Archive for Category: "Etiquette"
Know Before You Go: How to Dress in the Middle East
Does traveling to the Middle East as a woman mean wearing a burqa (or an abaya)? Not necessarily. In the Middle East, following dressing etiquette can be essential to your travel experience. But the customs and rules vary from country to country. For example, Saudi Arabia employs very strict dress code standards for both tourists [...]
Travel Tip: The Friendliest Countries For Travelers
Ever travel to another country and get the feeling you’re not wanted? Turns out, it may not be you. A recent study from The World Economic Forum ranked countries on their competitiveness in the travel and tourism sphere. The larger study weighed factors like airlift, ground transportation, and security. But one specific area looked at [...]
Know Before You Go: How to Behave When You Fly
When it comes to air travel, we’re all in it together. And one bad traveler can ruin a flight for everyone. Bad travel etiquette can be as noticeable as loud conversations and smelly food. Or it can be more subtle behaviors like armrest hogging or untimely bathroom visits. Gandhi said, “be the change you want [...]
The 10 Worst People To Sit Next to on a Plane
Sartre was the first to say hell is other people. And never has that adage been more true than when you fly. Here are the 10 worst passengers in air travel today. 1. The Crying Baby The poor child? Poor you. Nothing you can do with this one but grimace and smile and hope that [...]
How Rude! The Nicest vs Most Unfriendly Countries for Travel
We all have opinions on the most welcoming places in the world, but there is an actual study to gauge friendliness. World Economic Forum’s “Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report” ranked 140 countries according to attractiveness and competitiveness in the travel and tourism industry. Countries were ranked on a scale of 0-7 with 0 being “very [...]
A First Time Guide to Understanding Turkey
Labor Day has come and gone and we’re heading into the final months of 2012. Instead of focusing on fall foliage or the Christmas holidays, Peter wants you to maximize your 2012 travel. This September our contributors are covering some bucket list dream destinations. And tomorrow, Peter is hosting his a Twitter party (starting at [...]
Travel Tip: Homestay 101
One way to really get a local experience when you travel is to stay in someone’s home instead of a hotel. But that can also make for a truly awkward experience if you don’t come prepared. A homestay can come in a lot of different forms. You might arrange to stay in a local’s home [...]
Heather Poole & The Secret World of Flight Attendants
Every week we report on all the craziness that goes on up in the air, but we rarely get to hear from the first person on the scene—the flight attendant. That’s why we always try to talk to and listen to Heather Poole, author of the New York Times bestseller Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, [...]
