Planning your ‘Green’ VacationHoneymoon ResortsUpdated on May 16, 2017 View more like this | Visit India, UN | Contact Banasura Hill Resort |
Planning an eco friendly vacation helps a lot to the environment and help you change your life in a better and positive way. The best part is you are actually saving energy by conserving energy by not using air-conditioner, by supporting locals and conserving resources in every possible way, thereby ensuring you leave a smaller footprint that you would have, had you not been vacationing the ‘green’ way.
The most important thing while vacationing is to decide the venue and the means of transportation. A venue that practices recycling, using renewable sources of energy is worth the stay and that which supports eco friendliness with plenty of outdoor activities and practically does it should be your favourite vacation spot.
Here are a few things you should do while vacationing in an eco friendly resort / venue.
Travel light
Plan for eco friendly transportation methods and minimize your impact
Locate eco friendly resorts / venue in your area
Live ‘green’ wherever you stay
Support locals living around
Travel light
Travel as light as you can. Carry minimum clothes you can apart from essential things like medicines, chargers, camera, laptop, your vanity kit / shaving kit. Carrying an additional luggage simply adds up carriage costs, baggage costs and the worry of looking after an additional luggage
Plan for eco friendly transportation methods
The best way to travel is to travel like the locals do. Take a public transport or trains that take you to or nearer to your destination. Hike if necessary. Reduce as much carbon footprint. Begin being eco friendly in a small way.
Take a direct flight to avoid the carbon footprints left by aircrafts. Fly less, save the ozone layers. Stay for longer durations at venues instead of going around from places by flight.
Enquire if you can avail of a bicycle or shared car to travel around nearby.
Locate an eco friendly resort
Its important that you find out if your hotel is really eco friendly. Find out if they provide eco friendly beddings and have proper eco friendly ways to dispose off the waste, non toxic materials used for cleaning things and so on.
Check out review on Tripadvisor, Goibibo and the likes. It will give you a fair idea where these hotels actually stand. Make sure your hotel publicly states that its eco friendly.
Live ‘green’ where you stay
Recycle things you use like bed covers, towel and wash them with hands as far as possible. Enquire if the hotel has recycling facilities in place.
Switch off lights when not needed. Charge till batteries are full. Try using fresh water instead of boiled water.
Share books with other guests and avoid buying. Magazines and papers are other things you can share too.
Support the locals living around.
Help them by taking part in various green activities like small scale farming, irrigating crops and watering them. Be a part of the local activities. Ask their permission while doing anything. Even taking a simple photograph.
Arrange for nature trails / treks. Plant trees. Arrange an education campaign advocating the eco friendly you.
The most important thing while vacationing is to decide the venue and the means of transportation. A venue that practices recycling, using renewable sources of energy is worth the stay and that which supports eco friendliness with plenty of outdoor activities and practically does it should be your favourite vacation spot.
Here are a few things you should do while vacationing in an eco friendly resort / venue.
Travel light
Plan for eco friendly transportation methods and minimize your impact
Locate eco friendly resorts / venue in your area
Live ‘green’ wherever you stay
Support locals living around
Travel light
Travel as light as you can. Carry minimum clothes you can apart from essential things like medicines, chargers, camera, laptop, your vanity kit / shaving kit. Carrying an additional luggage simply adds up carriage costs, baggage costs and the worry of looking after an additional luggage
Plan for eco friendly transportation methods
The best way to travel is to travel like the locals do. Take a public transport or trains that take you to or nearer to your destination. Hike if necessary. Reduce as much carbon footprint. Begin being eco friendly in a small way.
Take a direct flight to avoid the carbon footprints left by aircrafts. Fly less, save the ozone layers. Stay for longer durations at venues instead of going around from places by flight.
Enquire if you can avail of a bicycle or shared car to travel around nearby.
Locate an eco friendly resort
Its important that you find out if your hotel is really eco friendly. Find out if they provide eco friendly beddings and have proper eco friendly ways to dispose off the waste, non toxic materials used for cleaning things and so on.
Check out review on Tripadvisor, Goibibo and the likes. It will give you a fair idea where these hotels actually stand. Make sure your hotel publicly states that its eco friendly.
Live ‘green’ where you stay
Recycle things you use like bed covers, towel and wash them with hands as far as possible. Enquire if the hotel has recycling facilities in place.
Switch off lights when not needed. Charge till batteries are full. Try using fresh water instead of boiled water.
Share books with other guests and avoid buying. Magazines and papers are other things you can share too.
Support the locals living around.
Help them by taking part in various green activities like small scale farming, irrigating crops and watering them. Be a part of the local activities. Ask their permission while doing anything. Even taking a simple photograph.
Arrange for nature trails / treks. Plant trees. Arrange an education campaign advocating the eco friendly you.
