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The Travel Gift That Gives Twice

Nov 23 2020

It's the week leading up to Black Friday, and your inbox is likely full of emails promising deep discounts on everything from egg-timers to iPhones. The holiday shopping season has begun! But what if this year you bought something that offered a different sort of value? What if by gifting you were also giving back?

For the remainder of the year, we're allocating 100% of the net proceeds of every gift card sold to the ToursByLocals Guide Relief Fund. We created this fund back in April, as it became increasingly clear that the pandemic was going to put significant financial strain on many of our guides and their families, whose livelihoods depend on people traveling.

The e-Gift Cards are available in any denomination, they never expire, and you can purchase one for yourself, or for a friend or family member who loves to travel. While this holiday season sees most of us staying close to home, the future is looking increasingly bright when it comes to crossing borders again in 2021. ToursByLocals now has private tours in 186 different countries around the world - this is the gift card that can take you places!

By buying a gift card, you’re making a promise to each other that you’ll travel again soon…and you're also giving a local guide some financial stability in these challenging times.

So while you're doing your holiday shopping, consider purchasing a gift that gives twice: to your loved one, and to someone far away who can't wait for travellers like yourself to return.

Purchase your gift card for any ToursByLocals private travel experience here: Buy a ToursByLocals Gift Card.