March 24, 2010

May Cycling Trip

It’s been a few months since the PEPY Ride V, and now that our muscles have well and truly recovered and we’ve had time to reflect […]
January 11, 2010

PEPY Tours featured in the VolunTourism “Watch List”

David Clemmons of Voluntourism.org made a list of people and companies to watch in the growth of volunteer tourism, and PEPY Tours is on the list!  Check […]
November 17, 2009

Loung Ung to Join PEPY Ride V

Loung Ung the author of the famous book “First They Killed My Father” – her memoir on surviving Khmer Rouge atrocities as a child – will […]
October 27, 2009

Global Agents for Change and PEPY

We have a new exciting trip this winter!  Based on our shared values and outlook on responsible tourism, PEPY is partnering with Global Agents for Change, […]
October 25, 2009

PEPY & Peace Boat “Discover Asia” Tour

The new year is approaching, and with it comes a brand new PEPY tour! At PEPY we believe that the best ideas come when like-minded individuals […]
August 31, 2009

Voluntourism at PEPY

If and when we choose to use the word “volunteer” or “voluntourism” in our writing about PEPY, we often get both internal and external criticism. We […]
August 28, 2009

“Lessons I Learned” — A New Site Focused On Our Learnings!

PEPY Founder, Daniela Papi, has decided to take her lessons learned discussions to a new site. Her blog, “Lessons I Learned”  focuses on the things she […]
May 26, 2009

“Volunteering” or “Voluntourism”? — Who cares! It’s how you design it!

There is a discussion about volunteering/voluntourism going on here, Part 1 and here, Part 2. I decided to add my long-winded and opinionated post obviously influenced […]
May 21, 2009

PEPY Tours Selected For National Geographic Traveler’s Top Tours Of A Lifetime

PEPY is pleased to announce that National Geographic Traveler magazine has recognized PEPY’s ‘Rural Experiential Tour’ as one of their Top Tours of a Lifetime for […]
April 24, 2009

What ELSE? — Voluntourism 101

This is the fourth post in a series about what ELSE PEPY does.  Click here for the first post. Karina Kloos joined PEPY five months ago […]
April 20, 2009

Volunteers from the U.A.E.

At PEPY, we have recently had two fabulous volunteer trips of people from the U.A.E. and have two more trips coming up in the next two […]
March 3, 2009

Changing the World on Vacation: A Film Highlighting PEPY’s Mistakes and Lessons Learned

It is sometimes uncomfortable to talk openly about the mistakes you have made, and definitely embarrassing when they are on a big screen for everyone to […]