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Colombia’s Top Regenerative Bars and Restaurants?
Are you a local restaurant or bar owner that wants to help transform Colombia by restoring our relationship with our fragile ecosystem, that wants to leave a positive mark on the destination by strengthening the food chain?
Then we want to hear from you and help you on your mission to reach our audience of socially-conscious travelers. These are visitors that appreciate all the hard work you put in to offer a superior eating experience that’s good for you, good for the visitor and good for Colombia.
We help good people (you — our very special local partners) do great things.
Help Us to Make a Difference.
All we need to know at this stage is that you believe that Cartagena is more than just a place to plunder, that you give a f*** about the people you work with, as much as you do about turning a profit.
If that sounds like you, then hit the button below and let’s get to work on making Colombia a better place for everyone.
This Is Not for Everyone.
We most definitely don’t want to work with everyone. There are plenty of Online Travel Agencies already doing that.
We’re not interested in working with people who take more than they give, or restaurant or bar owners that show no concern for the impact they have on the place they co-habit with others.
We’d be happy to work with you if you take your food, drink and waste seriously, if you’re committed to taking care of the places that allow us, and others, to earn a decent living, and if you genuinely believe that travel should put people’s hard-earned holiday money into the hands of good people doing great things.
If that sounds like you, here’s a few reasons why you might want to contact us.
You believe in the three Ps together.
You’re a restaurant or bar that is fully nested, that understands the triple bottom line of People, Planet and Profit. You understand that the planet’s resources are finite and fragile and that we have a duty to protect them, that people working with a purpose make travel more exciting and that we can only really calculate our profits and losses when we have put these living assets on the balance sheet. If you want to learn more about our approach we work with regenerative agency, Dear Wise Earth, to assess the impact we are having on the planet. We’d love to learn how you measure your impact (positive and negative) on our planet.
You want to make a difference to Colombia.
We help good people do great things. That means we want to connect people who care about where they spend their money with the most remarkable people doing incredible things for Colombia and its people. You care as much as we do about This Is Travel’s customers spending their hard-earned dollars on food and drink that has a positive difference on their lives and those of the people they come into contact with.
You don’t want to be just another tourist trap.
You share our belief that life’s too short to blindly follow in the footsteps of a million others. You want to show people how to head off the beaten path and discover the most incredible, truly authentic taste experiences in Colombia. You are passionate about this country even if that means not giving your customers everything they are used to eating at home. Instead you serve them up the context they need to see the bigger picture.
You’re not cheap but you offer real value.
Like us you understand that doing great things often requires charging more but by setting your price higher than others it means that it is also imperative to offer something of genuine added value to the visitor and that premium needs to be shared all the way along the food chain. As Tony Robbins says, “the secret to living is giving”. If you’re not onboard with that then maybe we’re not a good fit.
This Is What We Love Doing.
(But we’re only as good as our amazing local partners).
A Magical Honeymoon.
Magician Mike and his wonderful wife Sami booked a 10-night honeymoon with us through an agency client. They had absolutely no idea what we had planned for them (they only learned they were traveling to Colombia at JFK airport) but they trusted us to organize every minute of their trip. We showed them Colombia one magical surprise at a time and they loved it.
“You brought us the most magical experience of our lives.”
— Mike & Sami
Boxing Clever in Cartagena.
We took a fantastic group of ladies that punch (then lunch) from New York and threw them into the ring in the grass roots gyms of Cartagena. Sweaty workouts in the morning — island hopping in the afternoon. They left more than just a bruised cheek on their sparring partners, helping to fund three potential world beaters in one of the local boxing schools.
Social Movers and Shakers.
When a group of maverick entrepreneurs chose Cartagena for their annual get together, we worked with them to ensure their trip involved some truly unique experiences. The three-day trip included a tree-planting ceremony, a street party networking event and a 3-day workshop to empower local social entrepreneurs.
Some more people that love This Is Travel.
Let’s Get to Work.
If you like the sound of working with us then please hit the button below and leave us some simple information on why you think we should be working together and we’ll get back to you if we’re reading from the same hymn sheet.