Book holidays and donate to charity for free!

:
Luxury Travel
Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Youtube Linkedin
Charitable Travel Logo
Sign up for our newsletter

Reservations

Luxury Travel

Charitable Travel Logo

Reservations

Luxury Travel

In The Press

Almost a third of people (30%) will reduce charitable donations in favour of being able to afford a holiday, according to research by One Poll, conducted on our behalf. 

This poll also revealed that 71% of Brits blame the current cost of living crisis for not donating more, while 23% of Brits believe holidays to be essential spending.

Moreover, 66% would donate more if it was added to the cost of something they are already buying or had more time or had admin done for them.

“The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic means charities need our support now more than ever, but the cost-of-living crisis has resulted in people having less and less disposable income, with many making difficult financial sacrifices. Charitable Travel offers holiday-goers the opportunity to increase their giving, simply by booking a holiday."

Melissa Tilling

Click to read more about the results from Travel Weekly and TTG Media.

Charitable Travel Founder, Melissa Tilling was featured in a Tech Round article by Dana Leigh  who highlighted the uniqueness of the business. Click here to read the full article.

“Charitable Travel is the brain child of Melissa Tilling (she/her), the first transgender founder of a travel company. Melissa turned a thirty-four year career in the private enterprise sector of travel into this innovative way of accessing the £55 billion annual outbound tourism spend (World Travel & Tourism Council) pre-pandemic, to support the £11.3 billion individual donation value estimated by The National Philanthropic Trust.”

Charitable Travel Founder, Melissa Tilling was interviewed by the Yorkshire Times to spread the word on what it means to ‘Travel For Good’ and how Charitable Travel allows there customers to donate to charity at no extra cost.  Click here to read the full article.

"In the current cost of living crisis when donating to charity is another outlay to consider, the idea of going on holiday and donating at no extra cost is proving very popular. We combine this with a [...] wide range of offers, travel advice and personalised customer care to ensure we offer our customers the perfect holiday."

Melissa Tilling

Ally ware, Marketing Manager at Charitable Travel has been nominated as one of The Travel Trade Gazette’s (TTG) 30 under 30 highlighting the accomplishments of 30 travel professionals under the age of 30. 

Ally joined Charitable Travel as marketing manager in February 2021 with an impressive resume featuring big names in travel such as Funway Holidays and TravMedia. We’re very proud of Ally for her achievement and very lucky to have her with us working towards a sustainable and fair future for travel.

I believe this accolade will assist me in my mission to champion sustainable travel, both within the industry and in the public perception of the travel industry.

Ally Ware, Marketing Manager, Charitable Travel
See The Full List

We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Travel Association and Brand USA have selected Charitable Travel as one of the top 51 highest producing tour operators and buyers of US travel, at its annual Chairman’s Circle Honours awards reception.

The U.S. Travel Association is a non-profit organization representing all components of the travel industry. As the united voice of the industry, U.S. travel prioritises high-impact issues that matter most.

Brand USA is an organization dedicated to marketing the United States as a premier travel destination. Brand USA works in partnership with the travel industry to maximize the economic and social benefits of travel.

We are honoured to be recognised as one of the best travel companies selling US Travel. The US offers a huge diversity of experiences cultures and landscapes to experience. Get in touch with us today to plan your stateside vacation and donate 5% of the cost to a charity of your choice. Contact us here.

“The work of our Chairman’s Circle honourees is vitally important to bringing visitors back to the United States and accelerating the recovery of the inbound travel sector,”

U.S. Travel Association President and CEO, Roger Dow

Our Big Holiday Help Hub has been featured in ATV Today, UKFundraising and Luxurious Magazine. 

Big Holiday Help Hub is here to help you give back to the local communities and environments that you visit on your well deserved holidays. Whether you can spend a few hours helping with a beach clean-up, or lend your skills to a community in need, there are voluntourism projects that rely on help from volunteers like you to continue making a positive impact.

“Holidaymakers are becoming increasingly benevolent and passionate about having a positive impact in the destinations they visit. Our new ‘Big Holiday Help’ hub highlights the great work being done in local communities around the world and enables visitors to dedicate a little time during their break to get involved with local projects to make a real difference whilst on holiday.

Melissa Tilling

Charitable Travel Founder, Melissa Tilling was interviewed by Ellie Thornton for Customer Experience Magazine in honour of Pride Month. Click here to read the full article.

Pride Month is very special to me as a transgender woman and social entrepreneur. Charitable Travel strive to embody the values of self-affirmation; dignity of those across the spectrum; the equality, inclusion and humanity LGBTQ+ people deserve; and provide increased visibility of LGBT individuals through our customer-facing activities in a heightened way during the month.

During Pride Month, our website highlights some amazing charities to our customers. We amplify those that are doing great work to support the wellbeing of the LGBTQ+ community.

Melissa Tilling

Charitable Travel has been featured in The Times! We were mentioned for the second year running in the updated Times list of ‘Eleven sustainable travel companies going the extra, eco-friendly mile’.

To find out more about our unique social purpose and mission read the full article here. 

We are pleased to announce that Charitable Travel has been shortlisted for the Extraordinary Award at the 2022 Travel Marketing Awards! 

The award recognises any organisation, brand, team or individual that has navigated the pandemic in an extraordinary way. We are delighted to be nominated and wish all of our fellow nominees the best of luck. 

To view the full shortlist please click here. 

 

We’ve been featured in The Telegraph! We were mentioned in the recent Earth Day article by Juliet Kinsman, ‘Sustainable travel: 26 ways to be environmentally friendly and still see the world in 2022’. 

To find out more about sustainable travel and read the full article click here. 

"G — Giving back

You could book a volunteering vacation with a reputable grass-roots NGO, use a travel company with an established charitable foundation, or simply sign up for an excursion with a local indigenous guide (a tour of the original adobe settlements in New Mexico’s Rio Grande valley with the Native Americans of Taos Pueblo, perhaps, or Madidi National Park in Bolivia with the Uchupiamonas). Or, if you don’t want to devote your entire trip to an NGO’s mission, Charitable Travel is similar to a typical travel agent in the UK, except that a portion of the price of your high-end package holiday bought from this social enterprise goes to a charitable cause of your choosing. "

We’ve been featured in a report on the responsible travel market collated by the Digital Journal! Read the article to learn more about Charitable Travel and other responsible travel companies that are changing the industry and making it more sustainable. You can read the full article here. 

Adventure Travel Networking has published a list of UK Travel Companies  Connected with Social Causes – and we made the cut! 

"Charitable Travel, founded in April 2020, is a social enterprise and travel agency that makes a donation on behalf of every traveller. It also established the Charitable Travel Fund, which is a UK-based charity that specifically supports aid to communities that depend on tourism revenue but have minimal governmental support when that income is threatened or lost due to unexpected events like natural disasters or pandemics.

“I felt there was a place for us to create a fund and awareness of the instances as they occur, and to be able to grant aid support to communities dependent on tourism to help in immediate recovery from injury and illness, to help with deprivation and hardship, and then to help with regaining tourism income as quickly as possible," said Melissa Tilling, CEO of Charitable Travel and trustee of the Charitable Travel Fund."

Read the full piece on the Adventure Travel Networking website here.   

CHARITABLE TRAVEL

Approve Social Enterprise Mark. Trading for People and Planet.
Certified Social enterprise Badge. Business For Good.
Travel Trust Association Member Number Q8568

Fundraising Futures Community Interest Company, Contingent Works, Broadway Buildings,
Elmfield Road, Bromley, Kent,
BR1 1LW. England

NAVIGATION

Putting our profit to work supporting the work of charitable causes

FOLLOW US

We're a member of Worldchoice Plus - the UK's largest consortium of Independent Travel Agents
Travel Trust Association Member Number Q8568
Pacific Asia Travel Association member. UK and Ireland Chapter,
Member of ETOA - European Tourism Association 2024.
Caribbean Tourism Board logo
Member of WTACH - World Tourism Association for Culture & Heritage.
Africa Travel & Tourism Association logo
West Africa Tourism Organisation Member
SE Folk logo for footer carousel
Brand USA Tile for footer 07Jul22
GSTC - Global Sustainability Tourism Council Member

For the latest travel advice, including security, local laws and passports, visit the  Foreign & Commonwealth Office website.

Link to FCO Travel Advice at gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo

© 2024 All rights reserved​

Made with ❤ by net effect