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Everyone loves taking vacations. People especially like places where there are little umbrellas in all the drinks. You don't see a lot of umbrella'ed drinks in North Dakota. Maybe that's why their isn't much tourism there.
According to a recent study, vacationers are more apt to act eco-irresponsibly while in a hotel. Travelers will open a new bottle of shampoo every time they wash their hair. Guests often leave the lights and AC on when they go out. They ask for their sheets to be changed or cleaned on a daily basis, taxing the water and electricity supply, and they drink the free bottled water instead of the free tap water.
The hotels, in my opinion, shouldn't complain that tourists are drinking bottled water that is offered to them. That's kind of weak. That's like being mad at a surgeon for cutting you during an operation.
When you are on vacation, remember to treat the hotel as if it were your own home. That goes for you too, rock stars. Ultimately, innkeepers and wanderers have to share the planet and the responsibility for it.
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