Press Release - Summer 2008

Reduce your holiday impact with Carbon Footprint

Did You know ? A typical carbon footprint of a family holiday abroad is about 2 tonnes of CO2 - that’s a quarter of your allocation for the entire year* !

You can simply & significantly reduce your impact and save money too by addressing the main contributors to your footprint.

Getting there

Work out the impact of your travel – Find out exactly how much your flight, ferry or road travel is contributing and offset it via Carbon Footprint’s high quality options today.

Go slow & enjoy the landscape : Do you really need to fly ? Why not go cross country by car or better still use public transport and avoid the jams and arguments. European rail ticketing is now widely available and has much lower footprint.

If you go by car, try to travel light. If you are carrying quite a load – make sure your tyres are inflated correctly and use a new aerodynamic roof rack box to maximise fuel efficiency & keep carbon emissions to a minimum.

In your holiday accommodation

Be a turn off ! Don’t leave the lights blazing in your hotel / accommodation just because you are on holiday

Don’t ask for sheets and towels to be replaced daily

Water water everywhere …These days water quality across the EU and N America is great – you don’t need to choose bottled ( although your hotel mini-bar will be stacked with it)

Use air conditioning carefully – use natural ventilation whenever possible. Switch it off when you are out, close the curtains to keep your room cool.

‘Go native ‘ with the food

It’s easy to let good habits slip – whether you self cater or eat out try to avoid packaged food and try to eat local produce whenever possible. ‘Hot house’ / flown in out of season food is a no-no

Opt for low carbon activities. Spend the day on the beach, hike up a mountain, hire bikes, go canoeing or saddle up with some horse back riding

* Based on 4 people travelling e.g. UK – Spain / Mallorca or US Denver to Las Vegas and staying in hotel accommodation .
Target emissions to abate climate change are 8 tonnes per annum for a 4 person family