Travel Company Partners with Vietnam Charity
MARCH 27, 2008. Travel with Conscience is setting new trends in luxury travel by combining fabulous vacations with support for local NGOs in the destinations they cover. The company has recently partnered with the Saigon Children's Charity (SCC) in Southern Vietnam, a 501(3)c organization helping disadvantaged Vietnamese children get an education and a fair start in life. Coupled with visiting Vietnam's most impressive sights, travelers will have the unique opportunity to support local communities by buying tons of rice, sponsoring a child's education, purchasing bicycles as a means of transportation to school, or even funding the construction of a school room for children in poor remote areas. www.saigonchildren.com
Travel with Conscience, based out of Rochester NY, is one of the few companies truly embracing the combination of travel philanthropy and sustainable travel, coupling luxury vacations with support for social and conservation projects worldwide. Clients can custom-design travel unique to their special interests such as cooking, biking and eco tours. TwC then helps arrange visits to various projects in the region giving travelers an authentic and meaningful exchange with local communities. The company promotes socially conscious hotels and provides carbon offsets for all trips.
They currently cover travel to: Costa Rica, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and India.
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