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Where To Go Next for Thursday, June 19
06-20-2008
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How to Make Your Summer Travels Green As travelers begin to make summer vacation plans, Sustainable Travel International , a leading not-for-profit organization that specializes in promoting sustainable and eco-friendly tourism, offers travel tips to those who want to make a more conscious effort to be environmentally and culturally aware during their vacations. Their website is fascinating and very detailed look at how easy it is for travelers to make a difference. Here's an easy guide for responsible travelers to help protect the environment and respect the socio-cultural and economic needs of their destination or host country. 1. Offset your travel footprint. Whether you travel by plane, train or automobile, you leave behind a carbon footprint. Calculate your trip's emissions with STI's carbon calculator and then invest in one of the offsetting portfolios, ranging from reforestation to renewable energy projects. 2. Give your house a vacation. Don't waste resources you won't be using. Instead of just leaving a few lights on the whole time you're gone, set them to a timer that turns them on and off automatically. Adjust your thermostat so that neither the heat nor the air conditioner turns on. And put a hold on your newspaper delivery. 3. Pack a water filter and reusable water bottle. Staying hydrated is important while traveling, but buying bottled water can add up during a trip. Cut down the monetary and environmental cost by packing a water filter. 4. Research online eco-directories. Look for an outfitter or resort with a sustainable mission. Check out STI's eco-directory online. After you've chosen an outfitter, pick up the phone and ask the employees to explain how the company's philosophy is reflected in their daily practices. 5. Support the local economy. Instead of stocking up on lotion and shampoo before you leave, pack the bare essentials and then go shopping at your destination. Hit the farmer's markets for locally grown foods, skip the chain restaurants in favor of locally-owned establishments, and buy fair trade products as souvenirs to make sure your money goes into the local's pockets. ...More Recent Articles |
Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel & Resort in Oxnard provides that phenomenal offshore opportunity without breaking the bank. The only all-suite resort that sits directly on the beach, the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel & Resort is just a quick drive up the coast from Los Angeles and other points in between, serving as a backdrop for a true resort vacation one would imagine finding in distant places. ...More
Heat waves, floods, pollution-this is the time of year when everyone wants to flee to the mountains…any mountains…as long as they're cool, dry and clear. Rentalo.com, the online vacation rental directory can help, with hundreds of apartments, chalets and cabins in several mountainous U.S. states, not to mention Canada and Europe. ...More
Ashford Castle, in Ireland's beautiful west country located a half hour from Galway City, has had such a positive response to its guaranteed dollar program that it has announced even lower rates for June, July, August and September 2008 to rein in the effects of the ever-strengthening Euro. The new rates start at $450 per double room per night including breakfast and are available through the website (www.ashford.ie) or by calling Ashford Castle directly on 011 353 94 954 6003. ...More
For business executives, movie stars, VIPs and the handicapped, ItsEasy.com, the leading expediter of U.S. passports and foreign visas, now makes office and house calls. The service is available, at present, only in Manhattan. ...More
It's no accident that eCruises.com is one of the nation's largest sellers of cruise vacations, according CEO Mike Ripka, who attributes the company's recently doubled customer retention rate to its "beyond the call of duty" strategy of providing unparalleled customer service and complimentary travel insurance for every cruise purchase. ...More
Making every penny of the vacation dollar count: that is the goal of any traveler. Taking a cruise vacation makes that goal easily achievable. The consumer who does some research and takes advantage of expert advice will discover, to his or her delight, that there are many ways to save and stretch the dollar by choosing a cruise. ...More
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