Six eco and budget friendly tips

Fodor's online has six eco-friendly (as well as budget-friendly) travel tips.

Carbon offsets and luxury eco-lodges are great earth-friendly options, but being green doesn't always have to cost you so much... green. You can live like a local and have a richer experience by using less resources, which, not surprisingly, uses less cash.

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Fodor's gives 10 green travel tips

Travel advice giver Fodor's posted 10 tips on how to be a green traveler. Although many of the tips may be a "duh" for savvy Ecotravel News readers, it's good to see that a mainstream travel publisher is at least trying.

Some of the 10 tips include (with Ecotravel News' comments inside the parens):

#2 Ask about the [tour] company's green philosophies (Good tip, especially if they claim they are eco, they could still use unenvironmental methods like transportation)

#4 Be sensitive to cultures and customs (Although good advice, not sure how that applies to being a green traveler?)

#5 Never litter (!)

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