Why Green Travel Is Important

PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 13, 2008 – Try, if you can, to picture one BILLION people in your mind. Can you do it? What does it look like? Now, if you can, picture that same one billion people hopping onto planes, stepping in to cars, boarding cruise ships and circling around the globe. Now, what did THAT look like? How much gas do you think that burned? How much energy did it use? And more importantly how much carbon was expelled into the atmosphere? It's something to think about because you just imagined what happens each year here on earth: 1 billion people, traveling. With that many people touring the planet it's almost our responsibility to start thinking about environmentally friendly travel options and luckily there are options!  An innovative new travel website RezHub.com has put together an entire Green Travel website, GreenTravelHub.com.  The site donates 20% of all its revenue to a green group and provides bookings with Green Scored Hotels, hybrid and fuel efficient rental cars, and carbon offsetting programs.  They've also put together a ton of information that will help you go green on your next vacation.

Carbon offsetting programs exist to help travelers negate the amount of emissions their particular trip will create in the atmosphere and are important because…well, you just imagined the amount of emissions world travel creates. These programs usually work in one of two ways and are either pro-active or re-active. Pro-active programs usually help fund renewable energy sources and look to solutions for a cleaner future. These programs usually focus on supporting clean energy and its progression, in the form of wind power, solar power, hydroelectric power and biofuel. The re-active offset programs help to offset pollution that has already been expelled into the atmosphere. These programs focus on planting trees which will consume the carbon dioxide that is in the atmosphere now, to help clean up the mess we've already made…and that we continue to make. Choosing to go carbon neutral is one of the gateways to responsible travel and RezHub.com allows customers to participate in a re-active offset with a donation to the Conservation Fund.  The Fund will plant trees to offset the carbon from your trip.  Just an FYI, a single round trip flight from Orlando to NYC with 50 passengers will expel a half a ton of CO2 into the air.

When you were imagining your one billion people circling the planet, did you think about where they might stay? What about how many showers they took or how many towels they had washed? Did they use the air conditioner in their hotel room, and how many of them actually turned it off when they left? Energy use is another huge contributor to global warming because our current methods to produce it burn fossil fuels, and release greenhouse gasses. Luckily hotels around the world have taken a notice to this and are many of them are coming up with ways to reduce their consumption of both energy and water resources. When making your travel arrangements, you can book with one of these green hotels by visiting the Green Travel Hub, and looking for the Green Score.  

Air travel isn't the only mode of transportation burning up gasoline and emitting carbon dioxide. Automobiles and SUV emissions help to create a HUGE portion of the CO2 collection in the atmosphere. That's why hybrid cars and low emission vehicles are all the rage these days, and even if you don't own one of these clean machines many companies allow you to rent one! If you're planning on taking a long road trip or doing a lot of driving on your vacation, consider a hybrid car rental. You'll save your own car plenty of wear and tear, you'll save money on gas, and the earth will thank you for reducing your carbon footprint!

So as the number of people traveling each year increases, it's important to know that there are ways to ensure the amount of carbon emitted along with them actually decreases. Of course, staying at home and cleaning the house with the lights off on your next vacation would definitely be the best way to go carbon neutral…but what fun would that be?

About RezHub.com: RezHub.com is the next generation of online travel, providing innovative research and reservation tools to the traveling public. It is our goal to ensure that you feel good about travel, especially when it comes to making the best choice for your trip. RezHub is a one stop reservation hub, where you will find everything you need to plan and book your vacation...without having to visit multiple sites. Here you will find many unique service offerings that set us apart from our competitors, but it is our commitment to our customers that will truly make you "Feel Good about Travel." Visit http://www.rezhub.com or http://www.greentravelhub.com for more information.

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