Ever fantasized about having an entire hotel to yourself while on vacation? The Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora can make that dream come true: For $2.75 million, guests can buy out the entire island property for a week, dining at its open-air restaurants, snorkeling in the lagoon, and playing tennis with the hotel’s pro. Or, you could invite up to 245 of your closest friends to stay with you in the resort’s seven villas and 108 bungalow suites.
Travel That Makes A Difference: Giving Back Where Kindness Counts
31.12.2023 - 23:47 / forbes.com
Travel is a journey that connects people, which is what makes it so exciting. But after experiencing massive crippling crowds at popular overtouristed destinations this year–consider Italy, for example–where good behavior was in short supply, global travelers have become increasingly aware of the negative impact tourism can have on local communities.
Judging by the now-surging interest in bringing positivity to tourism through ethical tourism, immersive travel, responsible tourism and regenerative travel, it is obvious that travelers are looking for meaningful experiences–in less-traveled destinations, perhaps–that give back at the same time.
For Jessica Blotter and Sean Krejci, co-founders of Kind Traveler, a responsible travel platform, kindness is key. “Being a kind traveler means making travel and lifestyle choices that reflect kindness and empathy not only to oneself, but also to other individuals and communities, the environment and animals,” says Blotter. “Travel that advances positive impact and reduces negative impact is a core element of being a kind traveler and traveling kindly.”
Kind Traveler makes it easy for destinations and hotels to mobilize funding for local nonprofits in destination communities, and communicate how travel dollars are driving positive impact, according to Blotter. “By guiding travel dollars to support local nonprofits committed to advancing community and environmental impact, Kind Traveler helps promote responsible and sustainable tourism efforts in destination communities,” she says. “Additionally, Kind Traveler helps increase trip satisfaction by creating travel experiences rooted in giving back, thereby creating purposeful, meaningful, and memorable trips,” she continues.
For Blotter and Krejci, the idea hit on a trip to Belize. Both animal rescue volunteers, they found themselves surrounded by heartbreaking poverty, widespread pollution and begging dogs. There wasn’t much they could do about the first two, but when they decided to feed the hungry dogs, fellow travelers were similarly inspired to help.
And that’s when a light switch went on. “This small act of kindness had us yearning for a more profound way for our travel dollars to make a lasting, meaningful impact in the local community,” Blotter says. “We thought, ‘What if we could create a way for travelers to make a positive impact within the communities they visit and be filled with a greater sense of joy and purpose while traveling?’”
In 2016, they launched Kind Traveler with the goal of empowering travelers to positively impact the communities they visit through an international portfolio of hotel, destination and nonprofit partners. Several months ago, Kind Traveler deepened its reach with the Every Stay
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