Apogee Travel

Apogee Travel is a Charlotte, North Carolina–based travel agency and online travel booking platform that focuses on combining traditional travel services with a charitable mission. It operates as a travel agency and online travel agency serving individual travelers, hotels, and nonprofit causes. 

Core Concept

Unlike many traditional hotel booking sites, Apogee Travel is built around a “travel with purpose” model. When travelers book hotel stays through its platform, a portion of the value from each booking is donated to a charity selected by the traveler. The rates for hotels are the same as other booking sites, but part of the transaction directly supports nonprofit causes without additional cost to the traveler.

Services Provided

1. Hotel Booking with Charitable Impact

• Travelers can book hotel rooms through the Apogee Travel platform at standard market rates.
• During checkout, travelers choose a 501(c)(3) charity to receive part of the booking’s value.
• Apogee facilitates the logistics of donation distribution.

2. Support for Hotels

• Hotels can partner with Apogee Travel to fill vacant inventory (rooms) through “impact nights,” where the economic value of unused nights is leveraged to support charities.
• This helps hotels improve occupancy while associating their brand with social impact.

3. Purpose-Driven Travel Experience

• The platform markets itself as removing the guilt from leisure travel by ensuring part of the cost contributes to causes that matter to the travelers.
• Users get transparency in how their travel spending benefits nonprofit organizations.