Travel 2 Care: Stories and Tools for Inspiring Travel with Intention
- MOYO Training
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Mayte Redondo, Founder of Travel 2 Care People and Planet, is a woman on a mission: to transform the tourism sector from the ground up.
With a rich background in tour operation, academia, and a timely pivot to sustainability coaching during the pandemic, Mayte launched the Travel 2 Care People and Planet magazine. The international publication, which is available digitally and published in 8 languages, fills a crucial gap; offering a dedicated space for travelers and businesses to learn how to engage with the world in a nature-positive, people-first way.
Inspiring Travel with Intention
The core mission of the magazine is clear: to help both B2B and B2C audiences travel more responsibly by showcasing destinations and companies that are genuinely having a positive impact on the planet and its communities.
Mayte’s vision is that tourism should be a "fantastic tool" for good. By inspiring people to travel with purpose—asking "How can this trip help local people, local business, and the environment?"—tourism becomes a means to keep cultures alive and protect the natural environment. If local communities can earn a sustainable income from responsible tourism, they don't need to leave their homes for major cities.
Ensuring Genuine Impact
One of the most critical elements of the magazine is its strong commitment to avoiding greenwashing. Travel 2 Care maintains a rigorous vetting process for any organisation it features. Companies must provide concrete evidence that they are operating in a way that supports people and the destination holistically.
This evidence is gathered through a detailed process that examines their adopted good practices across several key areas including:
Environmental Stewardship:Â Lowering carbon emissions, water and waste management, reforestation, and area conservation.
Social Development:Â Supporting inclusion, such as raising up women and providing resources for youth education.
By requiring this deep-dive documentation, the magazine ensures it promotes organisations that are truly committed, rather than those simply using sustainability as a marketing label.
Setting an Example
Travel 2 Care wants to involve destinations, travellers and companies to collaborate on projects related to the protection of the environment, biodiversity and local communities. By echoing these needs, travellers can also contribute their help, especially in destinations they are visiting, or those where they wish to join forces.
They do this by supporting a variety of projects themselves, and encouraging others to join. Here are a few of many examples of organisations that Travel 2 Care supports, and the impact they are already having:
Social value - supporting organisations like La Fundación Sol y Luna, is helping to transform the lives of children living in extreme poverty in Peru’s Sacred Valley, by providing care, education and support.
Environmental value - The Jaguar Rescue Center in Costa Rica is providing a vital lifeline for injured, orphaned and trafficked wildlife; by rescuing and rehabilitating more than 1,000 wild animals including sloths, monkeys, birds and reptiles.
The Role of Certifications in Tourism
Mayte emphasises that while the magazine promotes certification schemes like Travelife Sustainability Certification and the Green Destinations' Good Travel Seal, the certification itself is not the end goal—implementation is. These certifications are valuable because they serve as a practical tool, not just a badge.
Programs like Travelife offer concrete frameworks, providing free courses for members on everything on all kinds of topics in a comprehensive manner: from internal sustainability management and procurement policies to waste management and staff engagement. Crucially, certification requires an external audit and a two-year renewal with a clear action plan, enforcing a continuous cycle of engagement and improvement.
For MOYO's mission to make tourism nature-positive, this continuous improvement is vital. Certifications move companies beyond simply minimising harm to actively making long-term investments that benefit local people and nature.
Ultimately, Mayte hopes every reader, from individual traveler to CEO, gains one powerful takeaway: a "planting of a seed"—the realisation that they have the power to make conscious, responsible choices that contribute to a regenerative future for the entire tourism industry.
Ready to support the movement? Subscribe to the Travel 2 Care People and Planet magazine or get in touch with Mayte to find out how to feature your business. If you’re ready to dive deeper, join one of MOYO’s upcoming training programs.