At Grand Angle, we are committed to making travel more responsible. That’s why we have developed a carbon footprint calculation tool for our trips.
This carbon footprint represents the greenhouse gas emissions generated during your trip, expressed in kg of CO₂ equivalent per person (kg CO₂e).
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🧭 What is included?
We calculate emissions across four main categories:
| Category | Examples |
| 🏨 Accommodation | Hotel stays, guesthouses or mountain huts, depending on their energy consumption |
| 🍽️ Meals | Food consumed on site, taking typical diets into account |
| 🚐 Local transport | Organised transfers (minibus, shuttles, trains, etc.) |
| 🎒 Luggage transport | Transfer of your luggage between stages |
✈️ For island or long-haul destinations, return flight emissions are also included.
🔍 How are these emissions calculated?
- 📊 Specialised databases: KlimaLink (accommodation), Greentripper, ADEME, Climatiq
- 🗺️ Exact distances: calculated using mapping tools
- 🚐 Local information: type of vehicle, fuel, occupancy rate, etc.
All data is then consolidated into a reliable tool, with results presented in a clear and standardised way.
📌 Why calculate this?
By informing you about the carbon impact of your trip, we help you:
- Understand your emissions
- Compare different types of trips
- Make more responsible travel choices
⚠️ What about travel to the departure point?
As each traveller independently organises their transport to the starting point, we do not include these emissions.
❗ Except for trips requiring a flight (for example, to islands or outside Europe): in this case, flight emissions are included.
To estimate the carbon footprint of your journey, you can use the ADEME calculator:
✅ A clear and honest approach
We follow the European Green Claims Directive, which prohibits vague or misleading claims.
No unjustified “eco” or “carbon neutral” labels — only precise and transparent data.
📊 Putting things into perspective
To better understand the impact of a trip, it helps to compare: the average carbon footprint of a person living in France in daily life is around 150 kg CO₂e per week.
Our trips, designed around walking and cycling, often have a carbon footprint equivalent to or lower than this average (excluding travel to the destination).
For example:
- A 8-day cycling trip around Lake Constance emits around 71 kg CO₂e per person,
- The 12-day Tour du Mont Blanc generates around 93 kg CO₂e per person.
👉 It is therefore mainly the mode of transport used to reach the departure point that determines the overall carbon footprint of the trip.
Choosing the train or carpooling is already a major step towards more responsible tourism.
