Responsible Travel Policy
We offer small group and tailor-made holidays based on the appreciation and respect of the local environment and people.
We can show you some of the most beautiful and fascinating places in the world, from Bali to India, Thailand to Cambodia, handpicked to offer you an unforgettable experience, while also preserving nature and benefiting local communities.
We actively support responsible, ethical and sustainable travel through our business practices, encouraging clients to do the same and also by contributing part of our profits to support community projects in the destinations we visit.
We try to ensure that all our trips not only minimise the negative effects of tourism but actually have a positive impact on the communities who welcome us into their villages and often their homes.
Using local guides, local transport and local accommodation and paying fair wages, ensures that not only do you gain a unique insight into the culture you are visiting but also that as much of your money as possible stays in the local community.
Wherever possible we also contribute to community projects (helping to preserve traditional ways of life, providing education and supporting environmental initiatives) and, if practical, encourage you to visit or even lend a helping hand.
In addition to supporting local community projects, wherever possible Go Differently supports the local economies by recruiting their guides and drivers locally. All are paid a fair wage for their labour ensuring that as much of your money as possible goes straight into the community.
By working in co-operation with local individuals and companies, particularly in less-developed regions, we advise on any potential impacts of our visits and strive to minimise these wherever possible. In this way, those who travel with us are not greeted as unwanted intruders but rather as welcome guests.
Our pre-trip Adventure Files include advice about our responsible travel policies and will encourage you to follow our guidelines. These include stressing the need to avoid wastage of local resources, minimising the pollution caused by leaving litter, and emphasising the need to respect local customs and cultural beliefs. As locals themselves, our guides will also advise and help you to fit in with social expectations.
In order to ensure a minimal impact on the places visited, the maximum size of a group on any trip is 12. We believe this allows you to become actively involved in the lives of the local communities without imposing "foreign" morals and values.
In the office we use paper from sustainable sources and recycling facilities as far as it is practical to do so. We also reduce wastage by trying to keep our paper-based literature/correspondance to a minimum. Details of all our trips are re-produced on our website and available in downloadable electronic format.
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