A Responsible Approach

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Don't just be a tourist, make a positive impact
 
These tours are a meeting of many worlds designed to provoke questions and stimulate debate. They are about taking those who have many life choices and freedoms to meet those who have few, in a way that builds bridges and understanding between people. As a small but essential by-product, we aim to leave those we visit better off and more empowered than before.

Our fair trade tours are designed to be run responsibly and seek to:

• respect all people - both travellers and those who provide services to them
• work with local partners in long-term relationships ensuring local people benefit economically and socially from our visits
• ensure that guides and others involved are paid a fair wage
• respect the environment, minimise impact on resources and the natural environment and encourage recycling where possible
• respect local culture and traditions and report on our impact on them
• build links with locally-based tourism projects that have a pro-poor focus
• operate in line with all Traidcraft’s existing best practice policies towards suppliers
• ensure travellers are given advice on how they can travel more responsibly
We make no grand claims for how these tours will change the world, but we do believe that they will change those who go on them and those who are visited by them.

Travelling with awareness 
 
The environmental impact of travelling can be significant, not least when it involves flying. We believe meaningful impact in the fight against climate change can only be achieved by us all lowering our carbon footprint, so carbon offsetting is not the long term solution. 

Act On CO2 has a carbon calculator that helps you calculate your carbon footprint and makes suggestions on reducing it. Click here for more information
  
Our Travellers Code has lots of tips and suggestions for being a responsible traveller. We send the code to everyone travelling with us on our tours and you can access it on our website by clicking here
  
Our footprint
 
Both Traidcraft and Skedaddle have a recycling scheme for a variety of materials, including waste paper, packaging and print cartridges. We use FSC paper and we are reducing our volume of print materials (lower quantities and smaller size brochures).

We encourage staff to cycle, walk or use public transport to get to work. Skedaddle provide staff with a bike free of charge and Traidcraft has signed up to the government's Cycle to Work scheme. In the UK, staff use public transport as the preferred means of travelling longer distances.

Making a contribution
 
Over 60% of the land-only cost of your holiday goes into the local economy and in addition a contribution equivalent to a minimum of 4% goes to producers and projects visited. 

People in developing countries face the impact of climate change more than most. Traidcraft has an Environmental Project Fund that supports producers as they strive to improve their sustainability and minimise the environmental impact of their activities.

When you make a booking you can now choose to donate an extra 1% to the fund. 

Responsible Tourism Policy

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Saddle Skedaddle Ltd is registered in England and Wales with registered number 03719782.

The company's registered office is The Cycle Hub, Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, NE6 1BU

Saddle Skedaddle is a member of ABTOT - Membership Number: 5111