Green Grand Canyon Hotel Tips
1. Keep room staff away using the "Do Not Disturb" sign.
Ask housekeeping to clean your hotel room only once every three days during your visit. When your Grand Canyon suite is tidied up it requires significant resources. It consumes water, electricity, detergent and gas to clean the sheets and towels. To have the toilet and bathtub cleaned chemicals are often employed. Vacuuming the carpet consumes electricity. Soaps and shampoos replace partially used bottles and bars, not only being wasteful but also adding to non-biodegradable waste. Cleaning your room every day is most likely not a necessity and you will be doing your part to economize natural resources when you don't have housekeeping each day.
2. Design your stay in a "Green" hotel, motel, resort, or bed & breakfast.
Allot of the time you will find that you save cash by staying in environmentally friendly hotels. There are several organizations that assess the environmental initiatives in-place at lodging properties. In the U.S. several states and municipalities have designed certification guidelines. The result is similar internationally with several countries enabling certification programs. Check out the city you're traveling to and see if there is a state or country program for eco-friendly lodging. Research where you're going in one of the many first-rate Environmental directories on the Internet. Patently, when looking for a place to stay in Grand Canyon our fave is iStayGreen.org
3. You'll find great alternatives to the business trip.
You'll find a multitude of diverse online meeting solutions that allow video conference and sharing of documents with both presenters and delegates. These alternatives are so good that you can work your business from your office or home instead of flying. When face to face meetings to Grand Canyon are needed, then certainly you'll have to make the trip. Nevertheless, if every business could trade some flights with an internet meeting things would start looking up for our common environment.
4. Only rent a car when it's actually necessary.
Expect to come across numerous forms of public transfer to get you from Point A to Point B. There are usually numerous choices for the eco friendly traveler that leaves the car at the rental lot, including alternatives like subway, taxi, shuttle service, light rail and others. Instead of renting a car, sample one of the public systems. Why not walk when most of what you need is probably near to your Grand Canyon hotel. Another great choice is pedaling your way around town on a rental bicycle. Not only will you depress carbon emissions but you'll get a good workout in the process.
If you are looking to bring your pet along on your next visit to Grand Canyon you'll want to check out our information on
Grand Canyon pet friendly hotels. Not surprisingly, many properties that are "Green" also love your pets too. They realize your pet companion is important to you too. In the Pet Friendly Travel Section you'll find all lodging that accepts pets including Green
Pet Friendly Arizona hotels.