Please Note: This post is an oldie but a goodie that we’ve brought back for your conversational enjoyment!
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Here are 5 tips to happy traveling:
1) Board with patience. The plane is not going to leave without you (if you are standing there waiting to board). It’s inappropriate to roll over toes or cut people off in effort to get to your seat first.
2) Deplane with courtesy. Everyone is going to get off the plane, do it with courtesy. Allow the row in front of you to deplane first. Plowing past them is not only frustrating but rude. If they decline to deplane after you offered that is ok.
3) Help someone out. If you see someone struggling to hoist their luggage into the overhead compartment, provide a helping hand. Some bags are heavy, some people are too short and many are just not strong enough…be kind and help.
4) Security Line Kindness. Nobody enjoys the process, but it is for our safety…we all have to do it. Patience is a virtue and it is appreciated during this process. People travel with computers, liquids, shoes and this time of year coats…allow the people in front of you the space and time to properly get through security.
5) Enhance relationships. If you are traveling alone and someone wants your seat to sit with their spouse or child, let them. Most of the time you end up in a better seating situation (karma).
There are a million other tips to happy airport traveling. I found the power of foursquare to be very useful during my travels. Not only do you get the jetsetter badge after 5 airport check-ins but you can find great places to eat, quick security lines, free wifi areas and neat airport trivia by reading the tips once you have “checked-in”.
What are some other airport etiquette tips or suggestions?
Hope you have safe travels!