Bali family vacation with teenagers

Planet

Responsible travel is one of the pillars our company is built upon. All of our travelers are provided with information regarding Responsible Travel at all stages of the booking process and while traveling with us. Our leaders are also trained extensively in Responsible Travel and will advocate for this throughout our trips. For example, on Day 5 we are doing a Rice Terrace trek, during which the guide will explain the importance of water for Balinese people whose livelihoods are in agriculture.
On this tour, all travelers will receive a reusable bag to use throughout the trip. Plastic pollution in Bali is huge issue so this small gesture for our clients will assist in campaign to stop the use of plastic bags while shopping and visiting market places for souvenirs. What is more, a number of restaurants in Bali now serve drinks with paper straws (no more plastic), their take away containers and bags are all recycled, and therefore we do encourage travelers to choose restaurants that take sustainability into account.
Our hotels in Bali used on this trip practice the world wide water usage program “reuse or replace’. This program simply asks customers using a door/bathroom hanger to "reuse or replace" towels. Hotels have little placecards in the bathrooms explaining that every day millions of gallons of water are used to wash towels that have only been used once. If clients are happy to reuse their towel for another night they hang it up, if they would like to replace it stays on the floor.

People

We have a Foundation which was set up to empower travelers to have a positive impact on the communities they visit. Our Foundation now supports over 50 local, grassroots projects around the world. Over the past 15 years, The Foundation has distributed over AU $5 million to projects tackling areas such as sustainable development, human rights, child protection, environmental conservation, wildlife protection, education and healthcare. While we do not visit a project during this trip, our Foundation supports a project in Bali called BumiSehat. Its mission is to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality, as well as to support the health and development of communities.
Our company is committed to employing local leaders for all of our trips – and that includes our family range. All of our leaders are specifically trained on Responsible Travel and are encouraged to live and breathe it throughout each and every departure they lead. All travelers are briefed on Responsible Travel upon their first welcome meeting – which is almost always on the first evening of each trip. We source produce locally throughout the trip, eat at local restaurants and encourage our travelers to purchase souvenirs from local artisans and recruit our on the ground team from the local community.
Our family trips have a maximum group size of 16, which generally consists of three to four families. We believe this is the perfect size for a family trip while respecting the capabilities of the destinations we visit. Overtourism is an issue we are very conscious of and we are taking measures to ensure our impact on the communities we visit and their environment is our top priority.