Trip.com Group announced My Travel Impact on October 27, 2026, introducing an in-app dashboard that brings together certified sustainable hotel stays and estimated emissions savings from flights and rail. The feature consolidates information previously spread across separate travel products, although transport estimates depend on comparable data being available.

Key Takeaways

  • The dashboard covers qualifying hotel nights and estimated emissions savings from flight and rail choices made through Trip.com.
  • Flight and rail figures use different comparisons and are estimates, not a measurement of every trip’s total footprint.
  • Trip.com’s 2026 consumer survey identifies price, convenience and unclear information as barriers to more sustainable travel.

What My Travel Impact brings together

The hotel component records nights stayed at properties carrying Trip.com’s Certified Sustainable label, which relies on recognized third-party certification. It tracks qualifying stays rather than assigning an emissions-savings figure to those hotel nights.

For flights, the dashboard estimates emissions avoided by selecting lower-emission options, using the Travel Impact Model recommended by Travalyst. Rail estimates compare travel by train with travel by gasoline car. Both transport components apply where comparable data is available.

The announcement identifies the Trip.com app as the home for the feature but does not specify a market-by-market rollout, minimum app version or whether historical bookings will be included.

Certification and estimates have different roles

The hotel label has an established certification framework behind it. GSTC’s explanation of Trip.com’s Certified Sustainable labels describes eligibility for properties certified by GSTC-accredited certification bodies. That framework explains the hotel label, rather than validating the new dashboard or its transport calculations.

The dashboard’s components should therefore be read differently: hotel nights indicate stays at certified properties, while flight and rail figures estimate savings against a comparison. The launch describes an overview of selected travel choices, not a comprehensive carbon account for every journey.

Survey shows demand, but cost remains a barrier

The launch accompanied Trip.com Group’s 2026 Sustainable Travel Consumer Report, based on 8,777 respondents across 29 markets in four regions. Sustainability mattered to 75.4% of respondents when making travel decisions, while 56.8% said they intentionally chose more sustainable options.

Higher prices were the most frequently cited barrier, at 37.1%, followed by inconvenience or additional effort at 29.8% and difficulty identifying more sustainable options at 27.1%.

Among tools respondents wanted from online travel agencies, 41.6% selected clear sustainability labels and 32.7% wanted a dashboard showing the carbon impact of bookings. My Travel Impact addresses the visibility of travel choices; the announcement does not establish that the feature reduces their cost.

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