Voluntourism: Giving Back As Much As You Take Away

Voluntourism – 'Giving Back' As Much As We Take Away, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Most people take a holiday to relax not work, yet giving back to a place, rather than simply taking away – whether it be a bundle of beautiful memories or a suitcase of souvenirs – is the aim of a rising number of travellers, including ourselves. Tagging turtles for a conservation project, being a bear-keeper … Read more

Sustainable Travel – Buying Local Produce and Local Products

Sustainable Travel – Buying Local Produce and Local Products. Anat, a former non-profit collective in Syria. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Sustainable travel will be a big focus of our grand tour of the world this year. Whenever we settle into a place we’ll be buying local produce and local products wherever we go. We want to inspire you to do the same on your travels. As we’ve travelled the globe over the past few years we’ve … Read more

Local Travel is About the People You Meet as Much as the Places You Go

Local Travel is About the People You Meet as Much as the Places You Go. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Local travel is about the people you meet as much as the places you visit. Connecting with locals is going to be a major part of what we do here on Grantourismo. Because sometimes it’s the people as much as the places that make travel meaningful and memorable. Whether it’s an all-night conversation with an engaging character … Read more

Getting It Right – Selecting the Perfect Holiday Rental

Getting It Right – Selecting the Perfect Holiday Rental

Think back to the last time you had to book a holiday rental for a family reunion or choose a resort for your summer getaway. Remember the hours you spent trawling through photos and descriptions on websites? Flicking through the back page ads in stacks of old Conde Nast Travellers? Multiply that by 26 and … Read more

Experiential Travel – Exploring More Enriching Ways to Travel

Experiential Travel – Exploring More Enriching Ways to Travel. Four Seasons Tented Camp, Golden Triangle, Thailand. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Experiential travel is about exploring more enriching ways to travel for us – it’s about making travel more meaningful and memorable and that’s our mission here on Grantourismo and our focus for the year ahead. Experiential travel is a style of travel we’ve been doing for many years – actively engaging and interacting with locals, and … Read more