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Combine Family Volunteering With Luxury Sightseeing

Looking for an interesting and rewarding family vacation? Here you will find some fantastic family holiday ideas that combine sightseeing with a taste of volunteering. Our journeys strike a balance between a meaningful and educational volunteer experience, and a well earned luxury escape.

family school gamesOur blended trips provide a fabulous way for your family to bond, and for your children:
  • To interact closely with another culture
  • To have a safe context to gain valuable insights
  • To help breakdown socially constructed barriers
  • To give back in a meaningful way.
Return home with incredible sight-seeing experiences, treasured memories and wonderful stories to tell friends and classmates.

It is our pleasure to work closely with you to prepare the perfect tailor-made volunteering itinerary for you and your family to meet your exact travel requirements.

Our speciality is luxury family voluntourism.

Either complete this form or email us at family@handsupholidays.com
 
painting parents school house

Impressions from a luxury family volunteering trip:

"We had wanted to give back in some way and rather than take just another wonderful trip, we contacted Hands Up Holidays about mixing vacation with volunteering. We had no idea at the start where we wanted to go or what we wanted to do. Our consultant gave our family endless options. He was patient and helpful and created the perfect trip for our family. When we finally selected a destination, Guatemala, Our consultant put the whole thing together for us. We spent a week building a home for an indigenous Mayan family, yet we also got to see and experience Guatemala -- thanks to our consultant's planning. When traveling in areas that are perhaps not as comfortable as what we are all used to, it was reassuring to know that we were in good hands."

- Jody Gardner and her family travelled on a tailor-made family volunteer vacation to Guatemala, from the USA




The Trip Finder on the left helps you find voluntourism trips we recommend for families. However, to ensure all your needs are met, we prefer to consult with you about any trip you have in mind. Please do contact us.

We suggest volunteer projects that:

  • Assist with children (such as in orphanages or schools) so that whilst you are teaching or renovating, your children can interact with the local kids
  • Assist with environmental projects 
 
feeding family

carrying baby   Mother and daughter cooking

“Volunteering provides fantastic opportunities for families to bond,  develop new skills and make friends”

Girl and local children
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