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With this year's FIFA World Cup fast approaching, we've taken the opportunity to chat to some of our local experts in one of the host nations: Mexico! Uncover their best travel tips in our blog article: https://lnkd.in/dpHvcQue

Happy Earth Day! This year, we are celebrating with our partners at Tree Aid. Tree Aid works with communities across Africa to harness the power of trees, restore ecosystems, and support lasting livelihoods. You can learn more about their work in this video: https://lnkd.in/dFs7KTdD

🎉 4,000 reviews and counting! 🎉 We are proud to partner with exceptional DMCs to maintain an excellent reputation backed by real, verified feedback. Thank you to all of our partners for the fantastic memories you create for our travelers. Read our reviews on Trustpilot: https://lnkd.in/eYuBJv8z

Introducing our Partner Charter Badges! At TravelLocal, we believe in a future where travel is fair for everyone. This is why we love highlighting our local experts' commitment to sustainable and ethical business practices. On April 15, we launched our Partner Charter badges, which local experts who have signed the charter can now proudly display on their itineraries. To learn more about these badges, read our article here: https://lnkd.in/dGhZwtyN

After a very busy peak season, the TravelLocal team is looking forward to planning their own vacations. We love getting inspired by our travelers and find ourselves adding trip after trip to our bucket lists. If you fancy some inspiration, head over to our blog to read more about our travelers' favorite trips so far this year: https://lnkd.in/d-hr9jYY Which destination are you ticking off your bucket list this year?

Happy Easter! Now's the perfect opportunity to consider Easter Island as a destination for your next journey. Rapa Nui, off the coast of Chile, got its international name of Easter Island from its first recorded European visitor, who encountered it on Easter Sunday in 1722. Known for its unique Moai statues, it offers breathtaking landscapes and a perfect blend of relaxation and adventure. Find out more about the secrets of Easter Island over on our blog: https://lnkd.in/dCM2hj4w

At TravelLocal, we are committed to making travel better for everyone: the traveler, the destination, and the planet. This is why we love highlighting the work our local partners are doing in their destinations to support their local communities. This month, we're excited to share the work being done by the team at Terra Panamerica: for each trip confirmed with Terra Colombia, they're giving 10 USD to a local association in the Pacific region, which helps provide children in the area with school supplies. They also encourage travelers to bring these children gifts from home, which they then wrap and give at Christmas.

March is B Corp month! We're proud to be a certified B Corporation (B Lab UK) and asked Thomas, our Co-Founder and CEO, what this means to him: "I started TravelLocal with the simple belief that travel can be better. Our community of locally owned travel agencies around the world means our customers get amazing local advice to truly get under the skin of their destination, and that more of customers' money stays in the local economy. We're proud to share in the values of B Corp, and to enable travel that is both better for customers but also for local communities."

Last week, we hosted some of our local partners for our bi-annual TravelLocal Partner Academy. Our Training and Community Manager, Dai hosted four sessions on how partners can elevate their teams' performance not by doing more, but by deciding better. ➔ Session 1: What GOOD Really Looks Like: Understand the hidden cost of being “just fine," whether you lead a team or manage your own requests and why plateau performance often feels comfortable before it becomes challenging. ➔ Session 2: What Gets In The Way: Identify patterns that may be limiting performance, from personalization and pricing confidence to navigating AI and uncertainty, and how to create the right environment for growth and ownership ➔ Session 3: What GREAT Makes Possible: Hear directly from partners in our Growth Project and see the decisions that helped close performance gaps between Local Experts, strengthen negotiation confidence, and scale sustainably. ➔ Session 4: Applying It To Real Life: Work through real scenarios, real trade-offs, and real conversations. Gain insight into how TravelLocal makes investment decisions and how you can influence outcomes through clearer signals and stronger collaboration. We are passionate about empowering our partners to unlock their full potential.

One of our favorite weeks of the year is finally here: it's ITB!  On Tuesday, we hosted some of our local partners for an evening of networking at our Mindspace office. We loved giving them an update on what's new at TravelLocal and chatting with them about how we can grow together.  We're looking forward to doing it all again this November at WTM.