♦ MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences are conscious travel experiences available across all TTC brands, chosen with great care based on the positive social or environmental impact they have on their communities and on those who experience them.

♦ We’ve qualified more than 400 experiences across our brands.

♦ Travelers can identify these experiences across our brands by locating the MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences seal. 

♦ Using a proprietary assessment tool endorsed by industry experts and developed exclusively for TTC’s family of brands, MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences are assessed against a robust set of criteria directly tied to the United Nations Global Goals.

♦ This set of criteria, selected from the Global Indicator Framework for the Global Goals, identifies the ways these experiences advance the 11 UN Global Goals that TTC’s 5-year sustainability strategy, How We Tread Right (HWTR) prioritizes.

♦ These criteria also account for the educational component that is vital in helping travelers become aware of their global citizenship.

♦ MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences seek to encourage the greatest community benefit from travel and tourism, while educating guests across our brands about the Global Goals and the local community actions being taken to advance them.

♦ As a traveler you can be assured that your experience is having a positive impact by partaking in one of these experiences.

♦ The 17 United Nations Global Goals, or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are a call to action for governments, businesses and society to address today’s most pressing sustainable development issues.

♦ While recognizing the interconnectedness and importance of achieving all the Global Goals, The Travel Corporation has prioritized 11 Global Goals on which we can drive the most impact through our 5-year sustainability strategy How We Tread Right.

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♦ On Insight Vacations’ ‘Focus on Ireland’ trip, guests will enjoy a farm-to-table experience at the 19th Green Guest House. They will learn from owners John and Freda about the ‘farm-to-fork’ ethos and about the health and sustainability benefits that come from eating fresh compared to processed foods. The experience directly advances UN Global Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production through its educational component, highlighting the importance of the circular economy and locally sourced food.

♦ On Contiki’s ‘Best Of USA’ trip guests will visit Green Bronx Machine, a non-profit based in New York helping to grow healthy students and communities in marginalized areas through its indoor community gardening program. This experience directly advances UN Global Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities through its education on sustainable food practices.

♦ On Uniworld River Cruises’ ‘Splendors of Egypt & the Nile Jordan Extension’ river cruise, guests will visit the Iraq Al-Amir Women’s Cooperative, managed and run by local women. This former TreadRight project provides employment and training to more than 150 women from nearby villages, while preserving local arts and culture. The experience directly advances UN Global Goals 4 & 5: Quality Education & Gender Equality by empowering local women and girls.

♦ Pudakul is a 100% Aboriginal owned and operated family business which offers cultural and nature-based experiences. On AAT Kings’ ‘Northern Territory Explorer’ trip, guests engage with the Aboriginal community, and learn about the local environment and wildlife. This experience directly advances UN Global Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by actively recruiting people from underrepresented populations and educating guests on Aboriginal culture.

♦ On Trafalgar’s ‘Wonders of Kenya’ trip, guests learn firsthand from the rangers at Ol Pejeta Conservancy about its endangered wildlife and ecosystem conservation efforts. Ol Pejeta is home to 2 of the world’s last remaining northern white rhinos and is a sanctuary for over 110 critically endangered black rhinos. This experience directly advances UN Global Goal 15: Life on Land through its significant contribution to anti-poaching initiatives.

♦ On African Travel, Inc.’s ‘Deserts and Dunes of Namibia’ trip, guests participate in an interactive project with the Hoanib Valley Camp Giraffe Conservation Foundation, which is focused on the conservation and management of giraffes in the wild throughout Africa. During this experience, guests can help monitor the desert-giraffe population and maybe even help save the giraffes further afield by creating awareness back home. This experience directly advances UN Global Goal 15: Life on Land by educating guests on improving, protecting, or conserving wildlife and natural habitats.

♦ On Lion World Travel’s ‘Tented Safari in Style’ trip, guests will visit the Shamwari Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which is dedicated to caring for sick, injured or orphaned animals, and in doing so are able to learn about the plight faced by at-risk wild in the region, and the organization’s conservation and anti-poaching efforts. Through its work to protect and conserve wildlife and their habitat, this experience directly advances UN Global Goal 15: Life on Land.

♦ On Brendan Vacations’ ‘Northern Dream’ trip, guests can stand on the shoulders of the past and sink into stories from a guide who channels the spirit of the seanchaí on this walking tour of the majestic Giant’s Causeway. With a backdrop of craggy castles and jutting landscapes, the Giant’s Causeway is nature at its wildest. This experience directly advances UN Global Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities through its educational and preservation efforts to protect natural and built heritage sites.

♦ On Evan Evans’ ‘Windsor Castle, Stonehenge & Bath’ trip, guests will visit and learn about this prehistoric monument. The site’s Visitor Centre is not connected to a main water supply. Instead, water is drawn from a borehole. The centre employs a number of methods to preserve this precious natural resource and thereby directly advances UN Global Goal 6: Clean Water & Sanitation.

♦ Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat, part of the Red Carnation Hotels Collection, is the custodian of over 130 unique rock art sites, some as old as 10,000 years. Guests can view the sites on the reserve and learn about how Bushmans Kloof has been dedicated to protecting these extraordinary treasures. This experience directly advances UN Global Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities, by protecting natural and built heritage.