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Your private jet rental is a polluter. Now you can feel good about charter flights and business jets by buying carbon credits to offset your carbon footprint. There are about 10,000 private jets in the United States. Each one of them burning more than 15 times per passenger than your average commercial jet liners.

Jets.com for example is providing a service whereby after your flight is completed you bill statement will include how much carbon dioxide their flight emitted and how much they would need to spend in order to offset the effects.

A round trip private jet flight from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Boston costs about $20,000 depending on the size jet you rent. This will create about 13 metric tons of carbon pollution. Cost to offset this, only $74, a bargain compared to the cost of the flight.

Will fliers pay up or ignore the carbon bill? For the most part I think this will be ignored, except by a few high profile celebrities (Leonardo DiCaprio) and politicians, (Al Gore).

Of the over 2,500 jet operators in the country who own or operate jets on behalf of owners, they will tend to stick to what they know, aviation. The marketing end of the business, jet brokers, will more likely push a “green” message in their ads and material in order to attempt to gain an edge over their rivals in this fiercely competitive market where hundreds of millions are at stake are more likely to jump on this band wagon.

Tired of the long lines at airports, annoying security and worse, the passenger next to you who wont’s stop jib jabbing about, who cares what!? Private jet travel would seem like a far off dream to most Americans, but dream no longer.

In the not so distant past, private jet travel was a complicated process. Then came fractional private jet ownership, bringing you the ease of owning, without the high and for most of us, prohibitive costs.

Now private jet companies are making it even easier for charter flight travelers by providing on-demand flights, without pre-paying for hours or fractional jet ownership.

Then the private jet card memberships where created and all of a sudden the sky was a buzz with 10,000 private jets.The simple concept let;s you prepay for a set number of hours and as you use up the hours, the money is deducted from your initial deposit.

Several companies are making the process even easier by collecting bids from jet operators and even providing limousine service and food catering as well as back ground checks of pilots.

When you fly often you being to notice that all the private jets are not the same and you need a pilot who knows the “equipment” or jet he’s operating.

A one time charter is still more expensive than most first class tickets, but it is still affordable to CEO’s and trust fund who may want to live lavishly a few times a year.

On average a one way flight from New York to Florida cost $8,000 to $20,000 for a 6 passenger jet depending on weather and how busy the market is, weekend or weekday are also factors.

Ever been on a cruise? I haven’t — I love boats but something about being the herded on and off a ship, all while being ferried around to only the places the organizer wants you to see make me think it isn’t my thing. But lots of people love cruises, and I can see why — food and entertainment are at your disposal, and the chance to see numerous destinations on one vacation is ideal.

What about themed cruises? I knew there was a Disney-themed cruise, but beyond that, I’m out of the loop. Turns out there are lots of different types of cruises — you can find one that focuses on fitness, nature, arts and more. As for lifestyle cruises, there are gay and lesbian cruises (Rosie O’Donnell runs one of these) , singles cruises and even nudist cruises (wouldn’t that be a shocker if you ended up on a nudist cruise by accident.)

Wait, there’s more. This cruise guide lists lots of other theme cruises, including quilting cruises (now does that sound like a wild and crazy time or what?), Grand Ole Opry cruises, Kentucky Derby cruises, Smithsonian Art Appreciation cruises, Formula 1 race car instruction cruises (on a boat?), classical music cruises and much more. And they’re all coming up this fall if you’re interested in booking.