I read the results of an opinion poll carried out by TripAdvisor about environmental concerns among travellers. What I found most revealing was although 38% of the 1000 respondents claimed they’d be willing to pay more for an eco-friendly flight with 26% prepared to pay a 5 – 10% premium only 3% had actually purchased carbon credits. Now I am not sure if this is a case of self delusion or just not getting around to paying out for the carbon offset. Would it be simpler for travellers if the sum for carbon credits was automatically added to the cost of their flights and those who didn’t want to do it would have to opt out?

Plane crazy by Elsie esq