21 Trendy Travel Memes For Spring Breakers

Happy Spring Break, everybody! I hope you all are having a great time getting out of your office for a couple of days and traveling to places far and wide. I don’t know about you all, but I need a vacation sometime soon. As a 24-year-old who does not have endless cash to spend on …
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‘The gate attendant actually tried to scan it’: Guy brings billboard-sized boarding pass on plane

Pranks are simultaneously the bane of the internet and its greatest asset. We’ve all seen the great breaches of human decency that get passed off as pranks by intrepid YouTubers, but we’ve also all laughed at that girl choking on a Dairy Queen straw after her sister tapped the brakes. There is a delicate line …
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‘France made me cry’: Influencer complains about feeling isolated in Lyon, splits opinions on travel behavior

French speakers are notorious for gatekeeping their language. I took French classes for most of my school days, but when I attempted to ask for a table for two in Paris, the server immediately responded in English. It bruised my ego, to say the least. I understand that my accent isn’t perfect, and he doesn’t …
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«What a bunch of babies»: Self-important couple blows through boarding to get on plane first, refuse to give up seats

Traveling can be exhausting. There’s so much rigamarole and to-do at airports from security to boarding you just hope that everyone complies so it can be done as quickly as possible. There’s a procedure for everything, and all you have to do is what you’re told. I’ve flown a lot in my lifetime, so I …
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30+ Travel Memes for Backpackers and Hostel Warriors

The year after I graduated college was almost completely spent… on the run. I strapped a backpack to my back and set out for the road with 3 pairs of pants and a dream. I scurried from country to country, solo traveling and loving it. I even worked at a hostel for a stint. It …
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Airline Workers Share Their Wildest Stories From the Skies

If I think about planes too hard while I’m on one, I start to get freaked out. They’re made and operated by humans, after all, and humans are fallible. My rational mind knows that air travel is much safer than car travel, but the being-in-the-air of it all gets me out of whack sometimes. Especially …
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38 Airplane Memes For Jaded Travelers Who Hate Every Airline And Need to Pass Time in the Flight Terminal

I have a friend who is cursed at the airport. She gets to her gat early, she doesn’t fly Spirit, and yet, she always has some sort of issue with her flight. It’s always canceled or delayed, no matter what she does. I wouldn’t wish that fate on my worst enemy, and I hope she …
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‘We’re sorry for any disappointment’: Dude’s Twitter thread sparks online debate around popular Southwest Airlines «wheelchair scam»

Who wants to be sitting on an airline for longer than they have to? Well—due to Southwest’s unique seating arrangement, where no seats are assigned, and all seats are first-come-first-serve, the less honest among us are hugely incentivized to vie for priority boarding without having to fork out extra for it. The way people do …
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Travel Memes For Summer Vacationers

We are finally in the thick of summer, and you know what that means; people are taking time off work and using their hard-earned vacation time! This is an excellent time to travel if you have kids who are out of school, but it’s a rotten time to travel if you want to stay frugal …
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‘Should Flight Attendants Be Paid During Boarding?’ Question Sparks Debate in Thread

Over the weekend, travel blogger @OneMileataTime posed an interesting question on Twitter: «Should flight attendants be paid during boarding?» The implications of such a question sparked debates all over Twitter and Reddit. Many were dumbfounded by the fact that only paying flight attendants for the time they spend in the air is common practice in …
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