Giving Back

Apr 13, 2020

by Michele

TRAVEL:  A gift we often give to ourselves that keeps on giving.  We get so much good from our journeys; amazing experiences, friendships, photographs, souvenirs and the list goes on!

Thousands of people come to us with an appetite for travel; looking for adventures, new places to visit and memories to create.  Time away from the ordinary, travel gives people the chance to have unique experiences with different cultures where you walk away not only grateful for what you have but also with an understanding of other cultures.  Travel gives people the chance to learn and enrich your life as well as those of others.  You gain a beautiful understanding of what makes this world… amazing.   Immersing  yourself in a new culture and meeting locals allows personal growth with so much to absorb.  As a result, we also find opportunities to open our hearts even more and extend a helping hand.  There is always time for giving back!

For two decades now, one truly special opportunity is when our groups make a difference in the lives of others.  Not only do we get so much out of traveling, we can give so much as well.

For our first decade, Amazing Journeys pledged to grant a travel wish to a child through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  Upon returning home from an Amazing Journey trip, our passengers might contribute to this fund and Amazing Journeys would match it.  Not only were our passengers able to fulfill their life-long dream exploring a destination, they were eager to make that happen for a child that may not have a lifetime to dream such dreams.

In Africa and Asia, we have taken clothing and school supplies.  In Africa our groups visited a school and took time to celebrate in song. In Cuba we took supplies, medicines, vitamins, hygiene products and the like to distribute them along the way to those in need.

In Vietnam and Cambodia, we have packed up clothing and dropped them off in very small and distant villages. In India, we visited an orphanage where they had a need for books, vitamins and school supplies. In Namibia and Tanzania, our group distributed school supplies to children a long the way.

As happy as these little gifts made the locals, it doesn’t compare to the feeling one gets seeing the difference that we can make in another’s life and the power of a smile put on someone’s face. ”We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill