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Are you looking for green travel guidance? One option is the guidebook Fodor’s Green Travel: The World’s Best Eco-Lodges & Earth Friendly Hotels.
The guide features 100 clean, green accommodations that are environmentally friendly and work to support local communities. Practical information covers the greenest ways to get to your destination, social and environmental ratings […]
Let’s face it, it isn’t always possible to stay or even find a green hotel when traveling. Eco-friendly travelers can still follow their own green practices, says the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
The department suggests these “green” guest practices:
“Keep your showers short, and turn off the water while you’re brushing your teeth.”
“When you leave the […]
MSNBC writes about How to save money on holiday travel
TravelDailyNews reports that The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) launched its green strategy
Jamble Magazine writes Hawaii launches green travel site
Greener Living Today writes about Green Family Summer: On the Eco-friendly Road
The Perpetual Tourist asks Are Luxury And Environmentalism Mutually Exclusive?
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Are you “an idle Eco-warrior, a pale-green Green, wracked with guilt as holidays approach and you’re tempted by a flight to north Africa or a spa treatment in Czechoslovakia”? That’s the question asked by Eco Hotels of the World , a free online guide showcasing the most environmentally-friendly hotels in the world.
The independent, online UK […]
Human Events discovers The RIGHT Places: Save Green and Be Green
NEWS.com.au writes that Climate Change to cut back tourism
Stuff.co.nz writes about NZ ‘clear leader’ in green tourism
MSNBC reports on Ecotourism in Belize
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“Hotel guests and clients are driving the greening of the hotel industry”, says the Green Hotels Association. The organization notes that hotels around the world have their own greening programs. ‘What can consumers expect to find when they open their green guestroom door?’, asks the association.
The Green Hotels Association suggests the following features of the “ideal green hotel […]
Intrepid Travel is expanding its Carbon Offset Trip offerings with a new family adventure through Vietnam in 2009.
The Vietnam Family Adventure is one of 37 Carbon Offset Trips offered by the independent tour operator. In these trips, the cost of purchasing carbon offsets to balance the environmental impact of the trip is included. The average cost […]
The just-released Zagat’s 2009 U.S. Hotels, Resorts & Spas survey says “the race to be green is in full swing.”
The guide covers 1,001 hotels, resorts and spas in the U.S. based on input from 14,049 frequent travelers and travel professionals, including meeting planners and travel agents.
Survey results show 26% listed green features among the top […]
Telegraph writes about Green getaways in lean times
Surrey Now writes that Green travel plans save money
CSRwire writes about how Go Green Expo ups The Green Ante
Tags: economy, finances, global, go green expo, green travel news, money, travel planning
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TripHow has created a great resource for anyone traveling around the United States. They have put together five posts listing all the State tourism websites, highlighting the state’s greenness or lack of it…
Part One lists states from Alabama to Georgia.
Part Two lists states from Hawaii to Maryland.
Part Three lists states from Massachusetts to New Jersey
Part […]
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