For women, the benefits of small ship travel include sustainability, access to less-travelled places and a more personalized experience that includes safety and hygiene.
Women’s Stories
Sustainable Travel
Protect and conserve nature, wildlife and communities
Stories About Sustainable Travel
The Galapagos Islands: Protecting Ecuador’s “Living Laboratory of Evolution”
A small ship expedition to Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands is an opportunity to witness some of the world’s most spectacular wildlife, while learning first-hand about evolution and adaptation.
Can Women Really Make Travel Better? Yes, Say These Five Women Leaders
For World Tourism Day 2023, we invited five influential women travel leaders to share actions women can take to create meaningful change.
Sustainable Travel: Women Leading Change Featuring TTC’s Shannon Guihan
In this new series, we explore sustainable travel and our role as women, featuring Shannon Guihan from The Travel Corporation (TTC).
The Raptor Woman: Dr. Darcy Ogada is Saving Kenya’s Iconic Birds of Prey
As director of The Peregrine Fund-Africa, Darcy Ogada is working to save Kenya’s raptors – from falcons to eagles – from extinction.
Insights into Kenya’s Endangered Cheetahs, From Mary Wykstra, founder of Action for Cheetahs
In Africa, the cheetah population is dwindling as they are captured as pets, killed over conflict and suffering from land use and climate change.
15 Tips for Women for Your First River Cruise
Travel tips for women taking their first river cruise, including tipping, etiquette, room size, weather and packing tips.
Humanitarian Alice Chun Brings her Solar Lights to the World
Entrepreneur and inventor Alice Chun delivers her solar lights to disaster areas around the world, bringing light to the darkness.
G Adventures’ Bruce Poon Tip on “The Last Tourist”, Women and Sustainable Travel
JourneyWoman’s Carolyn Ray and G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip, executive producer of “The Last Tourist”, talk about sustainable travel.
JourneyWoman Webinar: Sustainable Travel in the Post-COVID Era
Learn about sustainable travel on our September 9 webinar with JourneyWoman CEO Carolyn Ray, Anna Pollock, Norie Quintos and Shannon Guihan.
TTC’s Melissa DaSilva Seeks to Empower Women With New Women-Only Tours
With more women travelling solo, TTC’s Melissa DaSilva seeks to empower women with safe, affordable and sustainable women-only tours.
A Call for Change: 2022 JourneyWoman Award Recipient Anna Pollock on Regenerative Travel
2022 JourneyWoman Award winner Anna Pollock on regenerative thinking, sustainable travel and how women can contribute to positive change.
Regenerative Tourism Pioneer Anna Pollock Receives the 2022 JourneyWoman Award for Lifetime Achievement
Anna Pollock, Founder of Conscious Travel, is the 2022 Recipient of the JourneyWoman Award, given in honour of the late Evelyn Hannon, at the Women in Travel Summit.
What is Unconscious Bias in Travel?
JourneyWoman Advisory Council member Tonya Fitzpatrick facilitates an educational discussion on unconscious bias in travel.
Sustainable Travel: Expert Tips to Protect Wildlife
JourneyWoman’s animal tourism expert Nora Livingstone shares her thoughts on what we can do to protect wildlife when we travel.
14 Eco-Friendly Packing Tips For Solo Women
These eco-friendly packing tips will help you take your packing to the next level, part of our commitment to travel sustainably.
Women’s Travel Tips for Puerto Escondido, Mexico: An Ocean-Lover’s Paradise
Travel tips for women to explore Puerto Escondido, near Oaxaca, Mexico, and connect with nature in a laid-back, bohemian setting.
Four Easy Ways to be Animal-Friendly When You Travel
Our animal ethics expert Nora Livingstone shares four easy ways we can be animal-friendly and make our travel experiences more meaningful.
Walking With the Elephants in Cambodia: An Experience Not Soon Forgotten
Guest Writer Carol Moore-Ede shares her visit to the Elephant Valley Project, Cambodia’s original elephant sanctuary.
Six Months Later: Reflections on How COVID-19 Will Change Travel
On April 15, we published an article called “How Will COVID-19 Change Travel? with predictions from top travel writers. Were we right? What have we learned and what’s next for travel in the future?