It is quite common to rent a car when traveling on vacation. Especially, when visiting their relatives, people worry about inconveniencing them by making them drive them anywhere.

Instead, people should consider walking, carpooling, or using public transportation to make the earth greener. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, cars and trucks emit more than 300 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year in the United States.

Many cities, especially throughout Europe and designed for walking almost anywhere. Transportation, alone is responsible for about one-third of our nation's total production of carbon dioxide. So, the least we can do is walk from place to place on vacation and enjoy the sights around us.

When visiting relatives, carpooling is always a great option. Carpooling consists of two or more people sharing a ride to their destination. Relatives usually visit the same places anyways. So, if many people are coming in for one family function, maybe only two or three people could get cars out of a huge group. This would drastically reduce the effect on the environment.


Carpooling is always an option, thanks to Commuter Solutions, who match up people for carpools in cities all across the United States.

Hot travel spots such as San Fransisco utilize public transportation as much as possible, like the cable car, the subway in New York City, or the ferry in Catalina Island.
So next time you travel anywhere, whether in your own city or across the world, look at the city’s website to see what the most eco-friendly transportation options are.