Our Eco-friendly Beachfront Hotel

When planning an eco-friendly vacation, it's important to begin with your methods of transportation and the places you stay, Sueño del mar practice green living methods, such as recycling, compost, and treated water for our garden.  We use low voltage light bulbs on our room and have no Tv’s. On your next visit to our hotel you will experience a charming beachfront set up without the distraction of Television and other electronic devises.

Our Botique hotel will give you the opportunity to choose your eco-friendly destination for your upcoming vacations.

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8 Eco-Friendly Ways to Travel

Traveling can be hard for the eco-friendly who knows how human methods of travel and consumption have hurt our earth. Thankfully, there are ways to minimize your energy usage while on vacation. Here are eight tips to help you do just that.

1. Choose an eco-friendly destination. If you can, take a trip to a national park or beach, where donations support their mission of keeping the land healthy and open to all.

2. Decide how you're getting there. Public transportation, like trains or buses, are better for the environment because they can carry the largest number of people at once with the least impact on the planet.

3. Plan ahead for thirst. Travelers rarely carry their own mug for water, but you can carry your own reusable water bottle so you'll never be without and save a lot of bottles from being thrown out. If you don't already have a metal or glass water bottle, reuse the plastic water bottle that you purchased at the start of your trip. Be sure to wash it out every few refills, as mildew can collect near the mouth of the bottle and be difficult to remove.

4. Pack lightly. Travel-size shampoos and toothpastes are wasteful because they require extra packaging. Many of the items, including the ones you use at home, are under the three-ounce limit that the airlines mandate if you're carrying on luggage. If you're traveling to a friend's home or a hotel, they will have many toiletries available for you. If you must bring your own items, try putting them in refillable bottles.

5. Power down. Unless anyone will be home while you're away, this is a good time to unplug whatever appliances that don't need to run while you're gone. Appliances with LEDs or lights that run even when the device is off suck in power. You can stop that by putting all of your appliances on a power strip and shutting it off. If you don't have a power strip, just unplug the appliance from the wall.

6. Stay in a green hotel. Many inns have a "green" housekeeping option, which means that maids won't change your sheets or towels everyday.

7. Only travel to one destination. It might be nice to visit a lot of nearby cities, but you will reduce your carbon footprint by keeping your travel in one city. Get around the city by public transportation, on foot or using a hotel shuttle service.

8. Avoid buying goods that won't last. For instance, while it might be nice to sit in a coffee shop and read a newspaper, you'll just end up throwing it out when you're done, especially if there aren't any recycling facilities nearby. You can buy a paper and share it with your family or give it to another patron when you're done.

The same rule applies to souvenirs. The best souvenirs in my family are pictures of the places we've been, rather than cheap plastic figurines that we'll eventually throw away. You also can avoid unnecessary waste by eating in rather than out, sharing maps and saving bus tickets for a scrapbook.

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