{"id":12632,"date":"2013-02-01T17:56:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/?p=12632"},"modified":"2015-05-29T01:14:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T23:14:50","slug":"green-chartering-offset-your-carbon-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/01\/green-chartering-offset-your-carbon-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Chartering: Offset Your Carbon Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hesitations that many have about chartering a luxury yacht is the carbon emissions that their yacht will create. The option to &#8220;green charter&#8221;, gives you the chance to offset your carbon emissions, purchasing carbon credits at the same time as booking your charter.<\/p>\n<p>If this is something you&#8217;d be interested in doing, please do mention it to a broker when you make an enquiry. You can work out how much carbon credits would cost for your particular yacht <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yachting_content\/yachting_emissions_calculator.php?bbr=bblog\"><strong>using our great &#8220;Carbon Credit Calculator&#8221;.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, for those that are still hesitant, we highly recommend chartering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/bareboat_catamaran_charter.php?boattype=3&amp;crewtype=1&amp;locations=All&amp;bbr=bblog\"><strong>catamaran<\/strong><\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/bareboat_charter.php?crewtype=1&amp;locations=All&amp;bbr=bblog\"><strong>monohull sailboat<\/strong><\/a>, as they use much less fuel than a motorboat. One of our recommendations of a catamaran for charter is the stunning <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_search\/yacht_view.php?pid=12321&amp;bbr=bblog\">BARBUDA BELLE, a Lagoon 620,<\/a> <\/strong>that came first in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/top_10_bvi_yacht_show.php?locations=All&amp;keywords=bviyacht2012&amp;bbr=bblog\"><strong>BVI Yacht Show Report<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BARBUDABELLE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12634\" title=\"BARBUDABELLE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BARBUDABELLE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/?bbr=bblog\"><strong>www.boatbookings.com<\/strong><\/a>, we welcome everyone from sailing professionals to complete novices and will help you at every step of the way to make your dreams a reality. We have a team of highly skilled professionals who are extremely knowledgeable in their destinations and will be able to help you with any questions you may have.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this space for the latest industry show releases, news and gossip in the yachting world. If you liked the content on this page and our previous posts, please become a fan and like our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/boatbookingsyachtcharter\">Facebook page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to receive up to date information on our publications. Follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/boatbookings\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117894291802410908360\/posts\"><strong>\u00a0Google Plus<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hesitations that many have about chartering a luxury yacht is the carbon emissions that their yacht will create. 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