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Travelocity Offers Carbon Zero Vacations
Great news coming out of the travel industry. Travelocity has partnered with The Conservation Fund's Go Zero program to offer its customers a way to offset travel emissions -- while reforesting some of our most important landscapes and vacation destinations! Since The Conservation Fund is a nonprofit (top ranked by both Charity Navigator and American Institute of Philanthropy) every possible penny goes to fight global warming! Read on ...
To support the growing number of customers concerned with global warming or simply with re-generating forests, wetlands and other elements of nature, Travelocity is the first major online travel company to allow customers to purchase "carbon offsets" during the checkout process when they buy travel.
The program, called Go Zero, allows customers to effectively "zero out" or offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated by their flight, hotel, or car usage through a donation to The Conservation Fund, which then plants trees that absorb carbon dioxide.
The carbon offsets are offered as an option that customers can add during check-out when booking a vacation package on Travelocity. A contribution of $10 offsets an average trip including air travel, a one-night hotel stay, and rental car for one person; $25 negates air travel, four-night hotel stay, and rental car for two people; and $40 equalizes the effects of air travel, four-night hotel stay, and rental car for four people.
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