- Eat Local
Patronize local restaurants. Order regional wines and beers. Choose seasonal specials instead of “flown in fresh daily”. It’s amazing to think that the average meal travels approximately 1500 miles before it reaches your table! Did you know that there are nine Fairmont properties that boast on site herb gardens? At The Fairmont Royal York, home to an 18th floor high-rise herbarium, organically grown lemon balm, edible pansies, and red basil are just a few of the many herbs growing in the “four poster beds” custom built to fill fresh herb needs in the hotel’s three kitchens. And many other Fairmont restaurants offer “farm-to-fork” menu items, featuring local purveyors and farmers.
Travel Tip Category: Green Travel
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- Green your Meeting
Green meetings are becoming increasingly common planners can easily incorporate simple tactics to make functions more eco-friendly. Fairmont has designed Eco-Meet, a green meeting and conference planning option featuring disposable-free service, Eco Adventure activities, themed meeting breaks and Sustainable Gourmet menus including organic wines such as California’s Bonterra Vineyards.
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- Little Things Mean A Lot
When traveling, consider resource consumption the same way you would at home. Turn off lights before you leave the room, use air conditioning wisely, and ask yourself if you really do need sheets and towels changed everyday.
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- Think about it from the Cellular Level
Given their ever-shrinking size, you might not consider your cell phone a waste stream problem. But with an average cell ownership lifespan of just 18 months (upgrades for the latest model have skyrocketed with plan switches and trendy photo phones), the millions of cells in use worldwide, and the fact that they contain plastic, lead, nickel, cadmium and fire retardants, we really are talking trash. Commit to making a good call - buy the phone that you need, own it as long as possible and consider donating it to charity afterwards.
Travel Tip Category: Green Travel
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- Recognize Green Efforts
Provide feedback to the businesses that you think are doing great work! Applaud their efforts by passing along compliments to owners, managers and staff. And don’t be afraid to provide suggestions! Guest comments are a great way to streamline operational programs.
Travel Tip Category: Green Travel
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- When registering, use a last name and first initial
Don’t use Mr., Mrs., titles or degrees. The less information about you and your gender or status, the less information a criminal will have.
Travel Tip Category: Safety
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- Try not to say a room number in public
If a desk clerk announces aroom number and people are in the room, ask for another room. They should write the number down or point to it on a map, not say it out loud. Once a thief hears a room number and maybe a name, everything is easy. They can find you; watch you and maybe even charge things to your room. Ever just been asked for a room number at the hotel restaurant?
Travel Tip Category: Safety
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- Take a couple hotel business cards
Put one by the phone in the room, and one in a wallet or car. You may need to tell someone where you are or ask for directions to get back to the hotel.
Travel Tip Category: Safety
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- Check the locks on your rooms
You should have deadbolts and peepholes. Also check the windows and interconnecting doors to see how they open and how they lock.
Travel Tip Category: Safety
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- Take a wood wedge or buy a small portable alarm wedge
Take a wood wedge or buy a small portable alarm wedge to put under your door when everyone is inside your room. The door will not open, even if smashed.
Travel Tip Category: Safety
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