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Quick-Access Checklists Here, you’ll find all the 'Ask Your Client' Prompts and Questions to 'Ask Travel Companies About' Questions mentioned in this guide — in one convenient place. Save these pages and use them as checklists as you research sustainable travel companies and discuss options with your clients. 'ASK YOUR CLIENT' DISCUSSION PROMPTS Big Picture: “How much do you care about knowing that your travel experience is going to be leaving the place you’re visiting better than when you found it?”
Topical: Single-Use Plastic
Protecting Nature
✓ “How do you feel about traveling with a
✓ “Do you want the company you're traveling with to
company that uses single-use plastics?”
actively protect wildlife in the places you explore?”
Sustainable Food
Culture & Community
✓ “How important is food to your overall
✓ “Is experiencing local culture while you travel
travel experience?”
important to you?”
Climate Action
Green Operations
✓ “How important is it to you to travel with
✓ “Do you expect your travel provider to make
a company that’s carbon neutral?”
environmentally conscious decisions, even when no one is watching?”
'ASK TRAVEL COMPANIES ABOUT' QUESTIONS Plastics: Suppliers ✓ “Have you eliminated plastic packaging wherever possible?” ✓ “Have you worked with your vendors to help them eliminate and reduce single-use plastic packaging in the supply chain?” Behind-the-scenes ✓ “Have you reduced or eliminated single-use plastics in your offices as well as your public facing operations?”
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Shopping opportunities ✓ “Does your gift shop sell plastic-wrapped goods?” ✓ “Do you provide plastic shopping bags to customers?” Food and beverage service ✓ “Do you provide single-use plastic water bottles to your guests?” ✓ “Do you use disposable utensils, cups, and food containers, or do you offer reusable options?”
