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Luxury family trips where you can all bond closer as you make a difference together.
Fully customized ethical luxury experiences that blend sightseeing with hands-on philanthropic-volunteering…and of course time to recharge and reconnect.

We are so confident that you will love it that we guarantee it.

How it works

CHANGE LIVES.. INCLUDING YOUR OWN

Include a volunteering component to your luxury
vacation and in addition to making
a lasting difference:

1. You can bond closer with your children
2. Your kids will appreciate how fortunate they are
3. Your children will be inspired to be world changers
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ENCOUNTER INCREDIBLE SIGHTS AND ENJOY ENRICHING EXPERIENCES

All trips are customized to your exact preferences.You choose how many days to help for, and how many days to explore.Its your vacation. Tell us what you like to do as a family and we will make it happen. Need inspiration? Our expert consultants are full of ideas.
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ENJOY
ECO-LUXURY ACCOMMODATION

Luxury travel is best when it is sustainable, and you can stay at the finest eco-luxury hotels and lodges on your vacation with us.
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EVERY TRIP YOU BOOK ALLOWS FOR A CHILD TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION THROUGH OUR
‘BOOK A TRIP, GIVE AN EDUCATION’ PROGRAM

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Destinations

South and Central America

Africa

Asia

Pacific, Australia, NZ

Europe

North America

Ways to help on your trip

Your children from the age of five can take the first steps to becoming world changers by getting involved in making a difference. We typically suggest that pre-teens start with our environmental and wildlife conservation projects; you can inspire them to be world changers by helping conserve elephants in Thailand, India or Sri Lanka, monkeys and parrots in Costa Rica, turtles in Sri Lanka, Bali and Costa Rica, penguins and kiwis in New Zealand, kangaroos and wallabies in Australia, and coastal restoration work in California.

You and your children will return home with much greater knowledge and appreciation for the fragility of our planet.

Animal loving teenagers can of course participate in these wildlife conservation projects, but they are of the age where can all bond together on a community development project, such as building a home for a family in need of a decent place to live in Guatemala, Fiji, Cambodia or Zambia, a disabled-accessible bathroom for a paraplegic in Bali, or an eco-friendly stove in Belize, Peru, Kenya or India.

These projects give you interaction with the local people and insights into their lives, where you learn from and enrich each other. It will go a long way towards your children appreciating how fortunate they are as well.

Beyond this you can repair a classroom or clinic in India, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal or Ecuador, or teach eager children in Zambia, Rwanda, India, Sri Lanka and Bali.

If you have medical skills, you can make a difference in Costa Rica or Zambia, or in Italy you can care for refugees.

And this is just a taste of the options available – click on the boxes below to discover more!

Environmental and Wildlife Conservation

Building

Repairs and Renovations

Teaching

Community Based Projects

Medical

Read what others say about luxury family volunteer vacations

Margo Vinney
Margo Vinney

My first solo trip outside of the U.S. was in the summer of 2012 to Sabi Sand in South Africa. Although I had been to Africa several times before, I was leery about going alone and I knew I wanted to give something back as well. I am delighted to have discovered Chris and Hands Up Holidays online. I spent 8 days on safari and also volunteered at Dumphries Village Creche--pre-primary school.

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Irene Mitchell
Irene Mitchell

New Delhi, New Year 2008, and a life-changing volunteering experience. A last minute change of plan took us to Project Why in the heart of the slums where we were welcomed with warmth and love and spent a few happy days renovating the floor of a school-room on a garbage dump, aided by a gang of enthusiastic young boys. We learnt so much about life in those few days and still have a wonderfully close relationship with the charity.

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Bill Quirke
Bill Quirke

My wife and I wanted to travel through Chile, Bolivia and Peru and were slightly daunted by the logistics of organising such a varied trip. Chris was incredibly helpful not only mapping out the most exciting and engaging trip, but also using his extensive personal knowledge of the best things to do. Hands Up were reassuringly efficient in organising the trip, monitoring how we were doing during the trip and making adjustments to improve the trip.

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Sara Martz
Sara Martz

My family and I were lucky enough to work with Chris for our 30 day adventure in SE Asia specifically Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. I must of changed or added to the itinerary a dozen times before finally confirming. He never missed a beat. Our groups age ranged from 35 -72 and somehow everyday was filled with activities, meals and sites that we all were in awe of!

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Suzanne Cohen
Suzanne Cohen Gould

I researched many different travel opportunities that would incorporate family, community service and high end travel and they simply did not exist until I found Hands up Holidays. Chris, was extremely efficient and provided an amazing itinerary that my 14-year old daughter and myself enjoyed thoroughly. We visited Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.

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