August 11, 2010 at 1:57 pm · Filed under Great Deals, News, Uncategorized and tagged: cheap holidays flights
According to the Daily Telegraph the price of thousands of holidays are set to be slashed after Europe’s biggest travel company was left with 650,000 packages and flights to sell by the end of the year.
Some of the best bargains are to be found for holidays in Greece and the Balearic Islands.
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November 12, 2009 at 10:00 am · Filed under News, Travel and tagged: eco, green, green travel, holidays, responsible tourism awards, Travel, vacations, Virgin Holidays
The winner of this year’s Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism award has been announced. See the Daily Telegraph for full details.
The Responsible Tourism Awards were founded in 2004 by responsibletravel.com.
They run the Awards in partnership with The Daily Telegraph, Geographical Magazine, BBC World News, and World Travel Market. Virgin Holidays became headline sponsors of the Awards in 2007 and have continued to support ever since.
“The central tenet of the Awards is that all types of tourism – from niche to mainstream – can and should be operated in a way that respects and benefits destinations and local people. The Awards recognise individuals, companies and organisations in the travel industry that are making a significant commitment to the culture and economies of local communities and are providing a positive contribution to biodiversity conservation.
Our Responsible Tourism Awards are different from other awards schemes in that winners are nominated by tourists. One of the founding principles of the Awards is always to seek out new responsible tourism ventures that deserve to be celebrated and your nominations are fundamental to this process.
This is the 4th year of the awards and sees growing numbers of nominations in the wake of people’s awareness of responsible tourism.” (responsibletravel.com)
The Judging Day for the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards was 11th November and the winners have now been announced. You can see all the results at www.responsibletourismawards.com
See how you can play your part in Responsible Tourism:
Here are a few useful tips that will help you be a more responsible traveller.
When planning your holiday through an agent, use one that practices responsible tourism such as responsibletravel.com.
Unfortunately all-inclusive resorts are probably the least likely to follow responsible tourism guidelines. Most of the money you pay will bypass the local economy and go to an overseas conglomerate. The food may not be local, and the employees may not even be locals.
Try and organise your flight so that there are fewer stops. Take-off and landing uses the most fuel therefore causing more harm to the environment.
Use an airline or operator that contributes to carbon offsetting.
Try to find locally owned and run hotels and accommodation. If possible, avoid businesses that are run by overseas companies (that includes the local McDonald’s).
Take short showers, not baths.
Report leaks and dripping taps.
Turn off lights and air conditioning when you leave a room.
Ask for towels and linen to be changed less often if there is no voluntary scheme available. You will help save on laundry and associated costs, electric and water.
Re-use plastic bags when you go shopping.
Re-use plastic water bottles or take your own water filter bottle. (Decant from larger bottles if tap water is not potable). NEW Travel Tap Instant use purified filter water bottle 650ml/3200 litres Carrier and spare purification filter cartridge
Buy locally produced food and drink.
Eat in locally-owned cafes and restaurants.
Buy locally-produced gifts and souvenirs. However, don’t buy anything made from shells, turtle shell, coral, or any other wildlife – you’ll be contributing to their exploitation and it may be illegal to bring home.
Use public transport, cycle or walk whenever possible – this will keep you closer to the community and in touch with the places you visit. It is also better for you!
Respect local customs and dress accordingly. Cover up when you are not on the beach; especially in towns, shops, restaurants and when visiting religious establishments.
Ask permission before taking photographs of people.
Dispose of litter carefully. Take pride and take your rubbish to a bin or back to your hotel with you. If you can, remove packaging before you leave home.
If you are being pestered by over enthusiastic sales people, decline politely, or with a sense of humour. Please don’t be rude – everyone’s trying to make a living after all!
If you go fishing, don’t leave behind discarded tackle. Entanglement is one of the most common causes of seabird and other marine species’ fatalities.
When you are snorkelling, act sensitively, keep your impact to a minimum, and try not to touch. Corals, for example, are made up of many living polyps that secrete a thin mucous for their protection. Touching these tiny animals can mean the kiss of death. Do not remove artefacts or shells (this is prohibited in many places anyway).
Don’t be impatient. In many places the culture is much more relaxed than you are used to so do not expect a fast and snappy service. Relax, go with the flow – you are on holiday after all!
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November 3, 2009 at 1:06 pm · Filed under News and tagged: Cruise ship, cruising, eco tourism, environmentally friendly, green, Largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, Titanic, Travel
The World’s largest cruise ship, The Oasis of the Seas, is on its way to the Atlantic ocean.
It has 20 storeys, an ice rink, golf course and more. It is five times the size of the Titanic!
Also, and very importantly it claims to be “the most environmentally friendly cruise ship to date”.
For more information see the whole story in The Daily Telegraph.
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November 3, 2009 at 9:40 am · Filed under General Blog, News and tagged: Amazon Kindle, bookreader, books, Kindle, reading
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September 7, 2009 at 1:33 pm · Filed under News, Travel and tagged: diet, health, holiday, weightloss
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