Shore Hotel Launches 'Green' Weekend Gateway Package for Earth Day

Did you know that hotels are among the biggest energy and water guzzlers and also major waste generators? This makes it crucial for the hotel industry to proactively embrace green initiatives to address the energy consumption and waste management issues. California’s famous oceanfront Shore Hotel has always attracted the “green” travelers from across the country with its eco-friendly travel packages. With LEED certified architecture and green hospitality infrastructure, Shore hotel finds itself at the pinnacle of sustainable tourism. In order to reiterate its commitment to the environment, the hotel has decided to celebrate the upcoming Earth Day in a special way.

As part of the celebration, the hotel is launching Go Green by the Shore package for the eco-friendly travelers, seeking a clean-n-green stay by the beach. Even if you are not actually a green travel enthusiast, Shore’s new travel package is sure to inspire you to be one. At around $579 the package, which is valid for entire length of the month of April, includes overnight accommodation, free dinner, bike rentals, car transfer by green hybrid cars and more.

Spending a night at the boutique hotel’s exquisite guestrooms is a treat in itself. Additionally the package allows you to enjoy a quiet dinner with your loved one at the breathtaking Inn of the Seventh Ray. The inn specializes in organic cuisine, which is sure to give your taste buds some pleasant surprise. 

If a sweet and warm welcome with forget-me-not flower gives you the perfect head start into a green weekend, going forward, a gift of Santa Monica Farmers’ Market Cookbook inspires you to remain a green enthusiast in your everyday life, by trying organic recipes back home.

For sightseeing, the hotel offers you bike rental services. Even the hotel transfers are made in the most eco-friendly manner, as the hotel use only hybrid/ electrical cars for that purpose.

One quick look at the list of its amenities will tell you that the property takes sustainability quite seriously. In addition to utilizing recycled building materials and implementing energy-efficient, state-of-the-art technologies, the hotel offers a Green Concierge service to all its guests. It doesn’t matter whether you want to spend your eco friendly vacation indoors indulging in the luxury of a spa or hitting the outdoors, exploring the nature on foot---the hotel’s green concierge is always ready to offer you suggestions about walking tours, spa appointments, yoga classes or many other fun activities.

If you call yourself an environment-conscious traveler and act responsibly while vacationing, Shore Hotel is the place you should be in this summer. Under its Earth Day celebration package, the hotel is going to reward the guests who chose to make their stay even more environmentally aware.

In a news statement, the hotel said that during the month of April, it will donate a $1 to Surfrider Foundation for every Green Screen e-postcard taken at the hotel. Guests are encouraged to take a picture using the touchscreen kiosk to send e-postcards via e-mail or posted to Facebook (News - Alert), Twitter, or Instagram.

If you find the Go Green by the Shore package interesting, you must act fast and book the package at least 72 hours in advance.

Big corporations are gearing up for the impending Earth Day in big ways. Sprint (News - Alert), a company known for its commitments to sustainability, is going to mark Earth Day this year by offering customers additional incentives for joining in efforts to protect the environment.