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Travel during our Cozy Season
There’s an undeniable beauty to our lands at any time of year, but when the days start to get shorter and the air gets a little more brisk, our cozy season kicks in. With the landscapes transforming and the pace of life changing – our fires burn a bit brighter, our stories seem even more magical and the laughter roars a lot louder.
Off-peak and unique
Enjoy clifftop strolls, country walks and popular attractions without the crowds. Spend more time stoking up fireside chats with friendly locals over a bowl of Irish Stew or cup of Irish Coffee. Stay in your first choice accommodations, including nights in spectacular castles and stately manor houses. Join activities at your leisure throughout your trip and support local businesses along the way. The cozy season offers flexibility in every stage of your vacation and with savings on air travel available, it really is the perfect time to immerse yourself in Celtic culture.
Make Travel Matter®
Trafalgar CEO, Gavin Tollman, supporting a local charity dedicated to keeping Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway free of litter.
We recognize our responsibility as a travel provider is to ensure our impact on the planet we call home, the people we visit and the wildlife we encounter is a positive one. Our work ensures the impact of our business is positive in two ways – through our TreadRight Foundation® and our sustainability strategy 'How We Tread Right'.
Our Treadright Foundation®
Responsible travel is all about benefiting the communities visited and that's why Brendan Vacations and our sister brands under The Travel Corporation (TTC) formed the not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation® . So far, through Treadright® Brendan Vacations have supported more than sixty sustainable tourism projects worldwide.
Make Travel Matter® Experiences
MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences are conscious travel experiences that have a positive social or environmental impact on both communities and the guests who experience them.
HOW THEY'RE CHOSEN
There’s no guess work here. We use a proprietary e-assessment tool, endorsed by industry experts and developed exclusively for us, to measure experiences against a robust set of qualifying criteria. Using this set of criteria, we identify exactly how each experience advances at least one UN Global Goal while accounting for the enriching educational component on behalf of the traveler.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
As a traveler you can be assured that by participating in one of these experiences your travel will have a positive impact. You will leave with a greater understanding of sustainable development issues worldwide and the inspiring local community actions being taken to address them.
For more details on our MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences, visit our website's Activity Search page and select MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® from the dropdown menu. Additionally, look out for some of our MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences on pages 38-115.
The United Nations have set seventeen Global Goals to address today’s most pressing sustainable development issues. Along with our sister brands, Brendan Vacations have prioritized eleven of these goals that align with our three pillars of Planet, People and Wildlife and form the basis of our five-year 'How We Tread Right' (HWTR) sustainability strategy. HWTR is our commitment to using the power of conscientious travel to make a difference. We're fully invested in addressing the issues most impacted by our business, our trips and the travel industry at large, including climate change, sustainable food production, waste reduction, travel experiences, diversity and inclusion and wildlife conservation.
