Travel Kindly: Sonoma County

“Sonoma County Tourism is pleased to continue its successful collaboration with Kind Traveler through this new partnership with Visit California,” said Devin McConnell, Sustainability and Climate Initiatives Manager at Sonoma County Tourism. “As a proud early adopter of the Kind Traveler platform, we are excited to see its reach expand across the entire state, generating social and environmental benefits to communities throughout California.”

The Way it Works is Simple:

Through Kind Traveler’s Give + Get hotel booking and media platform, travelers unlock exclusive offers from participating Kind Hotels with a $10 or more donation to designated Sonoma County charities, or to another charity of choice on the platform. Positive impact metrics are shared with every booking empowering future visitors with specific details on how their travel dollars will support the local community. Additionally, future visitors can choose to book directly with lodging partners enrolled in Kind Traveler’s new community impact certification, Every Stay Gives Back, and meaningfully support the local community, with 100% of donations supporting the selected nonprofit. 

The type of impact a $10 nightly donation will make is celebrated at the time of booking on Kind Traveler: As an example, a $10 donation can:

• provide 24 people with a healthy serving of fruits and vegetables with Farm to Pantry 
• feed a rescued cow for three days with Charlie’s Acres Animal Sanctuary 
• support a science-based nature experience for an elementary-aged student with Pepperwood Preserve

Sustainability Awareness: To further sustainability awareness, travelers also have an opportunity to learn about the sustainability, wellness and community impact features of each property. Local neighborhood guides are shared with each hotel profile inspiring conscious, mindful, local travel opportunities and other ways to do good for the day or give back locally.

Discover opportunities to plan your vacation and travel kindly in Sonoma County with participating hotels on Kind Traveler:

• Farmhouse Inn
• Flamingo Resort
• The Gables Wine Country Inn (Every Stay Gives Back certified)
• Hotel E
• The Lodge at Bodega Bay
• The Sandman Hotel
• The Stavrand (The first hotel in California to enroll in Kind Traveler’s new community impact certification, Every Stay Gives Back)
• Timber Cove Resort
• Vintners Resort
• Wildhaven Sonoma (Every Stay Gives Back certified)

A Kind Destination: Sonoma County  

Sonoma County has long been a pioneer in sustainability and climate action, having been the first county in the U.S. in which all its cities, plus the County itself, passed a Climate Emergency Resolution. Four of its cities were the first in the nation to prohibit the development of new gas stations and related fossil fuel infrastructure. Sonoma County is currently the only destination in the U.S. with a Regional Climate Protection Authority to coordinate and support climate action countywide.

Sonoma Clean Power is the only utility in California to offer the option of 100% renewable, locally produced, solar and geothermal energy for homes and businesses – effectively eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions from electricity use. This is made possible in part by the region’s geysers, which represent the largest geothermal field in the world, and Sonoma Clean Power’s floating solar project (the largest in the U.S.).

Sonoma County is not only celebrated for producing some of the finest wines in the world, but also some of the most sustainably produced. 99% of the vineyard acreage in Sonoma County has been certified sustainable by a third-party program.

To start planning your Sonoma County vacation and #TravelKindly visit: 

https://www.kindtraveler.com/content/kind-destination-sonoma-county-tourism