About responsiblevacation.com

Just how exceptional would you like your vacation to be?

From day one in 2001, we realised something incredibly simple.

If the people who created your vacation lived and worked in the place you were going, or knew it intimately, they would really care about giving you a different kind of experience - something really exceptional.

No matter what type of vacation; beach, adventure, safari, you name it, traveling with us is not just a brief stay somewhere - it's a real connection with the people, the landscape, the culture, the food and the environment.

It's like really living somewhere and enjoying the peace and quiet or the pace and excitement of the place as much as the people who live there do.

We call this traveling like a local.

How different could this be from the mass produced, vanilla experiences sold by thousands of vacation companies.

Sorting, sifting, selecting vacations

This puts us under some pressure because it's our responsibility to sift from millions upon millions of vacations to find the people, places and experiences that are truly authentic.

Luckily our job is made that little bit easier because our reputation is such that all sorts of wonderful people from all over the world bring their vacations to us to market. We choose very special vacations, run by remarkable people from specialist tour operators and accommodations, from all 4 corners of the planet.

These people are the current and future stars of the tourism industry, burning bright on our map!

More than a fabulous vacation

The vacation providers that we work with have thought a lot about where they live and work. They care passionately about keeping it unspoilt by tourism. They don't want their beaches packed like sardines, or their restaurants selling food you can get everywhere else. They want you to have a remarkable experience.

They want you to come because your time, and, lets be honest, your money spent in these amazing places help to create extraordinary things. You help preserve culture. You help protect nature. You help sustain long-term growth.

The vacation providers help build schools, communities, medical centres, water pumps, conserve turtles and forests; you name it. They all take responsibility for the travel you do, the vacation you enjoy and the livelihoods you affect.

We urge you to think very carefully when choosing a vacation with us. Who will benefit? What change effect are you looking for? How hands on do you want to be. And let's be honest, how hands off do you want to be (it is a vacation after all).

Is flying right? It contributes 5% to global warming after all and aircraft emit high emissions of greenhouse gases. Nasty stuff. And we really worry about it and want to be responsible about it.

Fly less. That's what we urge. But when you do fly, make it count. Not by buying carbon credits. In our opinion they just encourage more use of carbon burning devices! Make it count by putting something back. Creating something. Growing something.

Or simply relax knowing that if you choose to go on one of the vacations on the site you'll be doing just that.

This isn't just sales talk - read independent reviews

These amazing vacations end up becoming an extraordinary experience. But don't take our word for it - check out the thousands of independent and unedited reviews from customers who have been bowled over by their experience.

If you went on one of our selected vacations we'd love you to let us know what you thought. Every day we are amazed at the personal comments that are sent to us. Our reviews are rated from one star to five stars and apologies in advance for blowing our own trumpet, but our average rating is 4 and a half.

If you're going to go out of your way to have an absolutely incredible and amazing vacation, then you'd expect us to go out of our way to find it.

And we do.

That's a responsibility we love to live up to and love to fulfil.