Hands Up Holidays Profile [2024] - 30 reviews, 3 trips
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# of trips

3

Type

Global operator

Service level

luxury

Travelers age

18 — 49

Trip prices

$7,995 — 12,995

Tour languages

Unknown

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Hands Up Holidays Reviews & Ratings

5/5  Excellent
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Anne

Sep 2019

I just got home from a wonderful trip

I just got home from a wonderful trip hosted by Chris Hill with Hands Up Holidays. He took myself and a few other travel advisors from around the US to Costa Rica to...

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Rose

Sep 2019

Enjoy ourselves

I contacted hands up holidays after searching for a volunteering holiday for myself and my 7 year old daughter. I’ve never taken her abroad on my own before so I wan...

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Skoda

Jun 2019

An unforgettable trip to Costa Rica

Chris planned an unforgettable trip to Costa Rica.. Every last detail was taken care of, all of the transfers on time, and most importantly, the trip was truly incre...

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Andrea

Oct 2018

Incredible rewarding experience

Not day goes by without reflecting on a trip my son and I took over the summer, following his high school graduation. We wanted to explore another country, and give ...

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Andrea

Oct 2018

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an incredible rewarding experience

Not day goes by without reflecting on a trip my son and I took over the summer, following his high school graduation. We wanted to explore another country, and give ...

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About the company

Hands Up Holidays is a luxury travel company with one BIG difference. We are obsessive about you having more than an amazing vacation; our passion is for you to have a remarkable luxury travel experience that you will treasure forever, by combining expertly-led sightseeing with meaningful community development through volunteering or philanthropy. Touch lives, including your own.

The secret ingredient that makes our trips so special is the combination of a fantastic tailor-made luxury holiday with a ‘taste’ of volunteering or philanthropy.  Combining the two gives you the chance to get under the skin of a destination and interact meaningfully with the local people and giving them a 'hand up' in life.

Don’t just scratch the surface: help that African girl have a safe place to live, teach hospitality skills to the Colombian coca leaf grower so he isn’t reliant on an illegal trade for a living, or help conserve elephants in Thailand. In so doing you will find yourself immersed in local life, championing a cause and learning new things, all combined with sights that you want to see, led by an expert local guide.

Some of our clients have been so transformed by their journeys, that it has inspired them to change careers and in a few cases they have even moved to the country of the project.  Now, this might not happen to you, but rest assured that you will have fun and return with great memories and touching stories.

The dignity of every individual - every person is of equal value We in the West can offer a lot to disadvantaged communities, and we make this happen, whilst being conscious that it is not our right to impose our value system...and we are very aware that frequently it is us who have more to learn from other communities than we can teach them Being good stewards of the Earth and its resources, and conserving them for future generations.

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