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Here's how it works...
Painted Circle is a new type of travel marketplace. We are helping traveler spending stay local, instead of being drained out by third-party resellers. Our Radius Travel Pass helps local businesses attract guests while giving great value to visitors.
Sales of our Radius Travel Pass can also benefit your organization. Painted Circle donates 10% of the purchase price of our pass to nonprofits. Your nonprofit can create a free profile on Painted Circle, and be linked to by any of our partners who are selling our Radius Travel Pass. It's a passive way for you to earn some funds, even if you don't work with tourists or promote our site yourself.
EVERGREEN DONATIONS
Donations to your organization are generated by our affiliate program - it runs 365 days a year without any intervention from you.
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS
We are a grassroots travel company working with incredible, local travel businesses. And they are looking to support their community and you.
SOCIALLY FOCUSED
Painted Circle is on a mission to make travel a force for good. We look to support socially and environmentally positive organizations.
It all works like a FREE FUNDRAISER
You get to choose how your organization uses Painted Circle so that it works with your culture. Local businesses wanting to support your organization can designate you in their affiliate program, earning you funds when they sell our travel pass. You can also promote our travel pass yourself, using it as a fundraiser. The choice is up to you and what works for your organization.
A message from our founder
Built with purpose as an ethical partner in travel
"I started Painted Circle because I worked as a tour operator for many years and saw the high commissions our business paid to resellers as a HUGE missed opportunity. One day I thought... 'wouldn't it be great to have a platform where all of us operators around the world could come together and cross promote each other and bypass resellers?' Painted Circle was born of that motivation, and the idea that we can create a more circular approach to connecting travelers with places that builds an ecosystem for good, responsible, and even regenerative travel. I built the Painted Circle platform to reflect the values that all practitioners of good travel share: travel must be a force for good, it must be inclusive and welcoming, and that we must work to support balance, collaboration, and empathy."
Charles Odom | Founder of Painted Circle
Our vision
Painted Circle stands apart from mass-market resellers and OTAs - we aim to keep traveler money between travelers and the places they visit and not in our own pocket. Sales of our Radius Travel Pass help fund our platform, and help elevate the businesses and community partners in our network. Being a cross-promotion platform, we empower all businesses on Painted Circle to invite guests to our platform... this creates a little win for Painted Circle and a BIG WIN for everyone in our community.
Inclusion and belonging
We are making big efforts to support inclusion... and not just on the surface. Every business joining Painted Circle is also joining our commitment to running inclusive and welcoming businesses. By being part of Painted Circle, you are showcasing your business as part of our community's belief that travel is for everyone.
You can read more about our work to support inclusion here.
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