PARIS, April 26 -- The reality of climate change and the urgent need to get away from it all without further damaging the planet are weighing heavily on the minds of many vacationers. They'd like to do the right thing, but travel seems, more than ever, to be the exception that escapes all constraints.

A recent survey of French vacationers by MadeinVote for Flower Campings may have revealed what a large number of travellers are secretly thinking - namely that they don't want to change their vacation habits to account for environmental issues.

The annual sustainable travel report from the global reservations giant, Booking.com,* supports this disconnect between the awareness of the need to take action for the planet and the way vacations ...