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How You Can Help During Hotel Stays

* Let the hotel know that it's not necessary to change your sheets and towels every day.
* To keep track of which towel belongs to which family member, pack a handful of safety pins and small colored beads.
Attach a pin and bead to each towel, using a designated color for each family member. Remove the pins before checkout.
* Reduce the amount of water used for bathing or showering-take shorter showers.
* When you leave your hotel room, turn off the AC/heat, lights and TV. Close the drapes.
* Participate in hotel recycling programs by placing recyclables in appropriate bins.
* Carry a dry cleaning or grocery bag with you in which to carry dirty laundry home.
* Bring favorite toiletries from home rather than using hotel's small bottles.
* Leave little bottles of amenities in the guestroom if unopened.
* Pack a permanent marker and write each person's name on the cups in the hotel bathroom. It's also handy for writing
names on water bottles and lots of other things.
* Keep bar soap wrapper so you can take used soap home.
* Let hotel management know, by speaking directly to management or writing them a note, that you want them to conserve
and that you want to participate.
* Patronize hotels, airlines, tour operators who support greening programs.
* Instead of leaving bathroom lights (and fans) on all night, it's wise to pack night-lights for hotel stays.
* If the hotel provides complimentary newspapers, pass yours on to someone else, or leave it in the lobby for another
reader. Ask the hotel to see that it's recycled.
* Be sure to turn off exercise equipment, sauna, whirlpool, Jacuzzi or tennis court lights when you're through.
* Take only the brochures or maps necessary. Return others.

Tips courtesy of GreenHotels.com