Is re-using your towel at a hotel helpting the planet - or profits?
Submitted by Wanderlust Andi
Many hotels use green energy marketing strategies which are designed to save the environment. Most hotel guests are not interested in the strategies that are used, such as reusing towels. Starwood Hotels has implemented a program that guests find useful which offers discount vouchers to customers who refuse room cleaning, which saves water and energy.
It is a win for the hotel - as they can profit by reduced employee costs. It could be said that it is a win for the environment. But - is it a win for the housekeepers, who have less hours (due to reduced need to clean rooms) with more work (due to more work per room, since the rooms haven't been cleaned for days)?
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So, donate your old travel bags to foster children - or, women's shelters, homeless shelters or the Goodwill. Or, if the suitcases are just too old for anyone: you can recycle those old suitcases into items such as dog beds and organized storage.
Should you rent an electric car?
Submitted by Wanderlust AndiThe idea of renting an electric car may sound like an excellent way of being a little kinder to the planet. This might be a viable option for business trips. But, vacations usually involve longer road trips, which may raise the risk of ending up on the side of the road. Electric cars are said to require charging before 100 miles of travel, and service stations equipped with the hardware necessary to charge the car are far too few.
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Submitted by Wanderlust AndiIf you are starting your own business, consider getting out and traveling to help you succeed! Travel will fuel your creativity and help you to think outside of the box! It will expose you to different cultures, enhancing your ability to relate to the different personalities you will encounter in your business. Finally, it will help familiarize you will all of the technological gadgets you need to stay connected, wherever you are!
Should the Waze app be allowed to have a police-tracking feature?
Submitted by Wanderlust AndiWaze is a traffic software that warns drivers about potholes, construction zones, congestion and unsafe weather conditions. A function on Waze that also warns drivers of nearby police officers has been stirring up controversy. Police fear this function could aid in attacks on them as well as assist criminals in committing crimes.
It isn't just shampoo that gets taken from hotels
Submitted by Wanderlust AndiThink you have taken some crazy stuff from hotels? Almost everyone is guilty of taking something, from shampoo to soaps to linens. But there are things taken from hotels that will boggle your mind. Think pillows are bad? How about gutting the rooms plumbing? Yep, that has happened. In fact, hotel thefts go from the mundane to the bizarre. But, hotels are fighting back via sending invoices to sticky fingered guests to actually implanting RFID chips in linens.
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