It's finally here!! The Traveling Brown Girls Blog Carnival! I'm so excited to participate and the first topic of the carnival is "Travel Etiquette: My Top 5 Travel Pet Peeves". So here are my top 5 in a travel buddy.
If you’re the adventurous type like me then you like to
stumble upon a quaint cafe or bookstore and you probably don't make your entire
itinerary based on your guidebook. It's a pet peeve of mine when I suggest
something like walking around a neighborhood and my travel partner responds
with" that's not in the book".
2. Passes judgment on the experience within the
first day
As we all know first impressions are important but I do not
agree that they have to be your last impression. It's a pet peeve of mine when
a trip starts off rocky with a lost taxi ride from the airport or, slow check
in at a hotel, or a nasty attitude having waiter and my travel partner decides
that the country, city, or town sucks! I believe that everyone and everything
deserves a fair chance to redeem itself. So the next time you experience one of
these... Take a second and decide to have a fresh start and then if it still
seems to be nightmare, RUN!
3. Can’t go with the flow and be flexible
Time and time again I
have traveled with one plan and ended up with a whole new one. Once I went to
Morocco during Thanksgiving and the whole city of Marrakesh was shut down... I
learned this from the male flight attendant who invited me to his family's
farm. Now when you first hear this you think... “Hell naw I'm not spending my
thanksgiving on a random man’s farm” but once you wake up and realize literally
no one is in the city you get in a
bootleg taxi and be happy with slaughtering that goat on that random flight
attendants farm. It was a crazy experience but had I not gone with the flow my
friends and I would have never experienced this Muslim holiday celebration that
we will never forget.
4. Comes broke!
This is my #1 travel pet peeve. BYE GIRL if you are that
girlfriend who thinks everything is too expensive and keeps saying “back at
home that would cost..." Travel doesn't have to be expensive but it's not
fair to come on a trip broke and make everyone conscious of every dollar they
spend. If you are on a budget make that clear in advance and be ok with tapping
yourself out when your travel friends ball out or do things that you'd rather
not spend your money on.
5. Doesn't communicate
It's so important to discuss your expectations before
traveling with someone. All parties should discuss their must do's as well as
their budgets. I've found this to be so helpful when trip planning. My friends
all list what we want to do and evaluate our interest and where they differ to
know how we should plan our time together and separately.
We all have our moments when we can be annoyed, frustrated, or upset about something during travel however we must remember that when we are with others the journey is a team effort! In my opinion that's the beauty in traveling with someone. You don't have to deal with it all by yourself. So next time your planning a trip with a friend think back to my pet peeves and make sure you don' fall into one of these categories as the pet peeve travel buddy :-)
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