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Green Tempe Hotel Tips
1. Search for Greener hotels.
Locating an environmentally-friendly hotel is not only more gentle to our environment, but often times you'll save some cash. You can now find many assessment and certification programs evaluating the environmental measures of properties. In the U.S. many cities and states have created certification guidelines. The same holds true internationally with numerous countries enabling certification evaluations. Research where you'll be staying and determine if there is a state or country program for eco-friendly accommodations. Research where you're going in one of the many first-class Eco directories on the Internet. Plainly, when searching for hotels in Tempe our preference is iStayGreen.org
2. Experiment with public transportation over renting a car.
Driving rental car in dense downtown areas is usually a inferior alternative to public transportation. To make the key metro areas more pedestrian favorable most have developed a good quality grid of light rail, elevated rail, shuttle, bus, train, trolley, subway and taxi services. When downtown parking can be $25 a day and more on top of the cost of the rental, plus add valet tips and public transportation becomes a pretty nice substitute. Try walking as you'll most likely observe restaurants, drug stores, and entertainment close to your Tempe hotel. Another great option is pedaling your way around town on a rental bike. Treat yourself to a fresh way of getting around, you might just find you enjoy it!
3. Attach the "Don't Bother Us" notice on the doorknob.
Let room service know that you want your room addressed once every 3 days. Why waste precious resources simply to have a clean Tempe hotel room? It requires water, electricity, soap and gas to clean the linens. Keep your bath room clean on your own and reduce the need for use of toxic chemicals and solvents. Vacuuming the carpet requires electric power. Travel with your own toiletries, it will keep lots of plastic out of our dumps. In most cases daily room service is not genuinely needed and you'll be helping the environment by not having your suite cleaned each day.
4. Why travel when you can teleconference?
There are a multitude of various internet meeting solutions that enable video conference and you the ability to share and edit documents with both presenters and delegates. These alternatives are so good that you can conduct business from your office or home rather than flying. Certainly there will be times when you simply must go to Tempe and see the person. Nevertheless, if every business could substitute some flights with an internet meeting things would begin looking up for our collective environment.
Useful Search Guides
If you are looking for a more luxurious lodging experince in Tempe you'll want to check out our information on luxury hotels in Tempe AZ. Surprisingly, while you might think that luxury means waste, many of the luxury brands are actually trendsetters in the area of environmental sustainability. Visit our Luxury Hotels Directory to check the eco-initiatives of Tempe 5 Star and 4 Star Resorts, their rates and availability.
If you are looking to bring your pet along on your next visit to Tempe you'll want to check out our information on Tempe 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.
