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Learn how to develop a signature trip for your non-profit organization and integrate your values seamlessly into every aspect of your journey with Elevate Destinations’ custom travel solutions.

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Donor Travel

The 6 essential steps in designing an advance trip

An advance trip is a great investment for organizations when designing logistically complicated journeys for VIP donors.

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Destinations, Donor Travel

La Ciudad Perdida as your next charity challenge

My experience trekking to La Ciudad Perdida – learning to be present, slow down, and deeply connect I spent four…

Travel Tips

A checklist for your first travel post vaccination

What you need to know before you get back onan airplane.

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Donor Travel, Travel Tips

8 essential questions you should ask your travel provider during COVID

  Traveling with a trusted and experienced provider is more important than ever in ensuring the quality and safety of…

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Donor Travel, Travel Tips

Eight tips for traveling on your next philanthropic donor trip

To acknowledge how you make sense and meaning of your experiences on any philanthropic donor trip, you must carve out…

Donor Travel, Travel Tips

4 Ways to Support Positive Group Dynamics on Donor Trips

By Julia Breul, Associate Director of Social Impact Journeys In our experience working on the nuts and bolts of donor…

Lori Barra with local youth on a donor trip in Nepal

Donor Travel

A Donor’s Perspective on Site Visits and Nonprofit Travel

Interview with Lori Barra, Executive Director, Philanthropist, and Donor By Julia Breul and Dana Droller At Elevate Destinations, we are…

Donor Travel

Donor Trip Checklist: 7 Steps to Assess Whether or Not Your Site Visit is Feasible

We know your time is precious. All travel planners and fundraising staff are juggling a million initiatives and details. However,…

Donor Travel

Connecting Threads for Enriching Donor Trips

By Dana Droller, Manager of Social Impact Journeys Prior to planning social impact journeys at Elevate Destinations, I lived in…

Donor Travel

6 Essential Tips to Filling a Donor Trip

By Katherine Redington, Vice President of Social Impact Journeys and Business Development At Elevate Destinations, we plan signature donor trips…

Donor Travel

10 Benefits of a Well-Executed Donor Trip

By Katherine Redington, Vice President of Social Impact Journeys and Business Development Considering over 70% of all charitable contributions are…

Donor Travel

How to Develop a Photography Policy for your Donor Trip

By Megan Begley, Senior Manager of Social Impact Journeys Photo by Andre Furtado on Unsplash These days, nearly everyone has…

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