About Us

Company

StepUp Network is created by StepUpTravel, located in Palo Alto, California. In the heart of Silicon Valley, we are surrounded by people who eat, sleep, and breathe software development and online marketing. We are surrounded by talent in the sector and our finger is on the pulse of technology at all times. Our software constantly evolves as the internet evolves, so that we provide the best solution with the latest trends in online marketing, social media, and content distribution.

Concept

StepUp Travel was founded in 2005 to address two purposes: to help travelers immerse themselves in the culture of their destination and to help local service providers offering unique cultural activities, services, and accommodations more easily to the traveler.

Aligning itself with the United Nations ST-EP initiative (Sustainable Tourism-Eliminating Poverty), StepUp Travel prides itself in being an open marketplace for the travel industry, granting equal access to all service providers and helping redistribute wealth in a world that suffers from broadening inequalities.

Vision

StepUp Travel's vision is to empower local people, organizations, and travelers to work together to promote quality responsible travel experiences and to emphasize the importance of personal exchanges, deeper cultural understanding, genuine benefit to local communities, preservation of the environment, and ultimately a more equitable world.

Mission

• To provide a premier online marketing tool for small tourism providers in order to increase their visibility and revenue.
• To promote responsible tourism practices by providers and travelers.
• To build a trusted network for responsible travelers to meet one another, share experiences, and advocate for local people and travel in developing countries.