Kind Traveler, the socially conscious booking platform, has launched a new program to empower travelers to positively impact the communities they visit.
Following a six-month global pilot that raised $73,000 in donations for seven charities, the new Every Stay Gives Back (ESGB) program has fully launched, and now includes 30 hotels and 17 charities in 19 destinations.
Following the principles of responsible tourism, 100% of the proceeds of the program will be donated directly to participating local charities, whether the client books through the hotel or through a third party.
The program makes it easy for guests “to plant native trees in Hawaii, support wildlife rehabilitation efforts on Catalina Island, fund local schools in Belize, Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica, and much more,” said Jessica Blotter, Kind Traveler’s CEO.
ESGB is a formalized third-party giving program where a portion of every guest stay is donated to a local charity designated by the hotel. Travelers also are given suggestions of other ways they can get involved and help local communities. Kind Traveler verifies and tracks the monthly donations and makes it easy for hotel and destination partners to communicate their initiatives to guests and stakeholders.
Kind Traveler has a portfolio of more than 350 hotel, destination and charity partners in 25 countries.
