If the answer is no, it is time to reconsider the travel options for the vacation that you have planned for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Usually “going green” is the last thing on your mind when you plan a holiday. The interesting bit about green travel is the ease with which it allows you to incorporate green in it, making it hassle-free for an expeditionist who prefers to plan months in advance or an adventurer who gets a kick out of impromptu planning. So why not contribute in greening of our Mother Earth by embarking on a green journey to your next travel destination, by following these simple tips?

Get into the Green Spirit before you begin your travel!

You can contribute towards energy and electricity consumption; by creating a simple checklist that you can go over before you step out of the door:

    * Are all the electronic appliances turned off?
    * Have you notified your newspaper delivery company that you want their service to be discontinued during the period of your vacation?
    * Have you switched off all the lights, including the ones in the attic, basement and garage?
    * Have you made sure that your refrigerator is not stacked with perishable food items or liquids that will expire before you are back from your vacation?
    * Have you sorted out the trash for recycling?

Go Green with the help of Internet
Book your airline tickets electronically by making reservations for your air travel online. Make an effort to discover airlines that support environment friendly initiatives like recycling paper used in the tissues distributed or the plastic used to serve food and drinks to the passengers. 

Green Commutation
If your journey involves a road trip to your destination, rent hybrid or low emission cars. Carpooling is another effective way of being eco-friendly. When you reach your vacation hot spot prefer public transportation over your car. Try to explore its whereabouts by walking around as much as possible.

A good example of green commutation would be, opting for greener travel options like Niagara Falls Bus Tours for your journey from New York to Niagara Falls.

Be a Green Customer
Play the role of a responsible green customer by contributing in the recycling activities encouraged by the hotel in which you are residing. You can be a green customer by carrying out simple tasks like turning off the air conditioner or the heater and all the lights each time you leave your hotel room.

Green Eating Habits
Enjoy your vacation food by eating at restaurants that serve organic food. Contribute to the green movement by not wasting plastic and paper. Avoid carry-out food and to-go boxes. Carry water bottles that are EPA-certified and refill them as and when needed.

Tours4Fun thinks that it’s a “green” idea to have an environmentally friendly travel and indomitably supports all the travel-related green initiatives.