Archive for Category: "Culture"
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 [...]
Travel Tip: Spring Flower Travel
It’s springtime, boys and girls, and you know what means…the flowers are in bloom. So while it might be a cliché to stop and smell the roses, this is exactly the time to do that. The big cherry blossom festival in Washington, D.C., is running through mid-April. Instead of just looking at the cherry blossoms, [...]
Travel Tip: Volunteering At Film Festivals
Why go to a film festival just to sit in the theater? Some festivals have participatory events off screen that can make the experience even more meaningful. Volunteer for just three shifts at the New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival and you’ll get free access to film screenings. There are public events throughout the city [...]
Travel to Support Marriage Equality: A Guide to the 50 States
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard its first day of arguments surrounding same-sex marriage rights with the focus on Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. According to Marriage Equality USA, 48 percent of Americans live in 21 states (or counties or cities) that recognize various forms of legal relationships for same-sex couples. However, 30 states [...]
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 [...]
Restart Your New Year’s Resolutions: 3 New Fit Travel Ideas
Spring has sprung, but your New Year’s Resolutions have no doubt already sprung a leak. If you’re off-track, Fitglobetrotter Dena Roché offers three ways to use travel to restart your healthy living resolutions. Don’t give up your goal to get healthy in 2013. Simply use travel to make it more fun and more likely you’ll [...]
