About
Waddat is a curated travel directory for Southeast Asia. We publish destination guides, hotel and hostel pages and long-form planning articles across 12 countries: Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Brunei and Timor-Leste.
We are an editorial edit, not a booking marketplace. Every destination and stay on the site is chosen and written up individually rather than scraped at volume, and the aim is simple: help you decide where to go and where to stay, then get out of the way.
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Waddat is written and edited by its founder, Peter Pohlschmidt, and published by Waddat. Some research and drafting is assisted by AI tools, and time-sensitive facts are checked against the sources described in our editorial policy.
Founder and editor
Peter Pohlschmidt founded Waddat and edits every guide on it. He has spent around two decades leading digital growth and online travel work for brands including Microsoft, Qatar Airways, TUI and Opodo, and lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He also founded Altovo, the booking partner used on this site.
Editorial team
The Waddat editorial team researches and writes the destination guides, hotel pages and planning articles on this site. Drafting is assisted by AI tools, and time-sensitive facts are checked against official sources before publication.
You can reach the editor directly at pete@waddat.com or through our contact page.
Each destination page answers the same planning questions: when to go, what to do, how to get there and around, where to stay, what to eat and what a day costs. Stays are picked for a clear reason, such as location, character, heritage or value, and described from the property's own published information. We do not publish guest review scores or nightly prices, because both change daily.
Visa rules, fees and transport details are checked against official sources: government immigration and e-visa portals, national tourism boards, national park authorities and the transport operators themselves. The "Updated" date on a guide moves only when its text changes.
The editorial policy sets out the full method, including what we do not claim.
Waddat is free to read and is funded by bookings and affiliate links. Hotel and tour bookings go through Waddat's booking site, a white-label site run for us by our booking partner Altovo; when you book there, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Some guides also link to a few third-party providers, for example 12Go for buses, trains and ferries, and travel insurance providers. Some of those links are affiliate links and may also earn us a commission.
Commissions do not decide what we cover or how we describe it.
If you spot something wrong or out of date, a changed visa rule, a closed hotel, a broken link, please email pete@waddat.com with the page address and what has changed, ideally with a link to the official source. We check every report and correct the page when the source confirms it; corrections to the text update the page's "Updated" date.
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