Travel the way you want, now with better impact built in.
Painted Circle is a free travel guide to tours, stays and experiences that do right by their places and their people. Find them, book with them directly, and enjoy some perks along the way.
Join for freeFind travel that fits you.
Search by what matters to you.
Pick a place, then narrow it down by the vibe you're after and the impact you care about, from small-group tours to locally owned stays.
Every business, checked and pledged.
We review every business before it’s listed, and every one signs our Welcoming Places Pledge to welcome all travelers with respect.
Book direct. No commission.
When you find something you love, you book with the business itself. We never take a cut, so more of what you spend reaches the people making your trip.
Save what you love.
Bookmark businesses as you browse and sort them into your own lists for each trip or dream.
Occasional offers for free. Offers any time as a Supporter.
Your circle.
Tell us the places you’d love to go and the kinds of travel you enjoy. You choose what’s in it, and you can change it any time.
The Weekly Offer Share.
Each week, businesses share a limited number of special offers with free members whose interests match. It isn’t every week for everyone, so when one finds you, it’s a nice surprise.
Offers any time, for Supporters.
Supporters can see the special offer at every business on Painted Circle, whenever they like. It’s how we thank the travelers who keep our independent guide going.
A guide that grows from your recommendations.
Painted Circle grows from recommendations by travelers like you. Know a tour, stay or experience that does it right? Recommend it, and we’ll invite them to join. It’s one of the simplest ways to make a real difference for a business you love.
Recommend a business →Reviews that say more.
More than stars.
Alongside your star rating, you can share how welcome you felt, how memorable it was and your sense of its local impact. Together they become each business’s impact scores.
Add your photos.
Show other travelers what it was really like.
Easy to leave, on the spot.
Many businesses have a Painted Circle QR code. Scan it during or after your visit to leave a review in a minute.
Read them in your language.
A Translate button on every review.
Traveler Verified.
Businesses with five or more strong recent reviews earn the Traveler Verified mark.
Privacy, by design.
Privacy isn’t a setting on Painted Circle. It’s how every part of it is built.
No tracking. No profiles.
We don’t watch what you do here or follow you around the internet. Nothing about what you do on Painted Circle is sent to advertisers or social networks, and our pages are locked so they can’t load trackers or anything else that isn’t ours. Nothing of ours tracks you either: we don’t keep a record of what you browse.
You choose, we don’t guess.
We only show you what you’ve told us you’re interested in. We never infer your interests from what you click.
No ads, no paid placement.
No business can pay to be seen first, and no one pays for your attention.
Open about everything.
Our Privacy Policy lists every company that helps us run Painted Circle, what each one sees, and exactly how long we keep each kind of information. We tell you where we use AI, too.
Our privacy policy →Yours to take or delete.
Download a copy of your information, or delete your account, any time.