving you the best possible information.

Our editorial process was developed by the I-5 Exit Guide team. It’s the basis of everything we do. But what is this process? How do we ensure that everything we publish meets our standards?

Our team creates and edits every piece of content based on the 4 rules of our editorial process. These rules, (1) earning and maintaining trust; (2) keeping high journalistic standards; (3) prioritizing accuracy and accessibility; and (4) continual monitoring and updating of content — ensure that you can always find the timely, knowledge-based information you need.

Travel information is easy to find but it can be confusing, overwhelming, and often inaccurate, irrelevant, or inaccessible. We’re here to change all that. We provide content that is trustworthy, accurate, knowledge-based, clear, understandable, and accessible.

Throughout our website, we address all aspects of traveling along Interstate 5. From finding the perfect overnight stop, or that exit with your favorite restaurant, to always knowing what's up ahead with traffic and construction. We strive to be your perfect travel companion.

Travelers come to the I-5 Exit Guide to get accurate and timely information for their trip, so it’s our responsibility to set high journalistic standards. Our news and informational content is research-backed, comprehensive, and presented in an easily accessible format.

Here’s how we ensure we meet these standards:

We carefully select content contributors. Our editorial team carefully selects expert writers and contributors. We vet our content creators for subject matter expertise and relevant travel experience.

Content is reviewed for accuracy by travel and transportation experts. Our team consists of seasoned travel and transportation professionals with varied and extensive expertise in their respective fields. Along with their knowledge, our reviewers bring an added perspective thanks to their experience in transportation engineering, research, and travel.

We thoroughly vet all the brands we partner with and reference them in our content. We research our partner brands and evaluate their background and value of their services with respect to our readers.

Our News team stays current of new information. Our news content is created by experienced writers and reviewed by professionals. Every day, the News team takes a deep dive into the latest travel information, so you are kept up to date on what’s happening.

All content is checked to meet our standards. Our in-house editorial team reviews every piece of content before it is published, double-checking to ensure it meets our editorial standards of clarity, accuracy, quality sourcing, and language.

We want to make sure that everything we publish is accessible and understandable to our readers. As such, we rely on a process that is consistent in layout, language and navigation. This ensures our writers and editors are focusing on readability, clarity, accessibility, quality sourcing, and quality sourcing.

As publishing evolves, we evolve with it. We understand that the Internet is a moving target, and we move with it. Ultimately, we can’t serve our readers properly unless we put you at the center of everything we do. Our content reflects this view.

Travel information is constantly changing. New exit services are established, others disappear, road construction projects come and go, and travel trends change.

We continually monitor and update our content to make sure we’re sharing the most up-to-date and accurate information possible. To make this a reality, our editors and professionals focus on identifying and updating inaccurate or unclear information.

We undertake content updating and re-review as a result of several ongoing processes:

Regular Audits. We perform regular audits of content to address changes in language and terminology and trends in the travel community.

Brand Vetting. We re-evaluate vetted brands and update any content referencing those brands to reflect any changes in the brand’s performance against our vetting criteria.

Timely Updates. We constantly monitor changes in developing stories and publish timely updates about the most important travel news of the day.

Immediate Action from Feedback. We invite reader feedback on our content and take immediate action to address any potential issues. When a reader alerts us about a potential issue with our content — such as inaccurate, outdated, unclear, or contradictory information — we take immediate action. Our editorial team researches the feedback, determines what revisions are needed, and republishes the updated content.

At the I-5 Exit Guide, you are our top priority. We strive to be an ally in your journey along Interstate 5. Our editorial process ensures that we can provide you with the most accurate, relevant, and accessible content possible.