UnTours is very concerned about the environment, but not in a lip-service, greenwashing kind of way. We honestly and truly care. We work to mitigate the environmental impact of travel and to minimize and offset our office carbon footprint. Our B Corp certification process screens us for environmental policies and practices, so our values are…
On a chilly evening at the start of April, the UnTours Foundation gathered with progressive business leaders, community activists, entrepreneurs, donors, foundation leaders, UnTourists, and UnTours staff and friends to celebrate its silver anniversary. We gathered to acknowledge the UnTours Foundation and its 25 years of funding Fair Trade, job creation, green development, and economic…
If you travel with UnTours, you should feel good about how you are spending your travel dollars. Your UnTours booking helps support the work of our owners, the UnTours Foundation. They fund grassroots projects and green businesses that create jobs and strengthen communities. Here are the UnTours Foundation investees for 2016. Kitchen Harvest collects…
This is a piece that Hal Taussig, our late founder, published on the UnTours Cafe back in 2007. I think this captures the man and his values so well. El Kover and her husband Bill, some well loved UnTourists, recently spent a couple of days in Media, PA where our offices are. We had…
We have been overwhelmed by all of the loving words, fun and funny memories, and thoughtful tributes we have received from everyone in this beautiful community Hal created. Love has drifted in from across country and across the ocean, in multiple languages. Thank you to everyone who has shared their thoughts and good wishes!…
Harold Taussig Sr. passed away on the afternoon of January 11, 2016 in his home. He was 91 years old. Hal was an accomplished businessman, a fervent booster of Fair Trade, an activist for socially responsible business, and an early micro-enterprise investor. His UnTours Foundation, created with the profits of his successful tour company, has…
Picture: Restoring a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail near Portland, OR during the 2015 B Corporation Champions Retreat. What is a B Corporation? You may have seen the logo in our catalog or on our website and wondered what it meant. After three days of connecting with hundreds of people from other B…
We recently gathered for the first ever Ungala, a celebration of 40 years of UnTours and the vital work of the UnTours Foundation. The celebration was a happy meeting of tribes, a place for people working in all aspects of UnTours to connect. Current UnTours employees gathered with UnTours Foundation board members, foundation loan recipients,…
It’s no secret that we’re proud to be the first certified B Corporation. The B Corp mission aligns perfectly with the values we hold most dear here at UnTours and being certified is our way to say to the world: we care. People, planet, and profit have always held equal ground here as we send…
UnTours has always been a mom and pop shop, and we pride ourselves on our by-the-seat-of-our-pants successes over the years. It is a proud part of our founder Hal Taussig’s approach to life, travel, and business. As we’ve tightened up our operations and gone professional, we have never lost our sense of wonder or fun….