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14 questions you need to ask about travel insurance

Protect your travel investment and gain essential peace of mind.

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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…

Conservation, Donor Travel, Travel Tips

Four tangible ways to lessen your environmental impact abroad

Tourism and environmentalism are, in many ways, in direct conflict. It is no secret that global tourism has an enormous carbon footprint.

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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

How to Navigate Your Next Donor Trip with COVID-19 in the Picture

Travel is one of the many industries that has taken a direct hit from COVID-19. It is hard to judge…

Donor Travel, Travel Tips

We Should Not Go Back to “Business as Usual”

by Meredith Hauser   When the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, we’ll all breathe a sigh of relief. We’ll begin to…

Donor Travel

5 Ways to Measure ROI on Donor Trips

Photo courtesy of World Bicycle Relief By Megan Begley, Senior Manager of Social Impact Journeys Planning an international adventure for…

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