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King5.com/ Evening Magazine June 21, 2010 "A Seattle company is offering a new kind of vacation that practically guarantees to change your life." http://www.king5.com/on-tv/evening-magazine/Crooked-Trails-providing-meaningful-vacations-96843274.html Happy Trails: Crooked Trails Promotes Volunteer Tourism and Responsible Travel Wanderlustandlipstick.com June 25, 2010 "Tourism can happen with host communities not to them if they have control over it. So we want to show travelers as well as host communities that tourism can be beneficial and a lot of fun to boot." http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/abroadvolunteers/2010/06/25/happy-trails-crooked-trails-promotes-volunteer-tourism-and-responsible-travel/ Non-profit spotlight: crooked trails Theglobalcitezenproject.blogspot.com May 10, 2010 "I realized that my favorite country is usually the one I am traveling in at the moment. I seem to appreciate wherever I am at any given time the most." http://globalcitizenproject.blogspot.com/2010/05/non-profit-spotlight-crooked-trails.html Family Volunteer Vacations Traveltips.usatoday.com "These interpersonal adventures focus on community service, from reforestation to building schools--whatever is most needed per the community's decision." http://traveltips.usatoday.com/family-volunteer-vacations-1762.html Every backpacker's bible - Unpacking the gospel according to Lonely Planet Mcgilldaily.com March 5, 2009 "Crooked Trails' Thailand trip includes combating sexual slavery among the hill tribe people and replanting mangrove swamps in Andaman fishing villages." http://www.mcgilldaily.com/article/18345-every-backpacker-s-bible Travel responsibly with Crooked Trails Seattle International Travel Examiner February 18 "Participants may find themselves building a school in Kenya, working with a weavers' cooperative in Peru, or replanting mangrove swamps destroyed by the tsunami in Thailand. The emphasis is on creating meaningful and mutually beneficial cultural exchange." http://www.examiner.com/x-3068-Seattle-International-Travel-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Travel-Responsibly-with-Crooked-Trails Dreaming of the Three Cups of Tea Experience? Build a school in Nepal with Crooked Trails Austin International Travel Examiner June 29 "Crooked Trails participants return home having learned ways to incorporate lessons from these exchanges into their own lives and communities." http://www.examiner.com/x-1644-Austin-Sustainable-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Dreaming-of-the-Three-Cups-of-Tea-Experience-Build-a-school-in-Nepal-with-Crooked-Trails Cultural Immersion: A Deeper Travel Experience Austin International Travel Examiner Novermber 5 "Participants return home having learned ways to incorporate lessons from these exchanges into their own lives and communities." http://www.examiner.com/x-1644-Seattle-Sustainable-Travel-Examiner~y2008m11d5-Cultural-Immersion-A-Deeper-Travel-Experience Beyond ecotourism: How to travel responsibly Seattle International Travel Examiner June 10 "It's not just about minimizing negative impacts; it's about respecting local traditions and cultures and having a positive effect on the local economy." http://www.examiner.com/x-3068-Seattle-International-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d10-Beyond-ecotourism-How-to-travel-responsibly Planting Empowerment partners with tour operators for carbon offsets Austin Sustainable Travel Examiner December 15 "Tourism companies that are serious about sustainability and responsible travel have found a new way to reduce the footprint caused by travel: Carbon emission offsets. And they've found a partner in Planting Empowerment." http://www.examiner.com/x-1644-Seattle-Sustainable-Travel-Examiner~y2008m12d15-Planting-Empowerment-Partners-with-Tour-Operators-for-Carbon-Offsets?comments=true Experience a High-Altitude Homestay in an Andean Mountain Village Spire Presents Suzanne's Files "My exposure to the values of the villagers has given me a better understanding of what is most important for me to enjoy life. It is not my material positions but the opportunity to be a citizen of the world." http://www.spire.com/s-file/experience-a-high-altitude-homestay-in-an-andean-mountain-village Adventure travel can leave a lasting impression born of giving and friendship Seatle PI September 2008 "The village elder had never seen an airplane, and it took two interpreters -- translating from English to Thai to the indigenous language and back again -- to communicate. Despite the cultural hurdles, the Westerners bonded with the villagers and helped them build a much-needed community center." http://www.seattlepi.com/getaways/378402_adventure11.html Intrepid travelers in Peru veer off beaten track Associated Press July 30, 2008 "Crooked Trails offers tours to Vicos as well as Peru's top tourist destination, Machu Picchu... Travelers are expected do to some light farm work, a small price to pay for waking up to a view of the snowcapped Andes." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080730/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_peru_community_tourism Community Tourism In Peru - Americans Trade In Long Lines And Tours To Live In Villagers' Homes And Experience Their Live CBS News August 6, 2008 "Sheri Steiner, a 58-year-old media buyer from Steamboat Springs, Colo., who has traveled around the world, said that despite the differences between her dress, language and lifestyle from the family: 'We're not so different.'" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/06/travel/main4324842.shtml Off beaten track in Peru - As tourism booms, intrepid travelers veer into the farm Msnbc.com August 1, 2008 "Travelers pay to stay in villagers' homes, eat what they eat, live as they live, learning about their customs firsthand." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25951256/ A Nonprofit Travel Company With a Global Mission Seattle Woman Magazine June 2005 "'Crooked Trails' biggest contribution has been to connect people around the world in a nonthreatening, nonjudgmental environment,' smiles Leland. 'Creating new friendships, building understanding of our global community, breaking down cultural barriers, and encouraging people to be active in their own communities at home.'" http://www.seattlewomanmagazine.com/articles/june05-4.htm Weekend concerts to raise money for tsunami victims The Seattle Times January 14, 2005 "'We're working out what we can do, if we can help rebuild docks and homes,' said Mackay. 'This has wrung our hearts, and we wanted to reach out." Travel companies big and small in the United States and worldwide are contributing to relief efforts." http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2002149931_travhelp16.html Working tours - Crooked Trails allows visitors to live and work in local villages in Peru, Nepal and elsewhere Puget Sound Business Journal October 7, 2005 "'The best thing is seeing the changes in people when they come back from our trips,' Mackay said. 'They say, 'You changed my life.' I say, 'No, you changed your life.'" http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/10/10/smallb1.html Beyond Ecotourism - Transformational Adult Learning in the High Himalayas TransitionsAbroad.com Novermber/December 2003 "Finally, she explained, we would travel with a purpose. Crooked Trails would ensure that we would all leave something of ourselves behind, in the form of carefully planned and targeted financial support or a community service project or perhaps both." http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0311/beyond_ecotourism.shtml New Family Values National Geographic Novermber/Decmber 2008 "Crooked Trails, specializing in community-based travel, has developed a homestay trip to Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas for families with children ages five and under (yes, you read right)." http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/resources/st_summervacation0607/summer.html Crooked Trails broadens understanding of planet through innovative programs International Examiner August 3, 2006 "Before heading to the Himalayas, many tourists tend to think of how the experience will make a huge impact in their lives. They rarely realize how meaningful their visits will be to the people of the Himalayas, who never leave their village and don't often have foreign visitors. After participants on the Crooked Trail program experience the cultural exchange, the people in the villages can't wait for the tourists to return." http://www.iexaminer.org/news/crooked-trails-broadens-understanding-of-planet-through-innovative-programs/ |
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