Mission and Core Values

My mission is to provide expert travel services and support to women and their travel companions, crafting high-quality, meaningful experiences while prioritizing and encouraging thoughtful and responsible travel practices.

I conduct business with high standards of ethics, honesty, and integrity.

I value and support diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and treat everyone with respect, dignity, and fairness.

I am committed to your interests, goals, and needs, providing excellent customer service from start to finish.

Travel Manifesto

Focus on doing good, not harm.

Practice responsible travel that sustains communities and the environment.

Travel with intention.

Focus on a more mindful, intentional approach for more purposeful travel.

Strive for balance.

Don’t pack too much, try to do too much, or expect too much.

Stay open-minded.

Resist the urge to judge and remain open to the beauty of difference.

Value quality over quantity.

Take the time to get to know and appreciate the people, culture, and community you’re visiting.

Give back.

Consider what you can do to show support and boost the local economy.

Experience something new.

Learn a local craft, explore some of the local cuisine, or try a new outdoor activity.

Practice kindness and respect.

Leave every place you visit as good as or better than when you arrived.

Sustainability Goals

By supporting responsible tourism, I strive to make a meaningful contribution to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Responsible Consumption and Production

Giving Back

At Mindful Explorer, we recognize that travel has an impact on the planet, which is why we've partnered with Sustainable Travel International in an effort to make our trips more carbon neutral and balance out our carbon footprint. Our carbon offset program funds essential projects that advance global climate action.

How It Works

For each personal trip or group trip you book through Mindful Explorer, we contribute 1% of the trip cost to the purchase of carbon offsets from Sustainable Travel International, and you receive a certificate verifying the purchase. The dollars we invest are distributed across a portfolio of verified climate projects.

What types of projects does our carbon offset program support?

Through our partnership with Sustainable Travel International we support three types of carbon offset projects that actively fight climate change in a number of ways.

Forestry Projects: Trees absorb carbon as they grow and store it in their biomass. When forests are destroyed, the carbon they were storing is released into the air. Forestry carbon offset projects prevent existing forests from being lost and restore degraded forest areas.
Energy Projects: Energy carbon offset projects reduce reliance on climate-warming fossil fuels. These projects may generate clean energy, such as wind or solar power; convert waste into energy; or reduce fuel needs through the distribution of energy efficient devices.
Blue Carbon Projects: Certain coastal ecosystems, like peat swamps and mangrove forests, act as massive carbon sinks. Blue carbon projects conserve these ecosystems which also play an important role in protecting coastal communities from the impacts of climate change.

How do you know these projects are really making a difference?

Sustainable Travel International carefully vets every project in their portfolio via a rigorous due diligence process to ensure the emissions reductions are verified and credible. In addition, Sustainable Travel International seeks out projects that create added benefits beyond CO2 reductions and contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For instance, projects may create local jobs and livelihood opportunities, strengthen indigenous land rights, improve hygiene and sanitation, or protect endangered species.