These apps all help make my travels more sustainable in one way or another - be sure to use them for your next booking!
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Sustainable accommodation - read the notes!
Sustainable transportation
Local tour guides - read the notes!
Vegan Travel Apps and Gadgets
Travel Basics
Sustainable accommodation - read the notes!
Find homestays around the world
Book Homestays Worldwide - Find Your Home Away From Home
I really like Hostelworld for budget accommodation but something I learned about them lately is that they're quite into sustainability. They have a ‘Staircase to Sustainability’ Framwork which supports sustainable hostels, and they champion accessibi...
Hostelworld
Volunteering projects in exchange for accommodation
Worldpackers: Work Exchange, Volunteer Abroad, Gap Year
Find petsits around the world!
Find Pet Sitters & House Sits Worldwide | TrustedHousesitters.com
If you use Airbnb, book spare rooms within a house, so you don't make the housing crisis worse!
Airbnb | Holiday rentals, cabins, beach houses & more
Stay with veggie or vegan travellers
Vegvisits | The veg 'airbnb'. Book accommodations from vegan and ...
Social enterprises around the world
socialbnb
Much better eco-friendly bnbs
Ecobnb: Find your sustainable accommodation
Sustainable projects
Fairbnb.coop - sustainable B&B, rooms, bnb and vacation rentals
Great for meeting and staying with locals
Couchsurfing: Meet and Stay with Locals All Over the World
Stay in someone else's house when you travel!
HomeExchange - World's #1 Home Swap Platform
Filter your search for homestays and guest houses
List Your Apartment, Hotel, Holiday Home or B&B on Booking ...
Sustainable transportation
I use these guys all the time and love them
Busbud - The Best Way to Book Bus Tickets
For booking any public transport
12Go: Book Trains, Buses, Ferries, Transfers & Flights
Tip based walking tours - I love to take them to orient myself
GuruWalk - The best free walking tour guides in the world are here:
DO NOT USE FOR WILDLIFE - otherwise they are great :)
GetYourGuide: Book Things To Do, Attractions, and Tours
Amazing in South East Asia
Seek Sophie | Uncover the Unexpected
Love Viator for longer tours - avoid wildlife experiences again
Viator: Travel Tours, Activities, and Things to Do | 2025
I use G Adventures for any kind of long term tour (over a day) - they are super responsible and always do their best for local guides and the surrounding environments. I highly recommend!
Vegvisits | The veg 'airbnb'. Book accommodations from vegan and ...
Make yourself understood
Google Translate
Vegan playing cards
Fussy Traveller Club: Fussy Travellers Club Playing Cards ...
Find vegans abroad!
Veggly - Vegan and Vegetarian Dating App - Veggly
Better companies
abillion - better social media – Apps on Google Play
Prevent food waste
Too Good To Go
Travel packing list
PackPoint travel packing list app
Travel Basics
I really like SafetyWing's morals - it's hard to find insurance doing the right thing but I like how they treat their staff and workers (they are building them a remote ‘country on the internet’). They pay really fair wages and I also think their ins...
SafetyWing - Insurance for remote workers
World Nomads do a lot of good in terms of social impact and I like to support a worth cause doing that. I usually compare them with SafetyWing for the best rates.
Simple, Flexible Travel and Holiday Insurance | World Nomads UK
I like to use an eSIM when I travel so that I'm not having to buy a physical plastic sim card. Airalo is usually the best value
Airalo: Buy eSIMs for international travel
I like Monzo as a bank - they are easy to use and not personally investing in any fossil fuels. They also don't have high fees to pay abroad
Monzo | Your New Favourite Bank
I love Revolut - so easy to use, not investing in any fossil fuels and really low fees for travel
Revolut
Great for buying outdoor gear, such as sleeping bags, hiking boots and coats. All packaging is plastic free and the site is all wasted army gear, so it's a great sustainable site.
The Army Surplus and Outdoor Survival Store — Goarmy
I'm obsessed with LifeStraw bottles, they've never let me down anywhere I've gone.
