Tagged: manners

You Could Get Banned from This Major Airline for Not Wearing Headphones

A major U.S. airline is going further than ever toward muting passengers who engage in the irritating, bordering-on-sociopathic practice of watching videos or listening to music at…

Nude Cruises: The Rules Passengers Must Follow to Set Sail in the Buff

It's a safe bet that ocean breezes feel better on skin unencumbered by clothing. But does nudity enhance games of shuffleboard? Or standing in line for a shrimp buffet among several…

Airplane Etiquette: Survey Names the Most Annoying Behavior in the Skies

What type of air traveler annoys you the most? Having recently taken a flight from Frankfurt to Boston during which I tried to watch The 40-Year-Old Virgin on a seat-back screen…

We're Asking If It's Wrong to Recline When We Should Be Furious with the Airlines

Once again, Americans are going after each other. And once again, the infighting is misplaced. Today's battle, like so many other battles these days, confuses the real source of the…

The New Hostel Etiquette Rules That Your Parents Never Had To Worry About

For a lot of travelers, staying in hostels is an ideal way to see places cheaply. While technology has undoubtedly made travel easier, it’s made hostel stays more complicated. You…

10 Food Rules to Follow in Japan, Plus the Right Way to Eat Sushi

Have you ever felt intimidated to walk into a Japanese restaurant? With its rich and venerable food culture and emphasis on aesthetics and subtlety, the country has accumulated a large…

9 Food Rules to Follow in Italy—Plus 1 to Break

Dining in Italy may seem like a casual, carefree pursuit, but in reality it’s a complex game of manners, with origins dating to at least the 16th-century publication of Giovanni Della…

Airport and Airplane Etiquette: An Interview with "Mister Manners" Himself

In the hopes of restoring some decorum to air travel I decided to interview “Mister Manners”, Thomas Farley. Farley is the author of “Modern Manners: The Thinking Person’s Guide…

What's Hot -- and What's Spicy -- in Albuquerque, NM

One of the main things you need to know when traveling to Albuquerque is that chile is New Mexico's culinary focus; the state is so obsessed with chile that they even have a Chile…

Park of the Week: Point Reyes National Seashore

Just 30 miles northwest of San Francisco, Point Reyes National Seashore is a mass of forests and seaside splendor that occupies all of a hundred square mile peninsula balanced on the…