Travel with Purpose
Travel with Purpose
What is Positive Impact Travel?
Positive impact travel offers experiences designed to give back and connect locally. It provides special meaning and connection to a destination. It broadens horizons, opens minds, and ultimately brings the world closer together.
As a global society, we are hardwired to roam. To discover. To learn. To connect. And while all are paramount, connection is a catalyst for change. Let’s support and celebrate travel that transforms – together.
Let’s work together every time you travel.
What is Positive Impact Travel?
Positive impact travel offers experiences designed to give back and connect locally. It provides special meaning and connection to a destination. It broadens horizons, opens minds, and ultimately brings the world closer together.
As a global society, we are hardwired to roam. To discover. To learn. To connect. And while all are paramount, connection is a catalyst for change. Let’s support and celebrate travel that transforms – together.
Let’s work together every time you travel.
Travel That Transforms
As travelers, we often return from the same destinations with vastly different stories and experiences. Traveling is not one-size-fits-all and your journeys should be as unique as you. Here are various ways you can contribute to the greater good and support global communities while remaining true to your personality and travel style.
Travel That Transforms
As travelers, we often return from the same destinations with vastly different stories and experiences. Traveling is not one-size-fits-all and your journeys should be as unique as you. Here are various ways you can contribute to the greater good and support global communities while remaining true to your personality and travel style.
The Giver
Giving back while you travel doesn’t mean you have to build a house on vacation. Giving back can mean supporting local projects in the destinations you visit. Big or small, these gestures have a profound ripple effect. We can point you in the right direction toward non-profits with local roots and introduce you to the amazing work our trusted travel partners are implementing across the globe. You’ll know exactly how your generosity will leave a positive footprint.
The Giver
Giving back while you travel doesn’t mean you have to build a house on vacation. Giving back can mean supporting local projects in the destinations you visit. Big or small, these gestures have a profound ripple effect. We can point you in the right direction toward non-profits with local roots and introduce you to the amazing work our trusted travel partners are implementing across the globe. You’ll know exactly how your generosity will leave a positive footprint.
The Provider
Are you ready to be a more evolved traveler, but just don’t know where to start? Organizations like Pack for a Purpose offer simple steps yet ensure big impact. There’s nothing intimidating about using a small amount of space in your luggage to pack needed supplies for community projects. And what’s easier than leaving donated items at your hotel’s front desk? No matter where you venture, easy initiatives in all sorts of destinations can create lasting change.
The Provider
Are you ready to be a more evolved traveler, but just don’t know where to start? Organizations like Pack for a Purpose offer simple steps yet ensure big impact. There’s nothing intimidating about using a small amount of space in your luggage to pack needed supplies for community projects. And what’s easier than leaving donated items at your hotel’s front desk? No matter where you venture, easy initiatives in all sorts of destinations can create lasting change.
The Connector
If you like to be fully immersed in a destination, we have journeys created just for you. Local experiences can be integrated into set trips with positive impact in mind. We can select itineraries for you that directly benefit the people and places you visit. With a group of like-minded travelers, you could participate in educational excursions, support women-run cafes and local artisans, or meet locals and learn from their unique perspectives.
The Connector
If you like to be fully immersed in a destination, we have journeys created just for you. Local experiences can be integrated into set trips with positive impact in mind. We can select itineraries for you that directly benefit the people and places you visit. With a group of like-minded travelers, you could participate in educational excursions, support women-run cafes and local artisans, or meet locals and learn from their unique perspectives.
The Impactor
Do you prefer hands-on vacations? Anchored in service, we can design a full itinerary around philanthropy and social causes for those who wish to make a difference. Work with a local NGO, join a school or orphanage visit, or participate in an array of charitable activities— all of which forever changes many lives for the better, and leaves a destination stronger, thanks to your dedicated impact.
The Impactor
Do you prefer hands-on vacations? Anchored in service, we can design a full itinerary around philanthropy and social causes for those who wish to make a difference. Work with a local NGO, join a school or orphanage visit, or participate in an array of charitable activities— all of which forever changes many lives for the better, and leaves a destination stronger, thanks to your dedicated impact.
Are you ready to transition from global explorer to global citizen?
These experiences are an excellent way to give back to the people, and the places, that inspire joy, curiosity, and awe.
Learning how to keep cultural traditions alive is crucial across so many destinations. And no place is this more evident than Japan. The country’s Living National Treasures is a designated group of artists and craftsman who have dedicated their lives to mastering designated crafts. Guests to Japan can visit washi paper makers who are dedicated to the craft but need attention and sales to keep their traditional art alive.
Children of the Rainbow school supports more than 220 children in the Sacred Valley of the Incas and provides education, healthcare, nutritional assistance, and other social support Services. Travelers can visit Peru’s Kuychi Center to meet the children at Niños del Arco Iris (Children of the Rainbow), tour the school’s cafeteria, kitchen, garden, and classrooms, while interacting with students .
When in Italy, consider visiting Cometa. This nonprofit organization helps at-risk kids and their families by providing access to tutors, job training opportunities, and recreational activities after school. You can visit the establishment and work alongside the kids while they learn cooking, gardening, woodworking, and more.
A well donation can offer villagers a better life. Before your trip, a village in need is identified and the groundwork construction of a well is organized. Guests are then invited to the village in time to join the community in witnessing the final pouring of cement to secure the well. Through this meaningful act, guests can see the far-reaching benefits of their generosity, particularly in impoverished areas.
Sometimes benefiting a community is as easy as ordering from a menu. When dining out, look to support locally-owned restaurants and vendors, like a Rastafarian farm-to-table vegan experience in Montego Bay, Jamaica, or a seafood Friday night street party in the popular fishing village of Gros Islet in St. Lucia, where you can purchase arts, crafts, and local dishes from small businesses.
Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience as you meet the ladies of Pink City Rickshaw who will take you on a tour of Jaipur. Hear their stories from growing up in the slums to becoming part of this unique initiative where they have become shareholders in their own company.
On African Travel, Inc.’s ‘Chobe, Valley of the Elephants’ trip, guests take part in an eco-safari with an all-female guiding team. More than 65% of the staff are women, including the all-female team of professionally qualified guides – a successful initiative aimed at increasing the number of qualified female guides within the Botswana guiding fraternity, which is usually male dominated. This experience advances UN Global Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities through its employment of women.
Are you ready to transition from global explorer to global citizen?
These experiences are an excellent way to give back to the people, and the places, that inspire joy, curiosity, and awe.
Learning how to keep cultural traditions alive is crucial across so many destinations. And no place is this more evident than Japan. The country’s Living National Treasures is a designated group of artists and craftsman who have dedicated their lives to mastering designated crafts. Guests to Japan can visit washi paper makers who are dedicated to the craft but need attention and sales to keep their traditional art alive.
Children of the Rainbow school supports more than 220 children in the Sacred Valley of the Incas and provides education, healthcare, nutritional assistance, and other social support Services. Travelers can visit Peru’s Kuychi Center to meet the children at Niños del Arco Iris (Children of the Rainbow), tour the school’s cafeteria, kitchen, garden, and classrooms, while interacting with students .
When in Italy, consider visiting Cometa. This nonprofit organization helps at-risk kids and their families by providing access to tutors, job training opportunities, and recreational activities after school. You can visit the establishment and work alongside the kids while they learn cooking, gardening, woodworking, and more.
A well donation can offer villagers a better life. Before your trip, a village in need is identified and the groundwork construction of a well is organized. Guests are then invited to the village in time to join the community in witnessing the final pouring of cement to secure the well. Through this meaningful act, guests can see the far-reaching benefits of their generosity, particularly in impoverished areas.
Sometimes benefiting a community is as easy as ordering from a menu. When dining out, look to support locally-owned restaurants and vendors, like a Rastafarian farm-to-table vegan experience in Montego Bay, Jamaica, or a seafood Friday night street party in the popular fishing village of Gros Islet in St. Lucia, where you can purchase arts, crafts, and local dishes from small businesses.
Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience as you meet the ladies of Pink City Rickshaw who will take you on a tour of Jaipur. Hear their stories from growing up in the slums to becoming part of this unique initiative where they have become shareholders in their own company.
On African Travel, Inc.’s ‘Chobe, Valley of the Elephants’ trip, guests take part in an eco-safari with an all-female guiding team. More than 65% of the staff are women, including the all-female team of professionally qualified guides – a successful initiative aimed at increasing the number of qualified female guides within the Botswana guiding fraternity, which is usually male dominated. This experience advances UN Global Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities through its employment of women.
Catalyst for Change
Wherever we roam, there are many communities that need our help. Hands-on experiences are the ultimate way to give and get, whether building a new well in Cambodia, enriching communities in Jordan, or the many places in between.
Catalyst for Change
Wherever we roam, there are many communities that need our help. Hands-on experiences are the ultimate way to give and get, whether building a new well in Cambodia, enriching communities in Jordan, or the many places in between.
Small Effort. Big Impact.
Create impact in the communities you visit with Pack for a Purpose. Simply use a small amount of space in your luggage to pack supplies needed by community projects around the world.
One suitcase at a time.
Small Effort. Big Impact.
Create impact in the communities you visit with Pack for a Purpose. Simply use a small amount of space in your luggage to pack supplies needed by community projects around the world.
One suitcase at a time.
5 Easy Steps to Pack for a Purpose
- Visit packforapurpose.org and select your destination.
- Find an accommodation or tour company and a project it supports.
- Choose the supplies you wish to take from the specific items requested.
- Drop off the supplies at the accommodation or tour company.
- They will be delivered to the project. It’s that easy!
5 Easy Steps to Pack for a Purpose
- Visit packforapurpose.org and select your destination.
- Find an accommodation or tour company and a project it supports.
- Choose the supplies you wish to take from the specific items requested.
- Drop off the supplies at the accommodation or tour company.
- They will be delivered to the project. It’s that easy!
Travel Elevates
Meet the non-profit fostering global empowerment via travel.
The non-profit charitable arm of Signature Travel Network, Travel Elevates was born when a donation-based project in Kenya, initiated by a powerful and eye-opening visit, continued until it was self-sustained. Today, Travel Elevates’ mission is to foster global empowerment via travel.
Travel Elevates is on a two-fold mission:
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To support multiple initiatives that will empower local communities through education and economic growth in popular travel destinations around the world.
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Share information on how travelers just like you can identify local charities to support during your travels.
While we continually celebrate the privilege of travel — luxury resorts, cultural immersions, and nature’s stirring landscapes — there is ample opportunity to further elevate travel’s transformative nature. We are all change agents. Let’s together support and celebrate travel that matters. From implementing better healthcare to fostering economic and educational growth in communities, discover organizations that are dedicated to moving the needle.
Travel Elevates
Meet the non-profit fostering global empowerment via travel.
The non-profit charitable arm of Signature Travel Network, Travel Elevates was born when a donation-based project in Kenya, initiated by a powerful and eye-opening visit, continued until it was self-sustained. Today, Travel Elevates’ mission is to foster global empowerment via travel.
Travel Elevates is on a two-fold mission:
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To support multiple initiatives that will empower local communities through education and economic growth in popular travel destinations around the world.
-
Share information on how travelers just like you can identify local charities to support during your travels.
While we continually celebrate the privilege of travel — luxury resorts, cultural immersions, and nature’s stirring landscapes — there is ample opportunity to further elevate travel’s transformative nature. We are all change agents. Let’s together support and celebrate travel that matters. From implementing better healthcare to fostering economic and educational growth in communities, discover organizations that are dedicated to moving the needle.
My own family travels which include giving back to local communities in meaningful ways inspires me to help my clients plan immersive, experiential trips to amazing destinations worldwide. I work with specialty suppliers who are engaged with their local communities in sustainable, empowering projects and conservation initiatives that are personal and powerful in changing perspectives, opening minds and hearts. I focus on luxury experiences which aren’t just over the top, but deep and wide allowing my clients to really feel the true spirit of the destination, it’s people, their culture, the cuisine, the art, music, & history that make these destinations so unique and inviting. These experiences can be all inclusive and exclusive as I customize each itinerary to your liking.
