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Meet the hotel booking platform changing the world one stay at a time BY ANGEL FUCHS
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What if every vacation taken could be a catalyst of good-doing for the global community? What if a two-week tropical excursion could provide nutritious meals to families in need or help clean up polluted waterways or positively impact local communities?
With just a few easy steps, Kind Traveler is making all that and so much more happen. As a unique hotel booking platform, Kind Traveler is a public benefit corporation with a mission to transform the incredible collective of everyday travelers into a financial force that benefits the health and well-being of individuals, animals, and the environment. The easy Give + Get strategy allows users to simply choose a destination and hotel, and give a $10 per day of stay donation, and in return they unlock exclusive discounted hotel rates and special perks such as waived resort fees, early check-in/late check-out, a complimentary bottle of wine,
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dining or spa credits, or complimentary valet. Exclusive rates and perks will vary by hotel. A sustainable travel survey conducted by Booking.com in 2019 showed that 72% of travelers want their dollars to impact the communities they visit. The platform Kind Traveler offers is fulfilling that need while incentivizing the appeal. “People want to help, they just need a catalyst,� says Jessica Blotter, Kind Traveler co-founder. Blotter saw the need for the catalyst to do good firsthand on
