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Our vision is that all companies must prove their sustainability commitment through an accredited independent audit, just as they must prove their financial results through a financial audit.
In tourism, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) accredits such audit standards for operating consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
Visit the GSTC website to learn how the GSTC Criteria align with all 17 UN SGDs.
By making it easy for travelers to book their vacation with the most sustainable companies, we are building the missing link to effectively promote all 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in tourism:
“We strive to make responsible travel easy and to become the trusted first-choice partner for conscious travellers as well as responsible tour operators who are leaders in sustainability in their markets locally and around the world.”
Our Vision is to connect CONSCIOUS TRAVELLERS to RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES – efficiently, sustainably and with transparency.
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We are building a highly PERSONALIZED solution to help you find & CUSTOMIZE your best 100% verified CONSCIOUS travel experience.
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Our values are the very reason for your existence. We make every effort to operate transparently, responsibly, fairly, collaboratively, and as humans.
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Promoted tour operators or accommodations are verified to be ethically and environmentally responsible.
Our Sourcing Criteria
Travelers leave nothing but a positive impact on the communities and ecosystems throughout their trip.
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We promote local companies at local prices. By working with us, local companies increase their visibility and profit.
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This means they will have the support they need to make it possible for you to have a safer, better quality trip.
Make a difference by staying in eco-friendly accommodation and by keeping the environment clean.
We help you find & customize the best sustainable and value-for-money offer for your unique requirements.
When you book with us, your funds are protected. We also aim to upgrade safety standards on your trip.
We require all our suppliers to prove their commitment to sustainability through locally available independent on-site audits. Only where affordable audits are not yet locally available, we curate suppliers based on our own in-house assessment and feedback received from prior travellers.
There are always differences between tour operators. That’s why we transparently share the applicable responsible and sustainable screening criteria that we used for each individual tour operator or accommodation. This provides you with in-depth insight into their efforts.
Many tour operators run their own initiatives such as supporting local community projects or donating part of their profits. We are not able to independently verify these initiatives, but we always aim to highlight them.
By only promoting the most sustainable companies, we effectively promote all UN SDGs in tourism:
Our platform provides all verified responsible market participants — small and big, local and international, low-cost and luxury alike — the opportunity to sell their tours to clients globally.
We offer these tours at the same price as local companies would offer directly. How? Tour operators pay us a small fee for our marketing, customer support, payment and other administrative services. This replaces the much higher in-house cost if they would have to do all of this themselves.
As a neutral intermediary, Fair Voyage connects travelers with their best-matching verified responsible company. Tours can be operated by local companies or sold through international agencies.
People tend to assume that lower prices mean lower quality. But they can actually be a reflection of innovation and efficiency.
Our mission is to build a sustainable solution for fair treatment in order to stop the exploitation of human labor. Therefore, we ensure that the tour companies we work with treat their staff members and local teams fairly.
In the context of Kilimanjaro, fair porter treatment is at the centre of our mission. As a result, they have the support they need to make it possible for you to have a safer, better quality trip.
Our mission is to bring more responsible tourism to less developed regions in order to sustainably promote local development and global integration at large.
Globally, we stand for fair practices and opportunities. What we mean by fairness is to treat everyone with respect and integrity.
We truly believe in the good intentions of travelers: global minds care about local issues. Responsible tourism fosters mutual understanding and the feeling of connectedness. This is more important now than ever.
Therefore, we hold ourselves and our partners accountable to give travelers the information and opportunities they need to act responsibly.
We believe that the travel community has the power to change the world through collective actions. We can make a difference through the choices we make.
Unfortunately, waste is always a problem related to tourism. Therefore, it’s imperative to try keeping the environment clean, meaning to leave no trace, of the places you visit.
We encourage you to implement simple habits that will help to reduce your waste. Most plastic waste that is created during traveling, for example, is completely unnecesary.
Bring a water container such as a Nalgene bottle to avoid wasting water bottles and plastic cups. Not sure how to fix a free refill wherever you are?
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Use a backpack or cotton bag to avoid wasting plastic bags to carry purchases or supplies.
Bring your own toiletries to avoid wasting tiny shower gel, shampoo and other plastic containers in your hotel or accommodation.
In the context of Mount Kilimanjaro and its environment, the biggest difference you can make is the way you go to the bathroom. Curious what else you can do to make a real difference?
Read about the do's and don'tsWe only work with verified responsible tour operators and we do not accept listing or promotion fees. This means that we are the only agency or platform who can give you 100% neutral and independent advice to help you find and customize the best value-for-money offer for your unique requirements.
By being legally registered as a travel agency, yet 100% neutral on the companies we promote, we aim to combine the best of both a traditional agency and a platform model. Our goal is to make the online customization of multi-day trips easy for travelers. At the same time, we make every effort to earn your trust through our outstanding personal advice and service.
Yes. Since the explosion of the internet, this has received a bad connotation as online platforms make it possible for us to book directly with local guides.
However, there are many reasons why local tour guides cannot replace the role of international agents to provide responsible and safe practices for conscious travellers and local communities.
We are insured by the Swiss Travel Security guarantee scheme for traveller deposits. This means that when you book and pay your tour with us, your funds are protected against bankruptcy and no-shows. In the unfortunate event that your tour operator would not deliver your tour to you, you receive your full payments back & more – hassle-free.
Please be careful if you consider booking directly with a local company as no such insurance scheme exists yet in many developing countries. This is in fact the reason that we’re fully registered as a travel agency in Switzerland – a country with a very strong legal & regulatory system to protect your personal & financial interests as a consumer.
Safety is more than ensuring your money, it’s also about your personal safety.
Are you about to book your Kilimanjaro climb and wonder what you should look out for in your tour operator? Or are you already about to embark on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure, and wonder what you could do to climb responsibly?
There are a few things to watch out for as Kilimanjaro has its dangers and should not be underestimated.
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