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Message: Someone thought you might be interested in this entry at Exquisite Safaris. http://www.exquisitesafaris.com/index.php/journal/more/travelbeatnet_philanthropic_travelers/ TravelBeat.net: Philanthropic Travelers Luxury Volunteers: Mixing High Life with Higher Purpose -Who says you can't help the needy while also pampering yourself? Typical "voluntourism" trips usually involve backpacks, hiking boots, dusty cots and - if you're lucky - outhouses. Travelers on these trips spend weeks roughing it in the wild to build schools, feed orphans or protect threatened wildlife. For those who prefer doing good while also sleeping under goose-down duvets or eating catered meals with bottled wine, there is a new trend called "philanthropic travel." A growing number of luxury travel groups now offer volunteer trips or other philanthropic activities that bring some of the world's wealthiest people (North American's and Europeans) to some of the most needy places on earth. Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel offer private luxury vacations costing between $300-1200 per person per day (depending on the traveler's choice of of accommodations and time of year). But between the five-star plus accommodations and the chef-prepared meals, travelers have the opportunity to deliver bags of rice to slums in Nairobi or visit orphanages for disabled children in Cambodia. The hope is that these wealthy travelers (North American's and Europeans) will feel a personal connection with the people and places they visit, and be moved to donate money to help them. Along with helping travelers connect with philanthropic causes, Exquisite Safaris also donates $250 dollars per traveler to their partner organizations working directly with those causes, including the Butterfly Tree Project in Zambia and the "Q" Fund, which helps AIDS orphans in Africa. -Karen Foerstel TravelBeat.net Learn More: My First Philanthropic Travel Experience The Fable of Stone Soup Exquisite Safaris clients say... In Pursuit of Emptiness: Philanthropic Travel Philanthropic Traveler funded High School opens near Victoria Falls, Zambia Global Cooling? Globalization of Empathy: Philanthropic Travel Correlation of Fortunes: Philanthropic Travel Social Neuroscience: Philanthropic Travel Collaboration creates Prosperity: Philanthropic Travel Exquisite Safaris Corporate Donor Philanthropic Advisory Services Creative Capitalism: Partner with Exquisite Safaris The High-Purpose Company: Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel Worldwide Travel Connoisseur Magazine on Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel Worldwide US Air Magazine on Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel: Travel with a Heart Palm Beach Life Magazine: Philanthropic Travelers Understanding Philanthropic Travel Are We Talking about Philanthropy Yet? No, We Are Not Travel Philanthropy: Creating Peace Fast Company Magazine on Philanthropic Travel PersonalLifemedia.com on Philanthropic Travel Philanthropic Travelers: Beau Bressler: Visionary Philanthropic Traveler The The One's Who Do: Visionary Philanthropic Travelers Visionary Philanthropic Traveler Marc Gold 100 Friends Project Visionary Philanthropic Traveler Chellie Kew Milton & Fred Ochieng: Philanthropic Travelers Jane Kaye- Bailey: Philanthropic Traveler Richard Branson: Philanthropic Traveler Angelina Jolie: Philanthropic Traveler Oprah Winfrey: Philanthropic Traveler Exquisite Safaris www.exquisitesafaris.com