Journey’s purpose  

Our high-touch, tailormade journeys invite guests into immersive, authentic, and locally-rooted experiences that feel deeply personal – while channeling value back into communities and the natural world. By engaging closely with culture and nature, travelers support and shape the future of traditional livelihoods tied to the land, craft, gastronomy, and local ecosystems. 

Our Commitment to Human Rights

At Journey Mexico, we believe that travel has the power to uplift communities, preserve cultures, and create meaningful connections, but only when conducted with the highest respect for people and their fundamental rights.

We are committed to respecting human rights across all our operations, partnerships, and supply chain. This commitment is guided by:

• The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs): We align our practices with these internationally recognized standards, working to identify, prevent, and address any adverse human rights impacts connected to our business.
• The International Bill of Human Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: We uphold the rights and dignity of every individual we work with and for, including our team, local partners, communities, and the travelers who journey with us.

We hold ourselves accountable to these principles as part of our ongoing commitment to being a force for good – for people, places, and the planet.

Lobbying Policy

Journey Mexico does not currently engage in any lobbying activities. If this changes in the future, any such engagement will be directed exclusively toward creating a positive impact on society or the environment, and toward protecting the communities where we operate.

Positive Impact Committee

Journey Mexico’s Positive Impact Committee is spearheaded by co-founder and CFO Rebecca Scotti, and brings together members from across our different departments – ensuring a holistic approach to our sustainability and social responsibility efforts.

The committee meets weekly to review progress, address challenges, set goals, and develop solutions. It oversees both internal initiatives, shaping how we operate as a company, and external initiatives that extend our positive impact to the destinations and communities we serve.

Arca Tierra & Mundo Maya

Journey Mexico empowers guests to help protect Mexico’s legacy. We request $100 USD per traveler, per trip which goes into our Positive Impact Fund. We donate 100% of these contributions to carefully selected Mexican NGOS to support their work. Our guests have the opportunity to visit the projects and see the impact of their contributions firsthand through curated Journey experiences. We currently partner with Arca Tierra in Xochimilco, Mexico City, and Fundación Haciendas del Mundo Maya (FHMM) in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexican Caribbean.

Arca Tierra works to revive and preserve Xochimilco’s ancient “floating gardens” known as chinampas. These are agricultural islands built on a lake that were innovated over 1000 years ago by Indigenous communities, sustaining farming families and providing Mexico City with food for centuries. Impact so far: Journey travelers have funded the full rehabilitation of two inactive chinampas for crop cultivation and sponsored the training of a cohort of young chinampa farmers from both practical and business perspectives.

FHMM works closely with Maya communities to strengthen livelihoods related to traditional practices. The program guides community members to form and lead artisan collectives, sustainably crafting items like clothing, homeware, honey, and vegetables that are the focus of tourism experiences and sold through the collaborative brands Taller Maya and Traspatio Maya. Impact so far: Journey travelers have helped to fund the the development of community-led tourism opportunities in six new member communities – X-Tohbil, Mahas, Nohsuytún, Holcá, Actuncoh, and Santa María Aznar.