Tagged: charity

The Minneapolis ICE Surge Has Hurt the City's Travel-Worthy Restaurants. Here's How You Can Help

As anyone who has visited Minneapolis will tell you, the city’s restaurant scene is remarkably vibrant, varied, creative, and absolutely worth traveling for. There are innovative…

Worthy Charities Where You Can Donate the Hotel Toiletries You Don't Use

We all do it in hotels. We all swipe some of those little bottles of shampoo and gaily wrapped nubs of soap. When you don't bring a few of those products home, it feels like leaving…

It's Donation Season: Consider These Travel-Related Charities

All Wheels Up This nonprofit gives away harnesses and slings designed to make air travel more accessible for those with reduced mobility. Read more about the group's work in a recent…

How Travelers with Disabilities Can Get Special Equipment for Air Travel—for Free

For travelers who use wheelchairs, airplane seats can present a special challenge—in getting into them and getting out of them, as well as maintaining a secure position during…

Volunteering for a Day While on Vacation: Eight Ways to Find Opportunities

Volunteering is good for the heart and soul—and your travel karma. Weaving some service into your vacation time not only benefits the communities you serve, but the act of volunteering…

Give to Charity, Get Discounted Hotel Rate

A new hotel booking website aims to incentivize charitable donations by linking them to discounted rates for rooms.It's called Kind Traveler and here's how it works: users who…

New National Monument in Maine, Tourism Decline in Paris, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Welcome to the working week. Here's what's going on in the world of travel.* OBAMA NAMES NEW NATIONAL MONUMENT IN MAINE (Associated Press). On Wednesday of last week—the day before the…

Luxury Travel Service Offers Chance to Meet Pope Francis—for $25,000

Pope Francis (photo: Aleteia Image Department/Flickr)There are vacation packages that come with free WiFi and water-park tickets. And then there are apparently vacation…