Giving Back to the Places We Visit!
About You
Location
Project Street Address
4 Clement Circle
Project City
Cambridge
Project Province/State
MA
Project Postal/Zip Code
Project Country
United States
Your idea
Name Your Project
Giving Back to the Places We Visit!
Describe Your Idea
Innovation
Are you a traveler or a travel company?
Travel company.
Tell us your idea. What makes your idea innovative?
Elevate Destinations is a pioneer in philanthropic and sustainable travel, delivering first class itineraries customized to our clients interests. Currently, Elevate Destinations offers travel to Africa, Central and South America, China, India, Bhutan and Mongolia, Southeast Asia and New Zealand. Our trips incorporate educational and community service opportunities throughout the world, for travelers with a lot of curiosity and good will, but not a lot of time. We give 5% of the net costs of all our trips to vetted NGO partners around the world—groups that are active in conservation efforts and community development. All travelers are provided with the appropriate resources to carbon off-set their entire trip (air and land). We also house an online philanthropic program, Travel Matters, which allows travelers to make a donation to the country they are visiting, whether or not they are traveling with Elevate Destinations. Elevate Destinations is an innovator in the area of Donor Travel, organizing trips for the Board members and donors of international non-profits to visit projects overseas.
Impact
What is the likely impact of your idea?
Service Trips have become a popular way for individuals, couples, families and groups to meaningfully contribute to communities in the countries they visit. Assisting with community projects and conservation efforts deepens travelers’ appreciation for their hosts and can substantially improve conditions for local inhabitants. Elevate Destinations partners with a deep network of NGO and community groups, and is always exploring new ways to incorporate local needs and issues into our customized itineraries. From volunteering in an orphanage, to assisting with species preservation, to teaching English in a local school, your service participation will stay with you long after you return home. Many travelers stay connected with the people whose lives they have touched, and continue to support their efforts to improve their lives.
What would it take to launch or spread your idea?
Elevate Destinations would like to get the message of responsive traveling out to the world. There is no price to put on it. Any effort on each and every travelers part is what gives back to the places we visit.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Sustainability
Describe yourself as a social innovator.
Elevate Destinations plays a vital role in building the bridge between donor and beneficiary, providing a much-needed service to non-profits that would find it taxing to organize donor travel themselves. Philanthropic Travel is a growing trend in the US and abroad. Today, you can take your philanthropy on the road: traveling to make a difference in the world and contribute to international nonprofit organizations. Philanthropic travel is the newest way to combine your travel interests and the issues you care about. From saving elephants in Botswana to benefiting an orphanage in Cambodia, travelers can give back to the communities they visit and still enjoy the pleasures of a luxury trip put together by Elevate Destinations, leaders in the Responsive Travel movement.
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