About Us
As a veteran-and-women-owned public benefit corporation, Kind Traveler’s mission is to empower a new generation of travelers into a financial force that betters the health and wellbeing of individuals, animals, and the environment in communities around the world.
At Kind Traveler, we believe that the heart that loves travel is the heart that can create meaningful change—for people, animals, and the environment. As a public benefit corporation and an internationally awarded responsible travel platform, we empower travelers to make a positive impact by giving back to local communities through their stays with our lodging and charity partners.
With a global network of 400+ hotels, destinations, and charities across 25 countries, Kind Traveler is redefining the way we travel—aligning with the U.N. Global Goals for Sustainable Development to create a more sustainable, responsible, ethical, and purpose-driven world through tourism.
As a women-and-veteran-owned pioneer in sustainable & regenerative tourism since 2016, Kind Traveler was the first platform to empower travelers to positively impact the communities they visit by giving back to local charities simply through our signature Give + Get hotel booking platform. With the 2023 pivot and launch of the Every Stay Gives Back community impact program, Kind Traveler takes its mission a step further by ensuring every guest stay funds local charities with participating hotel and destination partners – regardless of where you book. 100% of the funds raised are donated to participating charities.
DESTINATION STEWARDSHIP
By partnering with leading destinations and DMOs across the U.S. and Mexico—including Visit California, Visit Greater Palm Springs, Sonoma County Tourism, Love Catalina Island, Visit Oceanside, Visit San Luis Obispo, See Monterey, Los Cabos Tourism, and the Oregon Coast Visitors Association—Kind Traveler helps amplify destination stewardship and responsible tourism initiatives.
Through measurable impact reporting, emotionally engaging storytelling, and cross-sector collaboration, Kind Traveler enables its partners to showcase the positive change they bring to their communities.
Since the Sept 2023 launch of Kind Traveler's Every Stay Gives Back program, $478,000+ was donated in 17 months to local charities, with a LIVE dashboard with the latest impact metrics available here. Every dollar is tracked and celebrated, driving meaningful social impact and environmental stewardship in destinations while fostering a deeper connection between travelers and the places they visit. In 2025, Kind Traveler is excited to take its Kind Traveler Destination Program to a global scale, bringing its mission of responsible travel and community impact to new destinations worldwide.
Kind Traveler has been cited in 600+ news articles and earned international awards from Newsweek (Future of Travel Award), Fast Company (World Changing Ideas Award (2X), Travel + Leisure (Global Vision Award), Lufthansa Innovation Hub, and UNWTO. As a Blue Startups portfolio company, Kind Traveler is also a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration, Future of Tourism Coalition (FOTC), a member of the Female Founder Collective, and 1% for the Planet. Kind Traveler IS a warrior for good, a shift in mindset, an idea with the power to evolve into a growing global movement fueled by everyday people like you who love to travel, by charities that dedicate themselves to creating a better place to live, and by hotels and unique properties that believe they have a responsibility to the communities where they do business.
Let's #DoMoreThanTravel together. It feels good to #TravelKindly
WE EMPOWER TRAVELERS TO BECOME:
OUR CORE VALUES & GOALS
In 2019, pre Covid-19, there were 1.4 billion trips worldwide. That's 1.4 billion opportunities to empower kindness in creating positive community and environmental impact in destinations. Kind Traveler's goals are purposefully aligned with the United Nations' Global Goals for sustainable development: preventing poverty and hunger, protecting the planet, and promoting well-being and equality for individuals and animals.
WELLBEING
Our belief is that the kinder you are to yourself, the better you will be. So we encourage travelers, as well as our partners, to support wellness, mindfulness and healthy lifestyles whenever they can.
LOCAL & GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
100% of donations go to local charities that benefit communities, the environment, and animal welfare in the destinations travelers visit.
TRANSPARENCY
We’re committed to transparency in what we do. Kind Traveler's LIVE impact dashboards inform travelers of the positive impact of their stay and the donations raised so far while inspiring with additional ways to get involved.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
We practice and advance choices that support clean air, clean water, natural resource conservation, wildlife and biodiversity preservation, and a reduced carbon footprint. We highlight and engage individuals, companies and organizations creating kinder and more sustainable standards in travel.
HUMANE CHOICES
We practice and promote choices that support cruelty-free lifestyles and the humane treatment of all animals. We do not believe in animals being used for entertainment or testing.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Our lodging and destination partners are cornerstones of their communities — driving tourism and job creation. By pointing travelers directly to our hotel members, we’re able to support local communities and hotels that care.
WIN-WIN PARTNERSHIPS
We create ongoing win-win partnerships with our travel and nonprofit partners. We believe in fairness, innovation, and honest communications.
SMART GIVING
We guide intelligent giving decisions by advancing transparency of top-performing charities.
HUMAN RIGHTS
We respect and advance diversity and universal human rights. We denounce prejudice and inspire dignity.
EDUCATION
Through education of today’s most pivotal societal concerns, we seek to inspire conscious decision-making that keeps the greater good in mind.
THE UNITED NATIONS' GLOBAL GOALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
All charities and nonprofits on Kind Traveler are aligned to tackle the Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more about some of the positive impact we've made so far.
LENS OF KINDNESS
Kind Traveler's DNA is shaped through a lens of kindness that thoughtfully considers the wellbeing of local and global communities, individual wellness, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare in all of its actions, communications, and promotions.
Learn more about what makes us different and the positive impact we've created so far.