Welcome to vonerilavesta
Sustainable Adventures Marketplace
Book eco-certified tours and stays with instant confirmation, confident that every option has been independently verified, responsibly operated, and transparently measured for impact, while secure payments, real-time availability, and traveler-backed reviews help you choose better experiences without sacrificing comfort, culture, or time.
Who We Are
We are a mission-driven marketplace connecting conscious travelers with eco-certified experiences that respect nature and communities, combining rigorous verification, instant confirmation, and supportive human service to make responsible travel simpler, safer, and more rewarding for everyone involved.
Eco-Certifications You Can Trust
We surface only rigorously vetted providers holding recognized sustainability certifications, with clear criteria, audit dates, and evidence, so you can compare like-for-like standards and understand exactly why a listing qualifies as eco-certified before booking instantly.
Recognized Standards Overview
Our marketplace highlights operators aligned with globally recognized standards such as GSTC, EarthCheck, Green Key, and B Corp, explaining scope, coverage, and audit cadence, so you can quickly interpret labels, gauge credibility, and select experiences that match your personal sustainability priorities without guesswork.
Independent Audits and Renewal Cycles
We require documented third-party assessments and proof of annual or biennial renewals, validate certification IDs with issuing bodies, and show verification timestamps on listings, ensuring claims remain current, reliable, and comparable across destinations, seasons, and experience types as providers continuously improve their practices.
Wildlife and Nature Welfare Safeguards
Listings must meet strict animal welfare and habitat protection criteria, excluding harmful interactions, baiting, and motorized intrusion into sensitive zones, while promoting sanctuaries, citizen science, and expert-led interpretation that enhances conservation outcomes and traveler understanding without disturbing native behaviors or degrading fragile ecosystems.
Real-Time Inventory Sync
Our booking engine connects directly to supplier systems via APIs and channel managers to lock seats and rooms instantly, preventing double-bookings, ensuring accurate availability, and freeing you from follow-up emails or delays that often undermine spontaneous plans during peak seasons and remote travel windows.
Fast, Secure Payment Flows
We use PCI-DSS compliant processors, 3D Secure where applicable, and tokenization for repeat travelers, so your card data stays protected while confirmations arrive immediately, paired with clear receipts, itemized taxes, and currency options that simplify expense tracking and group trip coordination across different regions.
Digital Vouchers and Offline Access
Each booking produces a QR-enabled voucher, calendar invites, and downloadable PDF details that work offline, ensuring your guide, lodge, or shuttle can verify quickly even in low-connectivity areas, reducing check-in friction and enabling smoother departures at dawn or late-night arrivals far from cities.
Responsible Tours and Activities
Choose low-impact adventures designed around small groups, trained local guides, and minimal resource use, balancing thrill and stewardship while supporting conservation, cultural heritage, and fair livelihoods across communities that depend on nature-based and regenerative tourism for resilient futures.
Contact usLow-Impact Adventure Options
Discover kayaking, e-biking, trekking, rail-to-trail journeys, and citizen science outings curated for minimal emissions and noise, with clear difficulty ratings, equipment guidelines, and seasonal advice that help you enjoy wild spaces responsibly while promoting long-term ecosystem health and safe, inclusive participation.
Small Groups and Guide Training
We cap group sizes to limit erosion, disturbance, and waste, and require guides to complete accredited sustainability, first aid, and interpretation modules, enabling meaningful learning, safer decision-making, and respectful interactions with wildlife, sacred sites, and local customs throughout your itinerary.
Leave No Trace Integration
Operators embed Leave No Trace principles into briefings, route selection, and gear protocols, providing waste packs, refill guidance, and etiquette reminders, so travelers minimize impacts and become stewards who model positive behavior for peers, hosts, and future visitors drawn to the same landscapes.
Sustainable Stays and Lodging
Sleep better at eco-certified lodges, community-run homestays, and green hotels that prioritize efficiency, renewables, and local sourcing, with transparent impact metrics and guest tips that reduce your footprint without compromising comfort, privacy, or a sense of place unique to each region.
Energy and Water Efficiency
We feature properties using solar arrays, heat pumps, efficient insulation, low-flow fixtures, and smart controls, presenting verified performance data and guest actions—like towel reuse or off-peak heating—that compound savings while maintaining comfort and lowering operational emissions across seasons and occupancy patterns.
Waste Reduction and Plastics
Lodgings must implement refill stations, bulk amenities, composting, and robust recycling with local partners, eliminating single-use plastics while tracking diversion rates, so your stay actively contributes to cleaner communities and healthier ecosystems beyond the hotel grounds or iconic viewpoints.
Local Sourcing and Community Links
From farm-to-table breakfasts to artisan-made furnishings, we highlight properties with verified local procurement, fair contracts, and cultural programming, strengthening regional economies, preserving craftsmanship, and giving travelers richer stories to carry home than standard souvenirs or generic hotel experiences.
Carbon Footprint and Offsetting
Understand your trip’s emissions using our transparent calculator, then reduce and, if desired, compensate with high-integrity offsets, prioritizing avoidance and efficiency first while supporting independently verified projects that deliver measurable climate benefits and credible community co-benefits.
Trip Emissions Calculator
Our tool models transport modes, distances, occupancy, energy profiles of stays, and activity specifics, presenting scenario comparisons that help you choose trains over short flights, extend stays, or bundle routes to reduce overall emissions without sacrificing key experiences or safety considerations.
High-Integrity Offset Portfolio
We curate Gold Standard and VCS projects focusing on reforestation, clean cookstoves, and renewable energy, publish methodologies and vintages, and disclose fees, ensuring transparency and real climate impact while clearly distinguishing offsets from direct reductions, which remain our primary recommendation.
Greener Transport Choices
Listings promote rail connections, shared transfers, and electric fleets where feasible, with transit tips, luggage logistics, and time comparisons that make low-carbon options practical, comfortable, and reliable for families, solo travelers, and groups navigating unfamiliar infrastructure or tight schedules.
Premium Add-On Services
Enhance your sustainable trip with tailored assistance from our experts, designed to reduce emissions, maximize cultural value, and remove logistical friction while keeping full transparency on pricing, timelines, and deliverables.
Personalized Eco-Trip Planning Consultation
A sustainability specialist reviews your interests, accessibility needs, seasonality, and budget to craft a low-impact itinerary with eco-certified stays, greener transport, realistic timing, and emissions estimates, delivered with maps, booking links, and alternatives within seventy-two hours.
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Premium Carbon-Neutral Airport Transfer
Secure a private electric vehicle or certified biofuel shuttle with real-time tracking, included child seats on request, and driver notes for luggage and accessibility, with verified carbon compensation and fair compensation for local professionals operating the route year-round.
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Supplier Eco-Certification Fast-Track Assistance
Tour and lodging partners receive gap analysis, evidence preparation, staff training templates, and audit readiness coaching to achieve GSTC-recognized certification faster, with prioritized marketplace exposure and listing optimization that highlights measurable improvements and verified impact metrics.
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Local Communities and Fair Wages
Travel becomes transformative when it respects livelihoods, protects culture, and shares revenue fairly, so we showcase community-led experiences and enforce equitable contracts that keep benefits local while fostering authentic connections between guests and hosts on every itinerary.
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We prioritize tours designed and delivered by community cooperatives, Indigenous guides, and social enterprises, with fair pay, capacity limits, and consent-focused storytelling that honors ownership, preserves cultural heritage, and amplifies local voices rather than packaging traditions for passive consumption.
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Transparent price breakdowns show operator earnings, taxes, and platform fees, while minimum wage safeguards, seasonal bonuses, and no-unpaid-trial policies ensure fair livelihoods, creating resilient supply chains and higher-quality guest experiences built on respect, reliability, and long-term partnerships.
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Pre-departure briefings explain dress codes, photography permissions, gift etiquette, and language basics, helping travelers engage thoughtfully, reduce misunderstandings, and protect sacred spaces, while guides facilitate dialogue that centers host perspectives and community priorities throughout visits.
Safety and Accessibility
Sustainability includes safety and inclusion, so we require risk management protocols, accessible design, and clear disclosures, helping every traveler—regardless of ability or experience level—enjoy responsible adventures with confidence and adequate support from booking to post-trip feedback.
Learn MoreBooking Management and Support
Plans evolve, so we offer flexible policies, clear deadlines, and real human help across chat, email, and phone, ensuring you can modify arrangements, add guests, or change dates without uncertainty or hidden obstacles that complicate sustainable travel ambitions.
Traveler Reviews and Transparency
We publish only verified reviews from completed bookings and highlight impact metrics, guiding you toward experiences that consistently deliver on sustainability promises while celebrating providers who demonstrate measurable progress year after year.
Verified-Only Reviews
Feedback comes exclusively from travelers who actually completed the experience, filtered for relevance and respectful language, with provider replies encouraged for context, building trust and a shared commitment to continuous improvement across the marketplace.
Impact Metrics on Listings
We feature plain-language indicators—like renewable energy share, waste diversion, and community revenue percentage—sourced from audits and provider disclosures, enabling apples-to-apples comparisons that empower better choices without requiring technical expertise or deep research time.
Accurate Media and Itineraries
Photos, maps, and schedules are sourced from providers and recent traveler uploads with recency checks, seasonal notes, and weather caveats, reducing mismatched expectations and ensuring honest storytelling aligned with actual conditions on the ground.
Sustainable Packing and Preparation
Pack smarter to reduce waste and improve comfort by choosing durable, reusable gear, responsible toiletries, and lightweight layers suited to climate and culture, guided by clear checklists tailored to your route and activities.
Reusable Gear Checklist
We recommend refillable bottles, water purification, compact utensil kits, repair tape, solar chargers, and ethically sourced textiles, plus rental options to avoid single-use items and gear you will not need after returning home.
Digital Documents and Connectivity
Store tickets, vouchers, and emergency contacts securely on your device, enable offline maps, and set roaming or eSIM plans ahead of time, ensuring smooth navigation without paper waste or last-minute scrambles in low-signal areas.
Responsible Traveler Pledge
Before departure, confirm your commitment to conservation, respect, and safety, agreeing to follow local guidance, minimize noise and light pollution, and support businesses that prioritize fair wages, inclusive hiring, and transparent sourcing.
Partner With Us
Grow your eco-certified business with fair terms, instant payouts, and tools that highlight sustainability achievements, ensuring your hard work translates into bookings from travelers who value authenticity, safety, and measurable impact.
Data Privacy and Security
We protect your information with strong encryption, strict access controls, and transparent consent choices, so you can book responsibly without compromising privacy or exposing sensitive details across devices and destinations.
End-to-End Encryption
All sensitive data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with regular penetration testing and key rotation, ensuring confidentiality from login to checkout and support interactions across web and mobile platforms.
Data Minimization and Consent
We collect only what is necessary for booking and safety, give you granular controls over marketing, and honor deletion requests, meeting global standards while keeping your preferences portable across trips and devices.
Fraud Monitoring and Alerts
Our systems detect suspicious activity, block compromised cards, and flag unusual changes, while our team responds quickly with verification steps to protect accounts, bookings, and provider reputations from evolving threats.
