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Summer Giveaway

Apply for a volunteer guide anytime in July or August and your name will be automatically entered into our prize draw to win: Volunteer - A Travellers Guide to Making a Difference Around the World (Lonely Planet); Morocco (Lonely Planet); and anything of your choice from the Green Shopping Catalogue up to a value of £50.

We will announce the name of the winner on this web page on the 1 September.

Communication

Please be advised that the best way to contact us at the moment is via electronic mail. We currently offer a limited telephone service and may not be able to respond to all messages.

Every Flight a Fight Against Poverty – with North South Travel

North South Travel is a travel agency with a difference: all their profits are donated to grassroots projects in the developing world. Please take a look at their website for full details and sample fares. North South offer highly competitive fares for any route, worldwide.

Changing the Atmosphere

We take the threat of climate change seriously and our website has been carbon neutral since 2003 following the purchase of a small parcel of tropical forest in Ecuador. To ensure our website remains at the top of the 'environmentally friendly' league we have also offset 5 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions as part of Climate Care's (pdf 449K) CO2 reduction project.

Pick & Mix - Latin American Guidebooks by the Chapter

Did you know that Lonely Planet have (digitally) chopped up all of their guidebooks on Central America, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean? You can now pick, download and print only the chapters you need in digital (PDF) format. Please visit the Lonely Planet website for further details. You can download the first chapter of each guide for free.

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