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Greetings to our friends in
The Irish Midlands
PAINTED CIRCLE
IS YOUR
INDEPENDENT,
REGENERATIVE,
OPEN-SOURCE,
ETHICAL,
INCLUSIVE,
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN,
ZERO EXTRACTION,
IMPACT-FOCUSED
TRAVEL MARKETPLACE.
And we're glad you are here!
Your quick intro to Painted Circle...
Painted Circle is an independent project focused on keeping traveler spending local to benefit communities. Unlike most online marketplaces that take large commissions, our platform connects travelers directly with local businesses, ensuring more money stays in the area. Businesses can also use our Radius Travel Pass to offer special deals, creating a win-win for both them and their guests.
And we want locals like you to be part of our mission to create a positive travel platform!
The two parts of Painted Circle...
There are two main parts of Painted Circle that work together to help us build a more ethical and authentic travel ecosystem:
Part 1: The online guide and marketplace
Paintedcircle.com is the starting point for travelers looking for activities, attractions, accommodations, and other travel services. Our website works like other travel directories, but we bring some important innovations, such as the ability for every business to share info about their environmental and social policies, as well as their efforts to create welcoming places.
Part 2: The Radius Travel Pass
In addition to the website, we have a unique travel pass that helps travelers get special offers and discounts at the businesses on our site. Radius is unique: it's completely integrated into the website so you don't need cards, booklets, or vouchers; it's global, covering all the businesses on our site; and we have both a one-year and lifetime option (yep, one-time purchase and not a subscription:)
The Irish Midlands
Our Radius Travel Pass - Get Yours FREE
The travel businesses on Painted Circle don't pay us any fees or commissions - instead, they share amazing discounts and special offers through our Radius Travel Pass. As we are working to connect with more travel businesses in your area and beyond, we'd like to offer you free access to the pass!
Thank you for being a supporter of Painted Circle!
Your Radius Travel Pass is already linked to your Painted Circle account. You will see special offers and discounts at all the businesses on our site. Start exploring here.
How you can create better tourism
You can help create the kind of tourism in your area that you want to see. Here are ways you can get involved and be part of creating tourism that is more ethical and regenerative.
SUPPORT BUSINESSES YOU LOVE
Many of the travel businesses we have on our site come from personal recommendations of locals. You can suggest additions to our site.
SHARE YOUR OWN RATINGS & FEEDBACK
Leaving ratings and testimonials for businesses in your area can help them attract guests and support their business. Who knows better than locals?!?
SUGGEST NONPROFITS WE CAN SUPPORT
When tourists buy our Radius Travel Pass we donate 10% to nonprofits. Help us connect with organizations you'd like to see supported.
You can even earn money through our affiliate program
Being a grassroots travel platform, we rely on fans and brand ambassadors to get the word out. By promoting Painted Circle you can earn money all while helping businesses in your community to attract direct bookings from visitors.
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 so that guests feel welcome. Furthermore, we see Painted Circle as an important part of supporting a diverse set of tourism business owners - it's our way of making sure they feel welcome on our platform. There are no cookie-cutter approaches here, and we want you to join us just as you are!
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