Responsible Travel

Responsible Travel is an English travel agency and publisher. The company sells holidays it says are designed to maximise the benefit and minimise the harm involved in tourism.^[1][2][3]

Responsible Travel

Company type	Online travel agency and publisher
Industry	Tourism
Founded	2001 in Brighton, Sussex, England
Headquarters	Brighton, England
Key people	Justin Francis (British entrepreneur), Chair and Founder; Richard Skinner, Joint Managing Director; Tim Williamson, Joint Managing Director
Products	Responsible holidays, travel guides and editorial
Website	www.responsibletravel.com

History

Responsible Travel was founded in 2001 by Justin Francis and Harold Goodwin. Anita Roddick of The Body Shop was one of the first investors.^[4][5]

In October 2009, Responsible Travel stopped offering carbon offsets (which it offered since 2002) claiming that people were using the offset as an excuse to pollute more.^[6][7][8][9]

In 2014, the company removed elephant trekking and elephant performance trips from its collection.^[10] In April 2017 Responsible Travel stopped promoting holidays that included a visit to a zoo, describing them as "relics of the past".^[11] The move was supported by The Born Free Foundation.^[12]