Environmentally Friendly Hotels

Hotel Valencia San Antonio   San Antonio, Texas, United States While this property is making headway into being green and sustainable, it doesn't meet our minimum standards to be displayed on the site. We hope the management will step up and take more green actions so it can be displayed again.

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Green plants in guestrooms is part of this hotel's efforts at creating fresh air for guests.

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Towel Program   Sheet Program   Cotton Towels/Sheets       Alternative Energy   Maintenance for Conservation   Energy Conservation     Bulk Soap & Amenities   Bonus   Newspaper Program     Composting   Organic Food Served   Eco-friendly Food Served     Promote "greenness" in PR   Educate Guests to "green"   Educate Staff to "green"   Participate in Green Program(s)

Fresh Air   Allergies   Non-Smoking Rooms   Environmental Cleaning     Water Conservation   Xeric Garden   Gray-Water Recycling     Recyclable Disposables   Compostable Disposables   Durable Service Items     Guestroom Recycling Bins   Hotel Recycling Bins   Donating to Charity     Conference Center/Rooms   Transportation   Fitness Center   Internet

Review:
What a great hotel. It doesn't promote itself as a green hotel, yet it succeeds in some small ways at being environmentally friendly. And it has the concept of hospitality under control.

We greatly appreciated the fabric shower curtain -- we hate plastic ones. And on wastebasket lining! Wastebaskets look so much tidier and attractive when plastic bags aren't hanging out of the top of them. Why go to the effort of putting a beautiful wastebasket in a guestroom and then ruin the look with plastic bags? And the environmental nightmare of plastic in the landfills is scary!

There were lots of pillows on the bed, and each was a different hardness and thickness. We loved having the choices. We found it funny (in an odd way) to find no hand towels at the sink for drying our hands -- they were placed across the bathroom with the bath towels and face cloths.

Customer service is top notch here. Food is delicious. This is a wonderful hotel and convenient to The Alamo, The Riverwalk and numerous San Antonio tourist sites.

June 2007

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