{"id":1139,"date":"2015-07-20T10:56:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T09:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2026-07-29T05:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T05:01:12","slug":"the-difference-between-an-atoai-certified-company-and-an-average-adventure-travel-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/the-difference-between-an-atoai-certified-company-and-an-average-adventure-travel-company\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between an ATOAI Certified Company and an Average Adventure Travel Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atoai.org\/images\/BlogImages\/Big_Images\/7da76965-08b2-4387-9b19-0b9772b09048.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"caption\">There are some essential differences between an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATOAI Certified Company<\/a> and an average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adventure Travel Company.<\/a> We tell you what they are. Put your safety first and always travel with a certified ATOAI Operator only.<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>There are almost endless possibilities for adventure travellers to enjoy their holidays, and seemingly an infinite amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/championsperutravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adventure travel operators<\/a>. So how do you choose which one to book with? Membership of government recognised travel bodies, which require adherence to audited standards, is a great place to start. ATOAI monitors members annually, ensuring that standards are maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Trips and activities offered by ATOAI members may appear, on the face of it, to be more expensive than trips from other operators, but you need to ask yourself these 5 important questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What safety standards does this operator have?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What experience do they have?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What sort of guide, accommodation and food will I get?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What if something goes wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Will you get what you paid for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is it really worth risking your health, safety and the enjoyment of your long anticipated trip, for the sake of what may be only a few hundred rupees a day?<\/p>\n<p>If you are considering a trip which is offered by an operator who is not part of ATOAI, perhaps you should ask yourself why they aren&#8217;t member. And then book with an ATOAI member you&#8217;ll find it&#8217;s money well spent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atoai.org\/blog_detail.aspx?id=The-Difference-Between-an-ATOAI-Certified-Company-and-an-Average-Adventure-Travel-Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.atoai.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some essential differences between an ATOAI Certified Company and an average Adventure Travel Company. We tell you what they are. Put your safety first and always travel with a certified ATOAI Operator only. There are almost endless possibilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,330,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure-tours","category-expeditions","category-travel-in-india","category-trekking-in-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Difference Between an ATOAI Certified Company and an Average Adventure Travel Company - Shikhar Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/the-difference-between-an-atoai-certified-company-and-an-average-adventure-travel-company\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Difference Between an ATOAI Certified Company and an Average Adventure Travel Company - Shikhar Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are some essential differences between an ATOAI Certified Company and an average Adventure Travel Company. 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