When you pick up Trafalgar’s new 2011 Europe brochures this week, you may notice a change in the paper. As part of its ongoing commitment to the environment, Trafalgar, as part of The Travel Corporation, is now committed to using 100% recycled paper for the body of all its brochures. Trafalgar believes the small difference in feel and appearance is worth the huge difference this change makes to the environment. By producing brochures on recycled paper, The Travel Corporation saves more than 70,000 trees a year (based on data from the Environmental Defense Fund), reducing waste in landfills.
Producing brochures on more environmentally-friendly recycled paper is aligned with Trafalgar’s commitment to sustainable tourism and their status as a founding partner of The Travel Corporation’s Conservation Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 2008. So far, the Foundation has committed over $2 million to help underprivileged communities and support sustainable tourism around the world.
In 2011, TTC’s Conservation Foundation is proud to support the National Trust in its project to build new environmentally sustainable visitor facilities at Northern Ireland’s iconic World Heritage listed Giant’s Causeway. Deemed an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Giant’s Causeway features intricate basalt stone columns left by volcanic eruptions 60 million years ago. The new facilities will provide a greater interpretation of the headland and better access trails so that visitors can explore more of this mythical and breathtaking place. The National Trust is a charity reliant on membership fees, donations and legacies to protect and open to the public over 350 historic houses, gardens and ancient monuments in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. To learn more, visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Other Travel Corporation companies who are now using recycled paper for the body of their brochures are Insight Vacations, Contiki, Busabout, Creative Holidays, AAT Kings, Milestones, and Brendan Vacations.
Dear Trafalgar,
My brother-in-law, sister-in-law, wife and I recently booked a Costa Rican tour with your company, booking # 171574, company reference # CST#2077132-20, to celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary.
We booked your much touted tour through our local AAA office. We booked our flight with Jet Blue, saving us several hundreds of dollars over your airfares. We even purchased trip insurance to protect ourselves in the even of a calamity. Everyone was truly excited about the trip, and we all began studying the sites, fauna and flora of the area we’d be visiting.
You then cancelled the tour. I must admit, your refund of our deposit was forthright, however, your cancellation of the tour ended up costing my family $476 in insurance, which is being held for application on a future trip, but is non-refundable. Trafalgar has also caused us a loss of $400 in change fees with Jet Blue. The remainder of the airfares, is to be held a maximum of one year, for a future flight to one of their destinations of which we may not have the slightest interest.
This has turned out to be one of the most expensive, non-vacation boondoggles of my life. Because of this, I don’t believe we will be availing ourselves of your services again.
With absolute sincerity,
Harry F. Dampier
Lakeland, Florida 33813
(863) 646-6878
Dear Trafalgar Director
I am a travel agent and wish to have tailor made tours for private groups for on single nationality. If you can provide me with an email and name to contact and discuss maters of interest.