Responsible Travel Reviews 

Brilliant experience from Responsible Travel; once they understood what I was looking for, they gave me great advice and then introduced me to a couple of their partner agencies. Through them, I booked a volunteer trip top Romania, working at the bear sanctuary. It was an amazing experience and I'm so grateful to have been able to do it.

First timer booking with Responsible Travel but it will not be the last!! I went to Bhutan with one of Responsible Travel’s local partners and was blown away. Everything was handled professionally and communication was great all around! Bhutan was beautiful, you need to visit!

Just returned from 9 days in Egypt with Responsible/Encounters Travel. We've had an amazing time. Super knowledgeable guide Khaled kept us informed the whole trip. What a lovely man! All very well organised to make the trip as smooth as possible. A really good mix of seeing some of the real Egypt - cities and countryside, the incredible historical antiquities and comfortable hotels.

Really great trip and rewarding experience with the Mahouts Elephant Foundation in Thailand. We learned so much about the people, the culture, the land, animals, forest and food and made what I hope will be friends and connections for life. A piece of our heart remains in the village.

We came into contact with Responsible Travel when searching for Antarctica cruises. Charlotte Caffrey demonstrated quickly how extremely knowledge and efficient her service was in directing us to a number of options. Holly Payne nearer to our departure assisted with the pre departure paperwork and was also excellent. Our chosen expedition on MS FRAM ( the Hurtigruten line ) suited us perfectly and we will be booking through Responsible Travel again as a consequence.

Responsible Travel are totally reliable in their recommendations. When sustainability and supporting local communities is a priority, then please turn to them. We have just returned from a superb trip to South India with Bespoke India travel, a small brilliant company we would not have heard of without Responsible Travel. We have used RT before and will use them again

I have just returned from a 62day trip to South America and Antarctica which Responsible travel helped with by putting me in touch with a few agents who specialise in such trips. The agency, Trans Humans, who we went with, is based in Mendoza Argentina and worked out a very broad and extensive schedule in minute and precise detail. Federica Maliaco, our agent from Trans Humans, worked with us from start to finish. Throughout our trip she was in frequent contact to ensure all our transfers, hotels and flights were as expected. She even informed us of changes in flight times before the airlines. We had a medical emergency in one instance and Federica helped with every detail including attending the hospital with my friend to ensure language issues did not hinder timely treatment. Absolutely fantastic customer service with great attention to every detail.

Responsible Travel were helpful and enthusiastic right from my first tentative enquiry and put me touch with a company offering a tour of Vietnam that was perfect for me: 17 days travelling from Hanoi in the north down to the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City in the south, and it proved no trouble to add days on at the start and end of the official tour for me to explore on my own. The tour was a fascinating mix of seeing natural wonders, learning more about the country's long and painful history of suffering and armed struggle, and pure relaxation and pleasure, travelling in a small group of very congenial companions and enjoying some wonderful food.

The helpful staff put me in touch with various holiday providers so that I could quickly choose. Thank you.

We had a wonderful 4 day trip in a Felucca on the Nile. We were 4 travellers with 4 crew- the captain, the cook, and two people who sailed. The crew were wonderful and kind and funny. Karim made sure everything went smoothly and was incredibly hospitable. At night we stopped at the side of the Nile where no other tourists go. No electricity or running water. Really tranquil. During the day we stopped at villages, markets and archeological sites. I hope to go again to a different part of the Nile.

A fantastic 23 days exploring Vietnam and the temples of Cambodia. The guides were brilliant and very knowledgeable, we got to experience the real part of these places. The walks in Vietnam were great to say the least we went in there winter so the climate was still in the 20s which was ok but during the summer it goes well above that so the temples in Cambodia can be quite draining. But overall it was a fantastic trip

Recently returned from a fabulous holiday in Cuba staying with local families, discovering the amazing countryside and learning about the history. Our busy trip worked seamlessly, so many thanks to Marcel at Latin American Journeys Guru for organising and the guides on the ground. We wouldn't hesitate to book with them again.

Helpful and accurate information given by them about our holiday. I would trust and use again.

Just returned from my 2nd fabulous trip found through Responsible Travel ..and as was the first, this one was a superb holiday, well organised by professionals in the tourist industry. I will certainly be using them again as not only Kyrgyzstan but also Antarctica have been excellent destinations which necessitate perfect organisation.

I’ve used Responsible for Travel before when booking my trip to Bolivia and it was wonderful. This time I enquired about a trip to Indonesia, asking if part of it could be changed as I was blind and cycling was an issue. A representative got back to me saying being blind I couldn’t do the tour and suggested others which were more ‘accessible’. A discussion with the tour provider refuted this claim and they disagreed, saying someone like me who’d clambered over rocks in the Dali desert and the Bolivian salt flats would have no problems with Indonesia. In short, Responsible for Travel while having an excellent ethos, is backwards in is views reading disabled people – a real disappointment. Therefore if you are disabled, ask the tour operator if you can do your tour as they’re likely to give you a less narrow-minded and more honest answer, rather than Responsible for Travel, which is still in the dark ages when it comes to breaking boundaries and doing things differently.

This was the most professionally organized trip. As complex was our customized wishes: different counties, different cities, in the span of 3 weeks and 3000 km for a group of eight. I never believed it could be organized in such a perfect way without even a glitch. Thanks Rosie and the team!

Responsible Travel & Rediscover The World made booking our recent trip to Morocco incredibly easy and hassle free. They were swift in replying to emails and queries and made sure our trip was tailor made to the exact days and places we requested, with complete ease. Andy and Dawn run a very professional set up here and have good links with their Moroccan counterpart, and when we did have a last minute issue once in Morocco, they were quick to deal with it and sort out other options. Nothing can ever go perfectly without a hitch, and so it was really good to see their quick reactions and help. I cannot recommend them enough.

We used responsible travel as we spotted a Patagonian self drive holiday on their website that we were interested in. Having contacted them and expressed interest they explained that they act as an intermediary to providers in the countries advertised. They said that the relevant company would contact us and that they would also get a few others to contacts us, we received emails within a day or so of the enquiry. We ultimately booked with Trans Humans based in Argentina. They have been excellent, both in helping design our holiday and with the communication once we were away.
I did, like some other reviewers, initially wonder what value Responsible Travel add to the process but the reality is that they are enabling these localised smaller businesses to access the UK market and to some extent vetting them. I would use them again.

This trip exceeded our expectations. It was the trip of a lifetime. Every day was wonderfully different. We saw so much of Iceland in such a short time (magnificent waterfalls, spouting hotspots, black beach, biggest glacier in Europe, ravishing landscape). We even saw a glimpse of the Northern Lights. We finished our trip with a lovely visit to the Blue Lagoon. The tour was extremely well organised. Our local guide was the best we could have wished for. His knowledge was incredibly valuable. He was witty and a great story teller.

I have recently returned from an amazing All Points East holiday in Cambodia-'Beyond Angkor'. All our travel was arranged for us, so we had no worries there. Our guides, who were always extremely knowledgeable, were very friendly and helpful also always on time and caring. The itinerary was varied and enjoyable. I particularly enjoyed visiting the various temples from ancient ones covered in tree roots to the more modern. I would have no hesitation in booking another holiday with 'All Points East' as I know that it would be another 'Experience of a lifetime'.