How to travel Green

Green travel is not easy. But our responsibility is to do the best we can with what’s given to us. The following are few things you can do to contribute to your environment by being one of the first Green Travelers.

Choosing the right balance

The Greenest is to take bicycle holidays direct from home and sleep in a tent – perfect for some travellers, not quite the same for others prefer to hitting nighttime hotspots.

Perfect Green Travel may be to sail in a ship, stay at a Camping site, bike around to attractions and improve the lives of the locals by buying their products and mingling with them. Unfortunately with the financial and time constraints, not everyone is able to do so. Therefore, it is important to find the right balance for you-Which fall somewhere in the middle between regular travel and Perfect green travel.

Therein lies the dilemma: If your idea of holiday heaven is not afternoon picnics in your back yard, your holiday plans will have transport that involves polluting the atmosphere and using up the world’s natural resources.

Balanced somewhere between these different approaches, many people are now far more aware of the effects of their vacation on the planet and the worldwide environment. At Green Lanka Travel we are enabling you to a reasonable balance.

Searching for Green

Many people are searching for a greener solution, but one that does not mean missing out on all the fun. People are looking into ways to reduce the impact their holiday has on the world, as at the moment it seems impractical to have a totally green holiday – especially if it involves travel and a restricted amount of time.

Long-distance travel creates carbon dioxide and other nasty atmosphere-threatening gases, and holiday jets are amongst the world’s worst pollution machines. However, a three-week holiday in Sri Lanka would impossible if you were to take a green transport system that takes five months to get there.

Reducing individual carbon footprint

There is the alternative of selecting airlines with the latest, more fuel-efficient jets; this reduces your individual carbon footprint. But in the end, this is not a green transport mode. You could offset your carbon footprint by joining one of the schemes that saves the amount you used by investing in emission reduction projects in an equivalent amount of the carbon. (CDM Projects) footprint of your flight.Visit Green Lanka Travel flight search find the greenest flight. We'll also help you offset your emissions.

Once you arrive at your destination, your options for a green holiday open up tremendously. You have many options that will allow you to have a holiday that is more earth friendly. In many countries, locally owned eating establishments use locally grown food and make little or no use of pre-packaged foodstuffs, so you may want to select those over international food chains. All Green Lanka Tours are designed with Green Philosophy.

Finding green hotels

Since of late there are green hotels springing up across the world with less emissions and efficient use of water and power. You may also find that locally owned establishments will follow similar strategies out of necessity, to enable them to be competitive. Visit Green Lanka Travel hotel search to find the greenest hotels.