number one. in everything we do, book local, buy local. so, choose a locally owned hotel where you know the money from that business is more likely to stay in local pockets, where the people who own it may be from that place, so they are more likely to care about the destination, better custodians, and that is one of the key ways to tackle many of the symptoms of all the problems we see in the world today. it s all about community economics spending local, thinking global. number two, accreditations. what a sea of confusion that can be. we often want to look for a badge or a seal of approvalfrom an organisation that has weighed up whether that business is responsible. now, the thing is with travel and hotels, there are hundreds of them out there, so how do we know what they mean? one that i love is eaathcheck, particularly if a hotel has reached platinum status but they have paid for that accreditation. the gstc that s the global sustainable tourism council are somebody who wor
pockets, and that s what s key. so i m gonna give you three things to think about when you book a hotel so that you can have a better trip that does more good. number one. in everything we do, book local, buy local. so, choose a locally owned hotel where you know the money from that business is more likely to stay in local pockets, where the people who own it may be from that place, so they are more likely to care about the destination, better custodians, and that is one of the key ways to tackle many of the symptoms of all the problems we see in the world today. it s all about community economics spending local, thinking global. number two, accreditations. what a sea of confusion that can be. we often want to look for a badge or a seal of approvalfrom an organisation that has weighed up whether that business is responsible. now, the thing is with travel and hotels, there are hundreds of them out there, so how do we know what they mean? one that i love is eaathcheck, particularly if
number one. in everything we do, book local, buy local. so, choose a locally owned hotel where you know the money from that business is more likely to stay in local pockets, where the people who own it may be from that place, so they are more likely to care about the destination, better custodians, and that is one of the key ways to tackle many of the symptoms of all the problems we see in the world today. it s all about community economics spending local, thinking global. number two, accreditations. what a sea of confusion that can be. we often want to look for a badge or a seal of approval from an organisation that has weighed up whether that business is responsible. now, the thing is with travel and hotels, there are hundreds of them out there, so how do we know what they mean? one that i love is eathcheck, particularly if a hotel has reached platinum status but they have paid for that accreditation. the gstc that s the global sustainable tourism council are somebody who wor
does more good. in everything we do, book local, by local, so choose a locally owned hotel where you know the money from that business is more likely to stay in local pockets. whether people who own it may be from that place and they are more likely to care about the destination, but a custodians, and is one of the key ways to tackle many of the symptoms of all the problems we see in the world. it s all about community economics, spending local, thinking global. accreditations. what a sea of confusion that can be. we often want to look for a badge or a seal of approvalfrom an seal of approval from an organisation seal of approvalfrom an organisation that seal of approval from an organisation that has seal of approvalfrom an organisation that has weighed up organisation that has weighed up whether that business is responsible. now, the thing is with travel and hotels, there are hundreds of them out there so how do we know what they mean? one i love is worth checking, if a hotel has reac
number one. in everything we do, book local, buy local. so, choose a locally owned hotel where you know the money from that business is more likely to stay in local pockets, where the people who own it may be from that place, so they are more likely to care about the destination, better custodians, and that is one of the key ways to tackle many of the symptoms of all the problems we see in the world today. it s all about community economics spending local, thinking global. number two, accreditations. what a sea of confusion that can be. we often want to look for a badge or a seal of approvalfrom an organisation that has weighed up whether that business is responsible. now, the thing is with travel and hotels, there are hundreds of them out there, so how do we know what they mean? one that i love is eathcheck, particularly if a hotel has reached platinum status but they have paid for that accreditation. the gstc that s the global