Noflights.com: Travel without flying

I enjoy finding websites that represent businesses trying to make-money and help the world at the same time. My latest find is UK based Noflights.com, which as the name suggests, is about traveling without taking a flight.

The company has put together an expansive bundle of travel-itineraries for people who want environmentally conscious travel. From the UK, they have ready packages that, other than Europe, will take you to China, Russia, Morocco, and Turkey. You can travel by bus, train or boat and choose the type of holiday you want basis categories like: "big sky, mountains, lakes", "6-hours from London", "tracks less traveled" and "mix-it-up". They will tailor-make your trip if you want, and if you are based outside the UK you can send them your details and they will sort something out for you.

They promise: "...the lowest price on the market for any of our hotel or holiday products. If you find a cheaper hotel or like for like holiday (either as a package or booked independently) from any other source, we'll match it and give you £10 back for good measure," and 10% of their surplus income will be donated to environmental justice campaigns.

Another interesting feature of the site: you can send in a travelogue of any sort and if they like it they will give you a discount or some reward for using it on their site.

The website looks new and has unsurprising issues of a new site: at the moment it does not have enough information uploaded and many links don't click to anywhere; a bit of scouting around revealed that it launched only about a week ago. Nevertheless, worth checking out.

Filed under: Europe, United Kingdom, Hotels and Accommodations, Holiday Ideas, Transportation, Ecotourism, Travel Deals