The TreadRight Foundation, a joint initiative between The Travel Corporation’s (TTC) family of 40 brands including—Trafalgar, Contiki, Costsaver, Brendan Vacations, Luxury Gold and Insight Vacations—has released its 2024 MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Checklist.
The updated checklist is another excellent tool for travel advisors to use to help clients be more responsible travelers, ensuring they protect and make a positive impact on the people, wildlife and places they visit.
The checklist covers four main recommendations including "Planning and Packing," "Getting Around," "Sleeping and Eating" and "Experiences that Matter."
The first includes advice such as bringing a reusable bottle, locating water refill stations in your destination and downloading the Tap app to find water anywhere while the second category focuses on minimizing the carbon footprint of transportation choices. Travelers may opt for a local bike share program to lessen their impact.
In the "Sleeping and Eating" recommendation, guests are encouraged to choose accommodations that have recycling, waste and water conservation programs, and use renewable energy. Finally, the last recommendation encourages travelers to support experiences and businesses that empower communities and protect wildlife. This includes ethical shopping and not supporting illegal wildlife trade by avoiding purchasing wildlife products.
Three local female weavers in Chumbe Community, Sacred Valley, Peru. (Photo Credit: The Travel Corporation)
The checklist also guides clients on choosing businesses such as hotels, airlines or tour operators based on those who have committed to responsible travel through initiatives such as a sustainability strategy with measurable goals or a Climate Action Plan as a roadmap to reduce emissions.
"One of the most frequent questions we are asked is how to be a more conscious traveler. The intention of our 2024 MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Checklist is to help our guests, travel industry partners and their clients by providing them these accessible sustainable travel tips and making them aware of where they are spending and investing their travel funds," Shannon Guihan, The Travel Corporation’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of The TreadRight Foundation said in a statement.
"Whether you are an experienced globetrotter or a first-time explorer, the checklist is straightforward yet covers pre-trip planning, what to do while traveling and other impactful ways that travelers can support a destination and the local communities they visit." added Guihan.
"It’s a great resource to share with friends and colleagues and help make a collective difference."
Clients can download the 2024 MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Checklist here and learn more about TreadRight's sustainable travel initiatives at treadright.org/travel.
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