• I just ♥️ our little area living near the Blue Ridge Mountains and last summer’s trip to @primlandauberge felt like a weekend right at home. Meet @primlandauberge, a luxury mountain getaway, resting on 12,000 acres with beautiful mountain views and facilities. Bring your family for a weekend of nature centered with outdoor activities like archery, fishing, stream critter catching, ATV-riding and so much more. Offering stays at their beautiful hotel, on-site lodges and treehouses, families will find accommodations that will suit their lifestyle. Besides hosting charity golf outings and giving back to their local fire/rescue squads and local education funds, @primlandauberge provided more than 2400 lunches to its hurting community during the peak of the pandemic. They also raised over $61,000 to be given directly back to their employees who were furloughed during their 2020 closures. A mountain weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, anyone? . . 📸: @primlandauberge . . #blueridgemountains #auberge @aubergeresorts #feelgood #betterhotel #tripadvisor #sustainability #tourism #virginia @visitvirginia #alwaysauberge
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    I just ♥️ our little area living near the Blue Ridge Mountains and last summer’s trip to @primlandauberge felt like a weekend right at home. Meet @primlandauberge, a luxury mountain getaway, resting on 12,000 acres with beautiful mountain views and facilities. Bring your family for a weekend of nature centered with outdoor activities like archery, fishing, stream critter catching, ATV-riding and so much more. Offering stays at their beautiful hotel, on-site lodges and treehouses, families will find accommodations that will suit their lifestyle. Besides hosting charity golf outings and giving back to their local fire/rescue squads and local education funds, @primlandauberge provided more than 2400 lunches to its hurting community during the peak of the pandemic. They also raised over $61,000 to be given directly back to their employees who were furloughed during their 2020 closures. A mountain weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, anyone? . . 📸: @primlandauberge . . #blueridgemountains #auberge @aubergeresorts #feelgood #betterhotel #tripadvisor #sustainability #tourism #virginia @visitvirginia #alwaysauberge
  • I just got back from the jungles of Belize, but looks like I may need to head right back! Check out @jaguarcreek, an eco lodge doing so much good for so many. Enjoy local wildlife, over 600 species of birds and home-cooked food while staying in a Farmhouse or Private Cabana with your significant other, family or with a group of friends. @jaguarcreek serves the country of Belize and international guests in three main ways: through prayer, learning and serving. Come experience this sanctuary of peace for a time of quiet, see the work being done as the lodge serves as an education center hosting students of all ages in at-risk communities and experience the comforts of home as short-term service teams choose @jaguarcreek for their stays of service. All of @jaguarcreek’s net profits are donated to PathLight International, an organization empowering children in Belize to receive a quality education, break free from poverty and reach their God-given potential. 💫 . . 📸: @jaguarcreek . . #unbelizable #belizejungle #sustainable #atrisk #dogoodfeelgood
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    I just got back from the jungles of Belize, but looks like I may need to head right back! Check out @jaguarcreek, an eco lodge doing so much good for so many. Enjoy local wildlife, over 600 species of birds and home-cooked food while staying in a Farmhouse or Private Cabana with your significant other, family or with a group of friends. @jaguarcreek serves the country of Belize and international guests in three main ways: through prayer, learning and serving. Come experience this sanctuary of peace for a time of quiet, see the work being done as the lodge serves as an education center hosting students of all ages in at-risk communities and experience the comforts of home as short-term service teams choose @jaguarcreek for their stays of service. All of @jaguarcreek’s net profits are donated to PathLight International, an organization empowering children in Belize to receive a quality education, break free from poverty and reach their God-given potential. 💫 . . 📸: @jaguarcreek . . #unbelizable #belizejungle #sustainable #atrisk #dogoodfeelgood
  • So, what do you really DO? I wanted to share more about the process of what my job looks like as a freelance travel writer for my website/hotel directory, www.goanddogood.com. 1 - This small business will always take the backseat to being a child of God, wife and mom. Every morning, I ignore emails, calls and social media to read the Bible. It’s the foundation of my life and how I can actually desire to do good through the day 😉 2 - I find hotels that give back generously to a charity, ministry or local community through Pinterest, Google searches, referrals from other travel writers, PR contacts and large travel publication lists like on @travelandleisure. 3 - I contact the PR team at the good hotel, sending them my media kit with stats like UVM (unique visitors per month) to my site. 4 - In 2020 and into the beginning of 2021, I waived all fees of the directory to help support the battered travel community during the pandemic. As of May 2021, I have reinstated a fee to be in the directory to cover the backend costs of my site and the remainder of the proceeds go back towards the promotion of good hotels and the charities they support. While my site is basically run like a nonprofit, I have to claim an income in order to receive sponsored travel to visit those good hotels in-person. 5- Once a hotel commits to being in the directory, I create the directory listing on the site, sharing both about the hotel itself and then the good it does for its community. 6 - I then, using Canva, create a dedicated Pinterest pin for the hotel to have a permanent spot on Pinterest and I schedule the hotel to be shared on Instagram/Facebook. 7 - Like any small business, I have to record income/expenses, I pay annual business taxes and I use a system called And.Co to store all travel receipts and to send invoices to the hotels. After learning that no resource like @goanddogood existed, I decided to create it. It has been the most rewarding usage of the free time that I have and I love helping hotels that do so much good get more recognition. Thank you for anyone who has sent an encouraging note along the way!
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    So, what do you really DO? I wanted to share more about the process of what my job looks like as a freelance travel writer for my website/hotel directory, www.goanddogood.com. 1 - This small business will always take the backseat to being a child of God, wife and mom. Every morning, I ignore emails, calls and social media to read the Bible. It’s the foundation of my life and how I can actually desire to do good through the day 😉 2 - I find hotels that give back generously to a charity, ministry or local community through Pinterest, Google searches, referrals from other travel writers, PR contacts and large travel publication lists like on @travelandleisure. 3 - I contact the PR team at the good hotel, sending them my media kit with stats like UVM (unique visitors per month) to my site. 4 - In 2020 and into the beginning of 2021, I waived all fees of the directory to help support the battered travel community during the pandemic. As of May 2021, I have reinstated a fee to be in the directory to cover the backend costs of my site and the remainder of the proceeds go back towards the promotion of good hotels and the charities they support. While my site is basically run like a nonprofit, I have to claim an income in order to receive sponsored travel to visit those good hotels in-person. 5- Once a hotel commits to being in the directory, I create the directory listing on the site, sharing both about the hotel itself and then the good it does for its community. 6 - I then, using Canva, create a dedicated Pinterest pin for the hotel to have a permanent spot on Pinterest and I schedule the hotel to be shared on Instagram/Facebook. 7 - Like any small business, I have to record income/expenses, I pay annual business taxes and I use a system called And.Co to store all travel receipts and to send invoices to the hotels. After learning that no resource like @goanddogood existed, I decided to create it. It has been the most rewarding usage of the free time that I have and I love helping hotels that do so much good get more recognition. Thank you for anyone who has sent an encouraging note along the way!
  • Have you all been following @theallensvstheworld’s epic summer trip to Tanzania?! It got me even more excited as we plan our first trip to Africa for summer 2022 to experience a week on safari. Eek! (So blessed to even be in the planning stages of something this special!). This will be the farthest trip from home that our little family has taken together. Of all of the areas of the world in my hotel directory, Africa, by far, has the most hotels that give back to a charity or their local community. I actually haven’t been able to keep up with the number of hotels there doing good things for others. Choosing one of these gems of a hotel for our summer 2022 African adventure will be super hard because all charities and communities are so deserving. The next three hotels in the directory are @singita_, @londolozi and @lionsandsgamereserve. While there are actually countless ways that each of these hotels have given back, I highlighted below one really great thing about each hotel: @singita_ has provided over 10,000 children 😯 three years of teaching under the guidance of their Growing to Read program. @londolozi developed The Good Work Foundation, a digital learning center for children in their nearby community with over 10,000 local children also having been enrolled in their supplemental learning system. @lionsandsgamereserve invites hotel guests to get involved through their Get Your Hands Dirty Program, a way to experience the difference the MORE Community Trust is doing there. 📸: @singita_ , pics 1-3 📸: @londolozi , pics 4-6 📸: @lionsandsgamereserve, pics 7-9 - Save this post on three of the many Go and Do Good® hotels in Africa doing so much good for others! . . #rwanda #singita #southafrica #londolozi #lionsandsgamereserve #tanzania #zimbabwe #hotelsandresorts
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    Have you all been following @theallensvstheworld’s epic summer trip to Tanzania?! It got me even more excited as we plan our first trip to Africa for summer 2022 to experience a week on safari. Eek! (So blessed to even be in the planning stages of something this special!). This will be the farthest trip from home that our little family has taken together. Of all of the areas of the world in my hotel directory, Africa, by far, has the most hotels that give back to a charity or their local community. I actually haven’t been able to keep up with the number of hotels there doing good things for others. Choosing one of these gems of a hotel for our summer 2022 African adventure will be super hard because all charities and communities are so deserving. The next three hotels in the directory are @singita_, @londolozi and @lionsandsgamereserve. While there are actually countless ways that each of these hotels have given back, I highlighted below one really great thing about each hotel: @singita_ has provided over 10,000 children 😯 three years of teaching under the guidance of their Growing to Read program. @londolozi developed The Good Work Foundation, a digital learning center for children in their nearby community with over 10,000 local children also having been enrolled in their supplemental learning system. @lionsandsgamereserve invites hotel guests to get involved through their Get Your Hands Dirty Program, a way to experience the difference the MORE Community Trust is doing there. 📸: @singita_ , pics 1-3 📸: @londolozi , pics 4-6 📸: @lionsandsgamereserve, pics 7-9 - Save this post on three of the many Go and Do Good® hotels in Africa doing so much good for others! . . #rwanda #singita #southafrica #londolozi #lionsandsgamereserve #tanzania #zimbabwe #hotelsandresorts
  • Do your summer plans include a trip to Florida?! We’ll be heading back to Florida this month for the first time since we moved to the Carolinas for some fun in the sun ☀️ If Miami Beach is on your trip list, consider @thebetsyhotel, an award-winning property on iconic Ocean Drive on South Beach. This luxury boutique hotel isn’t just a hotel-it’s a destination with a purpose. The owners of @thebetsyhotel founded PG Family Foundation which supports local Miami youth & families as well as Zara’s Center, a response to an increase in children orphaned due to AIDS in Zimbabwe. This partnership provides nourishment, recreation, work training, academic enrichment and medical care to over 125 children in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. ☀️ Who wants to head to Miami knowing they’re doing so much good by choosing @thebetsyhotel for their stay?! ☀️ . . 📸: @thebetsyhotel . . #miamibeach #thebetsy #zimbabwe #dogoodfeelgood #hotellife #sustainabletourism #goodgoodgood #traveltheworld #travelinspiration
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    Do your summer plans include a trip to Florida?! We’ll be heading back to Florida this month for the first time since we moved to the Carolinas for some fun in the sun ☀️ If Miami Beach is on your trip list, consider @thebetsyhotel, an award-winning property on iconic Ocean Drive on South Beach. This luxury boutique hotel isn’t just a hotel-it’s a destination with a purpose. The owners of @thebetsyhotel founded PG Family Foundation which supports local Miami youth & families as well as Zara’s Center, a response to an increase in children orphaned due to AIDS in Zimbabwe. This partnership provides nourishment, recreation, work training, academic enrichment and medical care to over 125 children in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. ☀️ Who wants to head to Miami knowing they’re doing so much good by choosing @thebetsyhotel for their stay?! ☀️ . . 📸: @thebetsyhotel . . #miamibeach #thebetsy #zimbabwe #dogoodfeelgood #hotellife #sustainabletourism #goodgoodgood #traveltheworld #travelinspiration
  • @flytographer has a way of pouring our hearts, our passions and all of our individual personalities into one photo session, flawlessly. We’re home, cherishing, reminiscing and holding back tears on how blessed we are to do this life and its adventures together. - Use code GOANDDOGOOD50 to take $50 off any @flytographer shoot around this beautiful world 🗺. 🌊 James 1:19 🌊 📸: Ben at Placencia with Flytographer
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    @flytographer has a way of pouring our hearts, our passions and all of our individual personalities into one photo session, flawlessly. We’re home, cherishing, reminiscing and holding back tears on how blessed we are to do this life and its adventures together. - Use code GOANDDOGOOD50 to take $50 off any @flytographer shoot around this beautiful world 🗺. 🌊 James 1:19 🌊 📸: Ben at Placencia with Flytographer
  • 🐟 I will never ever ever ever ever forget the experiences we had on an excursion with @muyonoresorts yesterday. We spent the whole day visiting outlying Belizean islands such as the one pictured here, Saltwater Caye. We then snorkeled the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, seeing stingrays, nurse sharks, tropical-striped schools of fish and unique to Belize: green barrier reefs. We also went fishing, caught barracudas and brought them back to @hopkinsbaybelize and had them prepared and blackened for dinner 😋 Traveling with our young bros isn’t just smooth sailing like pictured here (4:30am wake ups, whining, picky eating) but yesterday I was so proud of our boys being willing to dive right in to try something new and seeing the reward that comes along with it 🐠 Belize, we ❤️ you. . . #seatheworld #barrierreef #traveltheworld #travelfamily
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    🐟 I will never ever ever ever ever forget the experiences we had on an excursion with @muyonoresorts yesterday. We spent the whole day visiting outlying Belizean islands such as the one pictured here, Saltwater Caye. We then snorkeled the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, seeing stingrays, nurse sharks, tropical-striped schools of fish and unique to Belize: green barrier reefs. We also went fishing, caught barracudas and brought them back to @hopkinsbaybelize and had them prepared and blackened for dinner 😋 Traveling with our young bros isn’t just smooth sailing like pictured here (4:30am wake ups, whining, picky eating) but yesterday I was so proud of our boys being willing to dive right in to try something new and seeing the reward that comes along with it 🐠 Belize, we ❤️ you. . . #seatheworld #barrierreef #traveltheworld #travelfamily
  • #hosted by @hopkinsbaybelize, a @muyonoresorts property // Rise and shine! ☀️ One thing that makes @hopkinsbaybelize so unique is the beachfront lodging, providing spacious accommodations and the comforts from home. We’ve loved having a small kitchenette, common space and two separate bedrooms with our own bathrooms to enjoy just steps away from the ocean and pool. Hopkins Bay, the neighborhood surrounding the property, has been named the friendliest city in Belize and we have felt that warm, sunny welcome! ☀️ I’ll cheers a piña colada to our new accommodations at @hopkinsbaybelize! 🥥 . . #ifyoulikepinacoladas
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    #hosted by @hopkinsbaybelize, a @muyonoresorts property // Rise and shine! ☀️ One thing that makes @hopkinsbaybelize so unique is the beachfront lodging, providing spacious accommodations and the comforts from home. We’ve loved having a small kitchenette, common space and two separate bedrooms with our own bathrooms to enjoy just steps away from the ocean and pool. Hopkins Bay, the neighborhood surrounding the property, has been named the friendliest city in Belize and we have felt that warm, sunny welcome! ☀️ I’ll cheers a piña colada to our new accommodations at @hopkinsbaybelize! 🥥 . . #ifyoulikepinacoladas
  • What an experience it was to experience Mayan Ruins in Western Belize yesterday! Xunantunich is believed to be over 1,000 years old. The boys were able to learn all about ruin excavation, Mayan symbols and we even scaled toward the top to see views of Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. @muyonoresorts offers great adventure packages that guests can choose from to explore the different areas of Belize. So glad we did this half day tour! . . #xunantunich #belizetravel #mayanruins @muyonoresorts #travelbetter #travelfam #travelfamily
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    What an experience it was to experience Mayan Ruins in Western Belize yesterday! Xunantunich is believed to be over 1,000 years old. The boys were able to learn all about ruin excavation, Mayan symbols and we even scaled toward the top to see views of Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. @muyonoresorts offers great adventure packages that guests can choose from to explore the different areas of Belize. So glad we did this half day tour! . . #xunantunich #belizetravel #mayanruins @muyonoresorts #travelbetter #travelfam #travelfamily
  • UnBELIZEable! We are thrilled to be #hosted by @muyonoresorts featuring their #travelbetter initiative with our first stop in the Belizean jungle of @sweetsongslodge. This is the boys first visit to Central America so I know this trip will always have a special place in our hearts. We’re spending our days looking for exotic birds and animals, tubing/exploring in the river and falling asleep to the songs of the jungle. Belize is unlike any Central America country that Logan and I have experienced so far with the main language being English and the country having a diverse mix of Creole, Garifuna, English, Spanish, Amish and British culture. We’re just thrilled to be exploring this beautiful country all week! . . #belize @visitbelize #muyono #welcometothejungle #centralamerica #familytravel
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    UnBELIZEable! We are thrilled to be #hosted by @muyonoresorts featuring their #travelbetter initiative with our first stop in the Belizean jungle of @sweetsongslodge. This is the boys first visit to Central America so I know this trip will always have a special place in our hearts. We’re spending our days looking for exotic birds and animals, tubing/exploring in the river and falling asleep to the songs of the jungle. Belize is unlike any Central America country that Logan and I have experienced so far with the main language being English and the country having a diverse mix of Creole, Garifuna, English, Spanish, Amish and British culture. We’re just thrilled to be exploring this beautiful country all week! . . #belize @visitbelize #muyono #welcometothejungle #centralamerica #familytravel