22 Tips To Make Traveling Easier For Everyone | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Lifestyle

22 Tips To Make Traveling Easier For Everyone

Take the stress out of traveling with these tricks and tips.

13
22 Tips To Make Traveling Easier For Everyone
LifeLanes

Are you getting ready fly for your first time? Are you nervous about an upcoming flight or trip you have to take or do you find yourself traveling a lot?

Being a frequent traveler myself, I've compiled a list of things that travelers can do to make their journey and airport experience a smooth process, not only for themselves but everyone else traveling with them.

I’ve analyzed behavior that TSA and other skilled passengers can find extremely annoying when in the airport or on a plane. This is a guide into how to avoid being an annoying passenger when traveling and how to travel like a professional!

1. When you're dealing with the TSA or a security line, have your laptop and electronics ready to put in a bin, before you approach the belt and scanner you’re going to go through.

Take them out while you're in line. Don't be that guy who holds up the line and takes his time taking stuff out on the belt.

2. Do not attempt to put your shoes and jackets on, or put the electronics that you took out back in your bag while you’re still at the end of the security scan belt.

Grab your things and move away from the security line as quickly as possibly. Re-group yourself away from security so that the area becomes less crowded and so it leaves more room for everyone else to go where they need to go and do what they need to do.

3. Don't be that guy who stretches his legs into the other seat row next to him.

I know airline seating can be tight--especially in economy class--but try your best to keep your body and belongings to your assigned seating area.

4. Try not to stretch out your seat so far back during the whole flight.

Do not take advantage of a broken seat that stretches back more than it needs to. I’ve been on flights where the person in front of me knowingly broke his seat and it was stretched back so much that his head might as well have been in resting my lap.

5. I know this is an unpopular opinion, however, don’t be that guy who complains about the baby crying or if you have to sit next to a crying baby!

We were all babies once. It’s only okay to complain or be annoyed if you see that the parents are not making an effort to calm their baby down.

6. If you have kids on a flight, do your very best to control them.

Don't be those parents who let their kid kick and scream the whole flight without caring about the comfort of other passengers around them. We'll tolerate the crying every now and then, but make an effort to get your kid in check.

7. If there’s pre-choice seating, don't be that family who tries rerouting everyone from their seats to seat together.

You can call or check with your airline beforehand to accommodate your seating. Don’t wait until the last minute.

8. If there wasn't pre-choice seating, don't be that guy who refuses to compromise when a 5-year-old is about to be separated from his parents because of airline’s carelessness and nonsense.

Just don't.

9. Don't be that guy who's reckless and drunk during the flight.

Limit your alcohol intake. And if you feel the need to drink because you’re scared of flying, taking a natural sedative like Valerian Root, will knock you out during the flight instead.

10. When getting ready to board your flight, pay attention to your boarding or group number on your ticket.

Listen and follow for the attendants' announcements. Airlines have group numbers to make it easier for passengers to board fast and an in way that won’t allow passengers to be on top of each other when trying to find their seating and putting their carry-on baggage in the overhead bins.

11. When de-boarding a flight the more patient you are the better.

We'll all get off the flight, eventually. There’s many times I’ve seen people get hit with suitcases because passengers are recklessly trying to get their bags from the overhead bin in order to get out of the aircraft.

12. Don't be that person who hits on or makes sexual advances towards the flight attendant.

Again, just don't.

13. Have your boarding pass inside your passport, in between the page with your picture on it.

This makes it easier for the airport staff to identify your name and boarding pass. Always have your passport easily accessible while you’re in the airport.

14. Pressing the call button to get the flight attendants attention and help for every little thing is an easy way for the airline to despise you.

Help yourself as much as you can.

15. If you’re traveling by yourself, don't take up all the cabin space with your luggage.

Make space for others and try piling yours things on top of each other. There was this one time a passenger on my flight had fragile carry-on baggage above him and he expected others not squeeze in their baggage next to those fragile items in order to accommodate him. Don’t be that person! If you have fragile baggage, let everyone else on the flight with more relaxed luggage place their baggage first and then you can find a place for your fragile items. Don’t misplace ten other people for the comfort of your one item.

16. If you know you're someone who has to go to the bathroom several times, make an effort to get an aisle seat.

17. Don't be that guy/girl who needs to groom himself on flight.

Nail clippings should not happen 30000 feet above ground.

18. If you're sick on the flight and coughing/sneezing uncontrollably, make an effort not to spread your germs and wear a mask.

19. If the middle seat is empty, share it. Don't claim it.

20. Don’t put your bare feet up on the seat or near the other passenger next to you while trying to get comfortable.

Feet can be gross!

21. When traveling to the bathroom, don’t use aisle seats as a climber.

I hate getting woken up in an aisle seat because passengers push down my seat while walking to get where they’re going on a flight.

22. Lastly, be as nice, patient, and pleasant to everyone on the flight as much as you can.

Flying can be hard, but there’s no need to make it worse than it can already be.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Student Life

The 5 Phases Of Finals

May the odds be ever in your favor.

906
Does anybody know how to study
Gurl.com

It’s here; that time of year when college students turn into preschoolers again. We cry for our mothers, eat everything in sight, and whine when we don’t get our way. It’s finals, the dreaded time of the semester when we all realize we should have been paying attention in class instead of literally doing anything else but that. Everyone has to take them, and yes, unfortunately, they are inevitable. But just because they are here and inevitable does not mean they’re peaches and cream and full of rainbows. Surviving them is a must, and the following five phases are a reality for all majors from business to art, nursing to history.

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

How To Prepare For The Library: Finals Edition

10 ways to prepare for finals week—beginning with getting to the library.

2454
How To Prepare For The Library: Finals Edition
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

It’s that time of year again when college students live at the library all week, cramming for tests that they should have started studying for last month. Preparing to spend all day at the library takes much consideration and planning. Use these tips to help get you through the week while spending an excessive amount of time in a building that no one wants to be in.

Keep Reading...Show less
girl roommates
StableDiffusion

Where do we begin when we start talking about our roommates? You practically spend every moment with them, they become your second family and they deal with you at your best and at your absolute worst. They are there to make you laugh just a little harder, cry a little less and make each day a little better. We often forget to thank them for the little things that they do to make college even a tiny bit easier and more fun. This list of 26 things are what you should thank your roommates for right this minute and every day that you live with them.

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

20 Thoughts While Studying For Finals

I may or may not be stressing right now.

2681
Thoughts While Studying For Finals
StableDiffusion


That time of the semester has arrived once again, finals. The worst week ever. Who thought it was a good idea for all your classes to have exams all in the same week? Definitely not me. Here's 20 thoughts you may have studying for finals.

Keep Reading...Show less
Entertainment

Disney magic for New Year!

The "Happiest Place on Earth" has a lot of characters with some pretty great advice.

7380
Disney magic kingdom castle on new years
StableDiffusion

Disney movies are well known and very popular in today's world. Although many people appreciate the plot and the storyline, not many people appreciate the wisdom these characters possess. Every Disney movie has unique advice that can be applied to everyday life. Here are 11 Disney quotes to help start your New Year off right:

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments