For Love or Money: How to Consciously Support the Travel Industry

As the world starts to open up again, we’re following the money
and making sure your travel pennies are being pocketed by the
communities that need them the most. Purchasing power – whether
at home or abroad – is so important, even more so now as
communities struggle to get back on their feet. Join us,
Editor-in-Chief India Dowley and Content Editor Fleur
Rollet-Manus as we pick apart what it means to “spend like a
local”, while spotlighting the neighbourhood initiatives helping
us become more thoughtful travellers. 


We’re also joined by @brucepoontip, the founder of G Adventures,
which has been pioneering community-based tourism for more than
30 years. He shares with us his top tips for spending locally,
his thoughts on the post-pandemic travel landscape and how he
balances being green with his love of venturing around the
globe. 


We’d love to know where you’re going next and how you think the
travel landscape might change as lockdown restrictions ease. Send
your voice notes to fleur@suitcasemag.com or drop us a DM on
Instagram @indiadowley and @fleur_rm. For a daily dose of travel
inspiration, check in with us at suitcasemag.com. 


Links and notes from the episode 


Keen to support community-led tourism? Read some of these…


https://suitcasemag.com/trailblazers/shofco-kennedy-odede-nairobi/


https://suitcasemag.com/travel/stories/erbil-iraqi-kurdistan/


https://suitcasemag.com/articles/mauritius-beach-sustainability


If you want to know how air bridges can work for you – and find
out which Polish beach Fleur was banging on about – read our
guide here:


https://suitcasemag.com/articles/air-bridges


India & Fleur’s top picks to help you spend locally: 


@spendwiththem


En Via, Oaxaca 


Eat Like a Local Mexico City


Bantu Wax


And their recs for Ibiza and Formentera:


To stay: 


Petunia Ibiza


Can Tres


Atzaro


To eat: 


La Escollera


A Mi Manera


Beaches: Cala Tarida, Cala Gracioneta, Cala Carbo


And this is the secret (don’t tell everyone) Sicilian hotspot
India is heading to:


https://suitcasemag.com/articles/destination-inspiration-egadi-islands-sicily