The following companies and business associates are all committed to working with TICOS to achieve climate change benefits within the travel and tourism industry. If you wish to join them and use carbon offsetting to benefit the environment and support sustainability projects, then please download our expression of interest form and email to info@ticos.co.uk.
To view the process that TICOS uses to match its service users to projects and how income is transferred, please download our 'TICOS Service Users Steps' diagram (pdf file).
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- AITO represents 140 of Britain's best specialist tour operators. It is the first tourism industry association to incorporate a commitment to Responsible Tourism in to its business charter. Recognising that the destinations where AITO members provide holidays are the life blood of the industry, it has produced guidelines for its members and takes its responsibilities to the environment, to local cultures and to sustainability very seriously.
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- Cape Verde Experience -
Ten islands, all with their own unique charm, just off the west coast of Africa. Choose from a variety of properties with tailor made options and island hopping itineraries. Read more about The Cape Verde Experience's commitment to carbon offset. The Cape Verde Experience is currently funding a TICOS offset project.
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- Erna Low - The leading self-drive self-catering ski tour operator to France. All budgets catered for with all levels of accommodation from standard apartments through to luxury self-catering chalet apartments. Self-catering skiing holidays also available in Austria, Italy, Switzerland, the US and Canada.
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- Himalayan Kingdoms - are the leading specialist for treks and tours in the Himalaya. During our 18 years we have built up an unrivalled record of taking groups into all parts of the Himalaya; very often securing permits to new areas, retracing routes used by famous explorers, and being the first to enter hitherto unknown regions. We have acculumlated a huge fund of experience in most other mountain ranges, and our recce team are busy researching and developing innovative treks, trekking peaks and tours worldwide.
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- Bushbaby Travel - provides bespoke, creative safaris and holidays to the beautiful Nations of South Africa and Mauritius, now also offering programmes in the Seychelles, Dubai and Oman. Our focus is on ‘malaria-free’ regions and therefore our itineraries especially appeal to families and those not wishing to take medication as well as clients seeking a personal and informed service at a competitive price.
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- Ski Beat - offers catered ski chalet holidays in France: la Plagne, les Arcs, la Tania, Meribel, Val d’Isere and la Rosiere. Ski Beat aims to be one of the most eco-friendly ski tour operators in the UK: they are encouraging new alternative energy sources for their chalets including bio-mass heating systems, melt water harvesting and solar panels.
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- Journey Latin America is the UK's number 1 specialist to Latin America. It arranges tailormade holidays and group tours, family holidays and active adventures, throughout Latin America, from Mexico to Antarctica. Established in 1980, Journey Latin America is committed to providing excellent service and holidays, at the same time as protecting the environments and communities where we work.
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- Ski Safari - are specialist ski operators to Canada, USA, Switzerland and Austria, Chile and Japan. We have skiied in each resort and pride ourselves in our in depth knowledge of the hotels and ski areas that we offer. We off-set the carbon emissions of the flights that we sell and are keen to promote responsible travel practice.
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- Andante offers two unique archaeological travel experiences with expert guides. The well-established Travels in Archaeology are dedicated to the wonders of the Ancient World from start to finish, including almost everything. The popular Bare Bones Tours balance exploration and investigation with plenty of independent time out, flexibility and choice.
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- The Tailor-Made Groups Company designs and operates personalised travel arrangements for private parties and corporate groups, worldwide. Operating to Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, our bespoke itineraries are put together by Directors and senior staff with over 60 years experience of of operating cultural tours and active adventures. Whilst we operate to the cities, mountains and islands of Europe, many of our programmes visit the fragile infrastructures of more remote destinations, many of which benefit from the projects put together by TICOS. We are pleased, therefore, that in turning the travel dreams of our clients into reality we are able at the same time, to contribute to the work of TICOS.
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- CTS Horizons are travel specialists in exceptional group and tailor-made tours to China, Indian Subcontinent and Latin America. As a responsible tourism operator we understand our grave responsibility to ensure we tread lightly on our travels, by reducing the carbon footprint of our trips and enhancing the environment around us.
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The following is a list of useful links regarding TICOS and carbon reduction and offset.
