GoNOMAD .com is not a travel agency - we don't sell tours, book flights, or reserve hotel rooms. Rather, GoNOMAD.com is a comprehensive resource center, designed to provide independent and alternative travelers with all the information and inspiration they need to plan their travels in the U.S. and abroad. We'll point you in the right direction for any trip you want to take.

WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL , ANYWAY?

At GoNOMAD, we define Alternative Travel as "Participatory Travel." Beyond passive sightseeing, Alternative Travel engages travelers with the people, culture and environment of a destination. It is travel that teaches, travel that challenges, travel that enlightens and rewards.

Whether through taking a weaving course in Guatemala, volunteering in Nepal, joining an active, educational tour through Europe, or staying with a local family in Africa, alternative travel brings travelers into close contact with communities and destinations, and returns them home changed by their experience: enlightened, challenged, rewarded.

A vital aspect of Alternative Travel is an emphasis on sustainable and responsible tourism. Alternative travelers are concerned about the environments and cultures of the destinations they visit, and want to help preserve and conserve those resources for the resident communities and future travelers. Thus, Alternative Travel is also participatory in this regard: helping to maintain and sustain communities and people around the globe through awareness and support.