Enjoy Green Travel – check out the information below in order to plan for environmentally responsible travel.

Green travel focuses on protecting the natural and cultural environment. This means different things to different people:

• Ecotourism – focuses on maintaining the natural beauty of your destination and maintaining its plant and animal environment.

• Sustainable tourism – focuses on having a low impact on the environment and the local culture of your destination; the environment is maintained for the future enjoyment of others.

• Responsible/ethical travel – travel which does not have an adverse impact on the environment of your destination; the locals are treated fairly and tourist revenue is injected into the local economy.

• Volunteerism – you get up close and personal with the people and contribute to the culture and places that you visit; your visit takes on a much deeper meaning because you have interacted more closely with the people and environment.


Advantages of a Green Vacation

• More rewarding travel experience

• Encourages deeper connections with the people and places you visit

Disadvantages of a Green Vacation

• Might increase your travel budget if you purchase carbon credits.


If you have been applying the material presented on this website, you have already been applying a number of green techniques to your vacation without knowing it. Just look.


Transportation Options

• Walking/hiking

• Biking

• Using public transportation whenever possible

• Trains

• Renting hybrid vehicles or economy vehicles through the websites below.

• Taking fewer and shorter flights

• Purchasing electronic tickets for air travel whenever possible.


Arrange your air transportation through the following green travel site.





Green Lodging Options

Green lodging protects the local environment and injects money back into the local community. Check out the eco-friendly lodging options below:

• Stay at environmentally friendly hotels





• B and Bs

• Lodges

• Home exchange

• Hosteling


Tips for Green Travel

• Pack light and reduce fuel consumption

• Re-use guide books – visit the library or purchase previously used ones through Amazon.com





• Buy local foods that are in-season.

• Bring a reusable water bottle

• Use environmentally friendly detergents and shampoos – buy in bulk and put in travel-sized water bottles

• Holiday closer to home by having a staycation.

• Check out GAP Adventures for environmentally friendly tours.





• Consider camping.

• Consider a road trip.

• Prepare to interact in other languages and cultures.

• Others

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