Comments on: Green Staycation

By: No Money? Staycation | HOSTAGE : Blog

No Money? Staycation | HOSTAGE : Blog — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:45:52 +0000

[...] get as far away from your cell and computer. Break from technology. Sierra Club has an article on Green Staycations. Share and [...]

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:02:37 +0000

Live like a child again when soummers were spent near the sea or visiting family.
Maybe we should send some ideas to our local government offices of the kind of activities we would enjoy in our area for Youth and for Adults?

By: Sonya

Sonya — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:49:00 +0000

Great idea. I think I’ll turn every Saturday into a staycation. Yay!!!

By: Kathie

Kathie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:20:58 +0000

We actually honeymooned at our “favorite Endless Mountains Resort,” our home on 156 acres of woods with pond, stream and clearings where we grow vegetables and harvest wild fruits. We’ve been staycationing here since 1991, leaving occasionally to visit relatives. I even ran my law office out of the house for 14 years. Oh, did I mention that we harvest timber? and use cull trees and tops to heat the house, with plenty of wood to give to friends who also heat with wood… We live in NE Penna., in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and use Bay Safe management practices, too. Not too hard, once you get used to it!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:29:12 +0000

We usually take 1 airplane trip to a new part of the world or country we haven’t been to once a year. But the other parts of the year, we like to either do day trips or overnight trips no more than about 2 hours away. For the past 4th of July holiday we did a bike ride an hour’s drive away on an island. Last Thanksgiving we drove less than 2 hours and then took a ferry to our destination. Part of our avoiding flights and very long car trips in economical, but a big part of it is concern about our carbon footprint. Also when we plan trips, we always go to websites like happycow.org and vegdining.org to see what vegetarian/vegan options are nearby. When there’s not a lot of veg-friendly options, we try to find a rental cabin or hotel that has a kitchen so we can go shopping and do our cooking at home, which also saves money. Another budget and carbon cutting strategy we do is to bring lots of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, fruit and snacks, preferably home-made, on our trip so we won’t be tempted to pull over and eat at fast-food places.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:36:48 +0000

I love staycations! I find if turn off all my electricity and just stare at the wall it has little impact on the environment. How fun!

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:27:12 +0000

We own a Green B&B in Saratoga Springs, NY and can attest to the fact that more folks are traveling locally, within a couple of hours travel time, to venues that are ecofriendly and fun. Many are discovering what is in their own backyards for the first time. We are proud to be part of this “movement”.

By: Zhoe

Zhoe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:05:26 +0000

I would give an arm and a leg for decent transportation systems!

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:56 +0000

Hey Roger, I’ve actually been to NYC a couple times and I love the transportation system (even though it can be dirty). But I like the freedome it gives you when deciding whether to drive or not.

By: Roger Smith

Roger Smith — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:29:43 +0000

I want to live in NYC, seems like there is a lot to do. I live in the middle of nowhere so basically all I can do for fun is go out of the state.