Detour Offers an Online Marketplace for Travelers Who Want to Spend Responsibly

(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 17, 2011 ) HELENA, Mont.,Â–The term Â“responsible travelÂ” has become an widely-used term in the adventure travel marketplace today, but finding a truly responsible adventure tour can be a confusing and overwhelming task. Detour, The Adventure Travel Marketplace a totally unique online adventure travel marketplace where travelers can purchase trips to South America, Central America, and Africa that are operated by each destination's best local sustainable travel companies and outfitters at their local prices. Detour makes it easy to get a top-quality, lower-priced trip with a sustainable local travel company.

What makes Detour different is that they donÂ’t actually operate any of the trips they sell; instead they use their decades of international tourism experience to select top-quality socially and environmentally responsible local tour operators who operate fantastic trips, making it easy for travelers to choose a great trip thatÂ’s considered truly responsible. The companies that offer trips through DetourÂ’s marketplace have gone through a rigorous selection and screening process, ensuring that they offer trips that do not have a negative impact on the local communities and environment. Detour offers competing trips from different companies on one site and includes comparisons of the trips and companies, giving travelers the chance to save time and money in their travel planning by giving them one website that takes care of everything.

Other benefits of using DetourÂ’s marketplace is that the companies that are part of DetourÂ’s marketplace also have highly trained local guides that have inside knowledge of the travel destination, and it also gives travelers the chance to save money by offering trips that are the same price as if they booked locally within the destination. Detour is founded on promoting sustainable tourism, and a big part of that is making sure that the vast majority of the money travelers spend on their trips makes it into the local economy where it employs local people and provides incentives for protecting ecosystems, cultural sites, and the local culture.

Detour is based in downtown Helena, Montana, and can be found on the web at www.detourdestinations.com , or by phone at 406-558-4242.

Detour, The Adventure Travel Marketplace
Stephanie Parnell
832-755-7661
stephanie@adventuremedianews.com