AAA Rating to Include Eco-Friendly Designation for Lodgings
Along with all the other designations lodging currently receive from AAA, it will now have a new “eco” icon. This is an effort for AAA to indicate which properties in their 2010 TourBook editions are promoting green practices.
Properties that will be eligible for this rating must be AAA approved or have a Diamond rating as well as part of their local or a national green lodging program. Also, the complete description of this new “eco” icon will be located in the front of each TourBook. It’s great to see that they are putting strict standards to ensure that the properties given this designation are not just using it for monetary benefit.
This designation can really make it easy for us as consumers to determine if a lodging is following similar practices to what many of us consider eco-friendly. It usually requires some research on a property to find exactly what they are doing to be more environmentally friendly. Next time you go on your trip, be sure to check AAA to see if properties you plan to stay at have this new rating.
I have to say I’m excited and a little disappointed. I like the specifics of how a hotel is going green which the icon doesn’t represent. I will still use http://www.EnvironmentallyFriendlyHotels.com to find out the specifics on how the hotel is going green. OH I would love to see a collaboration between the two services to make information on traveling green super accessible. Thanks for the article!
It’s good to see which they have been putting despotic standards to safeguard which the properties since this nomination have been not only regulating it for financial benefit.
I am so glad that AAA has decided to add an eco Icon for those of us concerned with our environment.