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Go Green: Environmentally-Friendly Holiday Travel Tips

The holidays just wouldn’t be the same without a visit with friends and family. So for many of us who have wandered a little from the proverbial family roots, that means a trip by sky, rail, or road. Here’s how to green your holiday travel.

1. Leave The Flying To Santa

: Traveling by airplane releases significantly more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere (and therefore causes more global warming) than traveling by car or by train.

2. Tune Up Your Sleigh: If your holiday travel includes a road trip, make sure your car is in tip-top condition so that you can maximize gas mileage, curb air pollution, and save a few bucks at the pump. Get an oil change, check your car’s fluid levels, belts, and spark plugs, and make sure your tires are properly inflated. Click here and here for more info about driving green.

3. Lighten Your Load: Go easy on yourself and the environment by pairing down your holiday luggage. Whether you travel by car, train, or plane, the more baggage you have, the more pollution will be emitted to get it to your location.

4.
Offset It: Offset your holiday carbon emissions with companies such as GreenTags or Green-e that invest in projects to absorb or prevent the release of carbon dioxide. (Green Parent Tip: Carbon offsets also make a great gift! Click here for more eco-friendly gift ideas.)

33 Responses to “Go Green: Environmentally-Friendly Holiday Travel Tips”


  1. Danny Beard says:

    This is a great post with three great tips. I especially like the trimming down your luggage tip. I think lots of people pack way to much when they go on vacation. If they just planned out thier trip a little better they could pack the appropriate amount of clothing and not thier whole closet. I also think a lot of people forget that most places have laundry facilities on site. So you can have items washed so that you can re-wear them instead of bringing duplicates.

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  3. Sam Haley says:

    I like traveling in environmentally-friendly places with breathtaking views. Thanks for sharing these holiday travel tips with me. Good post, thanks.

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