Martin Randall Travel is proud to have been awarded a 3-star rating for Responsible Tourism (RT) by the Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO).

We select all our suppliers with great care. Every hotel we use has been inspected and stayed in by a member of our staff; hundreds of others have been seen and rejected. We invest similar efforts into the selection of coach, rail and air companies, and restaurants, menus and wines, providing you with the best-planned, best-led and altogether the most fulfilling and enjoyable cultural holidays available.

Many of our tours feature visits to towns and villages off the beaten tourist trail, enabling you to experience local traditions and practices, such as artisan pasta-making and cheese production on our Gastronomic Piedmont tour.

In addition to supporting the communities and local economies of the places we visit, we also strive to limit our impact on the environment. Our itineraries are designed to spend more time in places visited than on conventional tours; this often means there are days without travel, allowing ample opportunity to explore more thoroughly and assimilate at leisure.

Like us, you can also choose to donate to the local heritage sites we visit, such as York Minster (visited on English Music in Yorkshire, Yorkshire Houses and The Cathedrals of England tours), where donations contribute to restoration and conservation of the buildings.



 

Martin Randall Travel donates to Beyond Carbon, a travel industry scheme that contributes to development projects that encourage carbon savings.

Our recent donations to the Alba Forest Solar Energy Project contributed to the purchase, transportation and installation of four solar panels in the Porto-Palermo eco-tourist village in Llogara National Park in Tirana, Albania, resulting in a 25% decrease in the production of carbon gas emissions.

Further funding will enable restaurants, hotels and activity centres in the region to install solar water heaters and energy panels to replace coal, gas and electricity usage.

From 2014 onwards, Martin Randall Travel will increase carbon-offset donations to include flights taken by lecturers and tour managers (in addition to staff flights), generating an additional £2,000 per year for the Alba Forest Solar Energy Project.

You can donate to Beyond Carbon as part of the booking process. If you have already booked, please contact us to
make a contribution.

*

If you have any questions about our Responsible Tourism policy or would like to provide feedback, please contact us.