Most of us take for granted that we can afford a holiday or so a year and we look forward to the opportunity it gives to recharge ourselves, have an adventure, read the books we have stored up, explore new places and feel relaxed and unbothered by a world that too often seems to be on top of our heads.
Yet that is an unknown idea for many children and so CEO Justin Francis who runs Responsible Travel has set up A Trip For a Trip, which Michael Palin is supporting. with the aim of addressing the inequalities in tourism.He explains that every time you buy a Responsible Travel holiday, if you wish, they will fund a day trip for a disadvantaged child from a developing country to visit or experience something totally new.
http://www.responsibletravel.com
http://www.ethicalescape.coIn their mission statement this organisation assures us that
‘our aim is to make ethical holidays as simple to organise as possible, we will provide travellers with all the information necessary to enable an easy ecotourism destination choice. we will put travellers and eco-friendly accommodation providers who share a similar ideology in touch. this website is designed to facilitate responsible ecotourism.We do not include details of any eco-friendly accommodation which fail to meet our ethical and ecotourism guidelines.’
Thinking about how we travel is part of doing good . This website gives us much to ponder about the choices we make.
http://www.statravel.co.uk/ethical-travel.htm and STA are part of the Give As You Live scheme (see Easy Virtue intro)