green living, smart spending
There’s still time to book special eco-friendly getaways for the holidays. These travel adventures are great gifts to give yourself. Zion National Park is one of my favorite places in the world to hike and inhale the beauty of the rugged scenery and the clear air — that photo of me is atop the Angels
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Fall means harvest, which means there’s a bounty of food festivals and wine fairs to travel to and enjoy. Here’s what’s on the menu, including hotels offering discount packages for a nearby festival or fair: Miami — Loews Miami Beach Hotel is pairing two tickets to the Miami International Wine Fair with two nights in
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India has tapped popular Bollywood actress and a former Miss World, Priyanka Chopra, to be the face and the body of the country’s environmental efforts, which include tiger conservation and cleaning up the Ganga River. Before heading to Bollywood and establishing a successful career, Chopra traveled the world as Miss World 2000. Priyanka Chopra’s new
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It will take a while for Rhinebeck, New York, to return to normal, now that it’s been in the world spotlight for the wedding of Chelsea Clinton to Mark Mezvinsky. But Rhinebeck has been around since the 1600s, and it will survive, and will return to being a charming, tranquil place that welcomes visitors. Rhinebeck’s
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The new InterContinental New York Times Square Hotel is the largest hotel in New York City to achieve LEED certification, as well as the largest new hotel in The Big Apple to open since 2002. The 36-story, 607 room hotel is a shining example of eco-friendly green luxury. Floor-to-ceiling windows let in the view —
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The W San Francisco makes history by earning the first LEED certification for an existing building belonging to a major hotel chain, and only the seventh hotel in the United States to earn the LEED Silver rating. The W San Francisco is also certified by the state of California as a green business. This is
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The newsletter Business Insider has identified 18 beaches Gulf Coast beaches that may never recover from the ecological disaster of the BP oil spill. Here are the five most endangered beaches, with photos that are even more upsetting than the oil soaked wave shown here — Worst hit is Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, where there are several
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Despite the BP oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in US history, most beaches along the Gulf of Mexico remain open and ready for visitors. One of the best ways you can help resort communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida is to travel there and spend your money in the local, family-owned restaurants, boutiques,
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First, let me say that I despise the term ‘girlfriend getaway’. That leaves out women only family travel such as a spa weekend for mother and daughter bonding, a grandpmother taking a favorite five-year-old skiing, or the joys of solo travel. So let’s talk instead about women only adventure travel. Adventure Women tours offers these two trips in July 2010 to the
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Baltimore’s first LEED certified green hotel is the moderately priced Fairfield Inn and Suites is in the heart of downtown Baltimore. It is close to the city’s famous Inner Harbor and the Baltimore Heritage Walk, a three mile walking trail through four centuries of American history, making it an ideal choice for eco-travelers looking for a moderately priced hotel
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