Sustainable travel is mostly about three big choices — how far you fly, where you stay, and how you move around locally. Everything else is rounding error, so this guide focuses on the decisions that actually shift the number.
The choices that matter
- • Fly less, stay longer — one 3-week trip beats three 1-week trips
- • Filter for eco-certified stays (the leaf toggle on /travel/stays)
- • Trains beat planes under ~700km, and sleeper trains beat both
- • Eat local: food miles compound fast at resort buffets
- • Offsets are a last resort — reduction first, always
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