{"id":19562,"date":"2017-08-03T14:58:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T13:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=19562"},"modified":"2022-09-05T12:17:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T11:17:11","slug":"dutch-travel-social-enterprise-better-places-seeks-grow-internationally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/08\/dutch-travel-social-enterprise-better-places-seeks-grow-internationally\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch travel social enterprise Better Places expands internationally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19563\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BetterPlaces-Wteam1200-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Dutch travel social enterprise Better Places expands internationally\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BetterPlaces-Wteam1200-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BetterPlaces-Wteam1200-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BetterPlaces-Wteam1200-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">B<\/span>etter Places, a social enterprise in responsible travel that launched in The Netherlands in 2014, followed by Germany in 2016 (operating as Fairaway), is now available to English-speaking travelers around the globe as Better Places Travel. The i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nitial destination roll-out includes: Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Madagascar, Namibia, Nepal, Peru, South Africa, Suriname, and Vietnam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better Places Travel was named most sustainable travel brand out of all 28 measured by Rank a Brand, the largest European comparison site for sustainability and social responsibility of consumer brands. They offer 100% tailor-made travel experiences that conserve each destination\u2019s natural heritage, respect socio-cultural authenticity, and positively impact local communities in accordance with the UN\u2019s recommendations for sustainable tourism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travelers work with local experts, who are expatriates living in the country or locals with extensive tourism experience, to design their own, unique trip that includes small-scale accommodations (e.g. ecolodges and homestays), in-country transportation, and excursions with local guides. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs an organization we are Travelife certified, and we only work with local partners who operate responsibly,\u201d says co-founder Saskia Griep. \u201cWe also offset all carbon emissions at our expense, investing that money in more efficient cooking stoves in Ghana. Our goal is to provide locally-focused travel experiences that put as little strain on the environment as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"su-service\"><div class=\"su-service-title\" style=\"padding-left:46px;min-height:32px;line-height:32px\"><i class=\"sui sui-envelope-o\" style=\"font-size:32px;color:#333\"><\/i> Subscribe to our weekly newsletter<\/div><div class=\"su-service-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"padding-left:46px\">[yikes-mailchimp form=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better Places Travel has also partnered with Dopper whose mission is to reduce single-use plastic and provide everyone with access to clean drinking water. All 2018 bookings will include a Dopper bottle, compliments of Better Places Travel, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Simavi Foundation: a health organization working to improve drinking water conditions in some of the world\u2019s poorest countries. Better Places Travel is also working with their local partners to set up refill stations for travelers in areas where tap water is unsafe. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith the growth we\u2019ve seen in The Netherlands and Germany in such a short time period, we wanted to bring Better Places to a wider international audience,\u201d says marketing manager Marcela Rilovic. \u201cOur expansion into the English-speaking markets will enable more travelers to visit countries responsibly\u2014as travelers, not just as tourists.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responsible travel platform launches in English-speaking territories worldwide and commits to offsets all impacts from trips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,16,534,573,141],"tags":[797],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dutch travel social enterprise Better Places expands internationally<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Responsible travel platform launches in English-speaking territories worldwide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/08\/dutch-travel-social-enterprise-better-places-seeks-grow-internationally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dutch travel social enterprise Better Places expands internationally\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Responsible travel platform launches in English-speaking territories worldwide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/08\/dutch-travel-social-enterprise-better-places-seeks-grow-internationally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-03T13:58:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-05T11:17:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/BetterPlaces-Wteam1200-1024x512.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/08\/dutch-travel-social-enterprise-better-places-seeks-grow-internationally\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/08\/dutch-travel-social-enterprise-better-places-seeks-grow-internationally\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb\"},\"headline\":\"Dutch travel social enterprise Better Places expands internationally\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-03T13:58:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-05T11:17:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/08\/dutch-travel-social-enterprise-better-places-seeks-grow-internationally\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"offsetting\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Activities\",\"Destinations\",\"News\",\"Social Entrepreneur\",\"Tours &amp; 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