How we score Destination of the Year

A listing comes down to our editors' judgement of the public record. Here is how that plays out for Dental Tourism Destination of the Year.

Across the cycle the editors read five things: Destination or Care Experience, Coordination & Practicality, Transparency & Value, Practitioner or Host Quality, and Sustainability / Aftercare. None carries a percentage.

In this category they look hardest at destination or care experience, because it is the hardest to fake. An operator can buy itself a better sales deck within a week. Coordination quality and pricing transparency cannot be patched in later.

There is no application and no scoring panel. A category can be empty. No winner pays a fee for inclusion.

Every winner page carries an editorial note. Where a scorecard is published, read the lowest dimension first, because that is where to ask your hardest questions before you book.

Curious about a particular listing? The methodology page sets out every criterion the editors read for.