Western Turkey and Cappadocia vacation

Planet

CARBON REDUCTION

- They will be taking an overnight train which is the most enveriomental friendly option.

- We use public transportation during the tour of Istanbul on Day 2, instead of a private vehicle, to reduce impact.

- On our trips, there are vegetarian and vegan options for each day. Our tour guides will have amazing suggestions for our guests.

- We only visit locally owned restaurants, which serve meals cooked with seasonal vegetables.


ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

- At the start of each day, our tour guides talk through the impact of the travel day and share some practical tips to tackle the challenges.

- All our guests will receive a cloth tote bag at the start of the trip. This will help them to avoid the usage of plastic bags.

People

LOCAL ECONOMY

- We only work with locally owned service providers such as hotels, transportation companies, restaurants etc.

- We audit our service providers annually on their employment contracts, to make sure that they employ their staff legally and pay them at least minimum wages.

- On each trip, we have at least one community based activity included, to support the local economy of the region that we travel to.

EMPLOYMENT, INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY

- In Cappadocia, we have Homecooked lunch in Ürgüp in a small village with a local family. Lunch will be cooked by the ladies who are from this cute village, try to get to learn some cooking tips from the masters!

- On day 3 in Cappadocia, we have wine tasting session included. Sample the best local wine in the middle of a valley! Your host will be a young female entrepreneur who has set her own business couple of years ago with her husband, don't miss to listen to her story!

- We only employ locals to our ground operations team (tour leaders) and office team. All our staff members are Turkish.

- We pay legal wages to all our emplyes, cover their social security and give all the legal HR benefits. We also have 3 full timer tour guide, which is not a standard business practise in Turkish tourism. This helps our tour guides to be a part of our Travel community, their social security is covered by our company and all their employment paperwork is looked after by our local finance team.

- We seek for suppliers which are female owned at all times and try to create a gender equality on our supplier chain.

- This trip is suitable for people who has limited mobility. We are able to provide a suitable vehicle.

- We have a person employed in our team as 'Sustainability Officer' who runs trainings on sustainability at the end of each quarter, including tour guides.