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Hey /trv/, I'm a first time traveler so I'm a little nervous and was hoping you guys could help me out. The questions I'm asking I've already tried with google and have gotten pretty general answers or can't find specific answers for, so I was hoping you guys could help me out. I'm just a little nervous because this is only my second time flying (first time was to basic training where everything was taken care of for us) and it's overseas.
Anyways, I'm flying from the US out to the netherlands with a 1hr30m layover in frankfurt.
One of the main things I'm wondering is what I can take in a checked bag. I know this seems pretty simple but google gives me mixed answers. I'm staying for 8 days so I'd like to fit in entire containers of shampoo/bodywash, but I'm afraid the liquid rule that applies to carry ons could apply to checked baggage. I'd also like to take some advil and vitamins, but I'm nervous that they could be considered drugs and cause a delay in me getting my baggage or something. I really can't find definite answers on either of these so if you guys could help me out from experience that'd be great.
This probably sounds like a stupid question too, but when my plane lands for my layover in frankfurt, do I get my checked baggage then head over to my next flight, or is it already transferred over to the next flight for me? Also is a one and a half hour layover enough time? There was shorter and longer layovers but I didn't want to go too short and miss my flight or go too long and wait all that extra time for nothing.
Are flights losing luggage still a thing? I've heard of it but i'm not sure how often that happens. What do you do if it happens? (the airport i'm landing in is about a 3 hour ride from where i'm staying so it isn't like itd be easy to go back and get something left behind)
Any tips for packing a carry on bag? I have a pretty good sized "tactical" backpack that I was just planning to put some extra stuff in like my laptop. (cont.)
but can you access your carry on during the flight if you need to get something out of it? Or is it once it's up in the compartment it isn't moving?
Honestly the main thing I guess I'm concerned about is the baggage and packing something wrong/not permitted and causing it to delay me or something. Any overall tips for traveling/flying, especially overseas is appreciated. I'm pretty nervous since it's my first time out of country.
>>1076339
>Checked bag
Shampoo and Bodywash in a checked bag have never been a problem on any flight I've been on in the EU, UK or the US. Neither were advil or vitamins.
>Transferring checked baggage
Is done for you. You can't even access it unless you've booked actual separate flights. With layovers it's all taken care of.
>Flights losing luggage
Yes, still a thing. But extremely rare and when it happens usually take care of very quickly. Don't worry about it. Your suitcases are individually labelled with codes and you also receive a baggage claim tag with the same number (which you don't need to claim it, only when you get lost).
>carry on
Book, tablet, laptop is fine. Just no sharp objects or liquids. You will be asked to take laptops and tablets out at security. It's standard procedure. They just need to be in a separate tray for a few minutes. It's in the overhead compartment and you can take it out if you want. Don't do it *too* often though because it's fucking annoying for your fellow passengers.
Also, be sure to check the allowed dimensions of your carry-on luggage with your airline. They're usually lenient about it, but just be safe.
You'll be fine. It's mostly just boring.
Now. The reason I actually replied to this thread - any plans for The Netherlands yet? Where are you staying? What are you going to see? What are you interested in?
Ps.
Even when you have something on you that isn't allowed there usually isn't a problem. I once had trouble at a layover in London on a flight from Seattle to Amsterdam. I had a jar of jam in my backpack that I bought at Seattle Airport and it wasn't sealed. So London security picked me out and asked about it. I just explained and it was all fine. They did take the jar of jam though.
In an airport in Greece my girlfriend and I were stopped at security because she had a butter knife in her purse. Honest mistake - she had taken it to work and when she took it back she forgot to take it out. When we explained we could even take it on the plane with us. It wasn't sharp anyway. And that was 2013, so not even that long ago.
And we also usually carry gum or even aspirine on the plane as well.
Anyone else here hates 'semi-permanent residents' at hostels?
I feel like they kill the atmosphere really. They're just there, supposedly travelling, but in actual fact just sitting there all day only entertaining the folks they know and not really engaging with the people.
Have had it many times now when I travel around and they suck the air out of the room. It's like you visit a workplace and you're the client and they're the staff.
>>1076314
>only entertaining the folks they know and not really engaging with the people.
Staying in a hostel for companionship is kind of sad in the first place. I think you should stop hoping other people entertain you on your travels. Travel with friends/family you know and get a hotel, or at least get out of the hostel and do things of your own accord.
>>1076318
Why is that 'sad'? Hostels are organized that way, to meet up with fellow travellers. They have common rooms for that specific reason.
I hate people who stay at hostels, period. Especially the type that apparently believes they are entitled to an extremely specific, carefully preconceived experience for 15 bucks a night and have the gall to become indignant when things don't work out as demanded.
Have you considered suicide, op?
You see on the internet all the time in articles and impressions from travelers that it is relatively inexpensive to travel most places around the world.
Can someone experienced travelers confirm whether this is true or not?
I, like many people, have never internationally traveled because I always assumed it was expensive. Thousands for a plane ticket and hundreds to eat and just do basic activities within the culture. I'm aware that you can travel to many places around the world on the cheap. But there is a huge difference between "traveling" and "vacationing". What I want to do is more similar to "vacation". In the few weeks that I'm at a location, I want to experience the culture as if I was a middle class citizen who lived there. I don't want to be restricted by living in a hostel or couchsurfing with a family of random people. I don't want to just "visit" places, I want to enjoy them.
It's hard to explain what I'm talking about but imagine the costs here in America if you lived in a big city and just wanted to have a fun night out on the town. Maybe visit a a decent restaurant, attend a sports game, go to a bar, see a movie, etc. This isn't something someone who has no money can do. Even a middle class person doing well for themselves with good full time job in the US only can afford to do these activities maybe once a week.
This is what I want to do, but in the context of another county. I want to go to a place like Sydney or Nice, learn about the culture first hand and experience what people do for leisure in their culture.
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Basically, what I'm asking is whether my idea of travel is similar to what people say when they claim "international travel is so cheap! It's so easy to visit anywhere you want in the world on a dime?". Or do they mean "You can travel internationally with barely any money, as long as you pinch every penny by flying at 3am in the morning on a shady airline, couch surfing with strangers so you don't have to pay rent or meals, eating meat and cheese sandwiches 3 meals a day with water and only doing activities that don't cost money like visiting landmarks, going on hikes, etc.
>>1076157
the latter. it's only "cheap' if you're quite wealthy to begin with.
The impression I get from /trv/ is of a bunch of penny-pinching NEETs who are losers in their own country but expect to be worshiped as exotic and intriguing species when they travel abroad. Hence all the questions about fucking Asian ladyboys and which country has the easiest girls.
Then you have the meme-tier posts about "how can I earn money while traveling" where the insufferable ESL autists and delusional blogger faggots like to chime in with their wisdom. Funny how they're always on 4chan on a Saturday night instead of enjoying the superior culture they claim to be enjoying.
There are many other travel discussion boards online where grown adults with jobs discuss how to game the flyer miles system and earn free nights in luxurious hotels. Anyone who pretends that staying in a dirty hostel out in the nigger-infested Bronx with a bunch Real Traveler TM stereotypes complete with dreadlocks over a night in a high-rise Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan is kidding themselves basically.
I'm going to Iran for 9 days. Anyone been there? Do you have any tips? Any important shit to know before going there? Any off the beaten track places to go? Thanks bros!
I'm assuming you're not an American, or you have family in Iran or something.
If that's not the case I know for a fact you can only travel in Iran with a state sanctioned guide. So wherever he takes you is where you're going. Have fun.
>>1076150
Same rules apply to Canadians and Brits btw.
I'm Czech, so I don't have to use the guide.
Bumperino
This evening i found this video with some "classical" iranian music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv_iUYV9uIg
It's mostly just a guitarist playing and some singers joining in later on. But it got me interested and i want to know about the security of travelling in near east. Can someone give me a resource i could read up regarding travelling in near east? Pictures of Teheran with the Damavand in the background are really fascinating.
>>1076051
I've never been to Iran but everyone who has gets super passionate about what a great place it is, and super pissed at any ideas to the contrary.
And I do mean everyone; I don't think it's possible to find a single negative review of travel to Iran. Even Rick Steves loved it.
And Iran's in the Middle East.
I've been to Iran. Loved it. You should go, everyone should go. But I hope you're not American, OP. Americans need guides accompanying them.
I brought the lonely planet phrasebook with me. Really helped me out a lot.
If you have any questions just ask.
>>1076096
I'm just worried about its security. I'm probably wrong tho, i just looked at the map again and realised iraq is inbetween iran and syria so it's probably not any more dangerous than visiting turkey or egypt
can you name some places to go? just some names i can throw at google
Okay so I decided I want to move to a ski town next season to focus on riding for a while. I never moved out of state and I'm curious about which resort out west would be the best for me to look into. I have experience waiting tables so finding a job shouldn't be a problem, but I'm trying not to break the bank while moving out there. Preferable I would like to live in a actual town at the base of the mouton, do you guys have any advice for me?
I worked ski patrol two seasons at a resort on Mt. Hood in oregon. I'll tell you right off the bat, if you're looking for a big mountain with lots of terrain and great snow this probably isn't the place for you. However if you're a park rat the crews up here keep the parks well maintained and switch it up often.
There's 3 main hills up here. Skibowl is the smallest but it's right in town and has the most night time terrain in the country. Timberline is a little further up the mountain, lots of good parks but a little flat. Skibowl and Timberline are sister resorts and if you buy a season pass it's good for both places. There's also Meadows, if the steepest and has the best terrain l but it's also the most expensive and get stupid busy on the weekends, I don't ever go there.
Government camp is the name of the town. It's a resort town first and foremost so it's not exactly cheap but you can find a bedroom to rent for $400-500 a month. If you don't have a car you everyone hitch hikes on hwy 26 around there and you can usually get a ride within a few minutes. There's even a trail down from Timberline into government camp and you can just ski right into town(if the snow pack is good enough).
If you have a car I'd suggest renting further down the mountain it's just cheaper and you can still get up the resorts in 15-20 mins.
That's just one place though, we're not the Rockies, we don't have world class riding, but we certainly are cheaper then those places. I'd look into the Montana as well. There's some awesome skiing out there too at some of the smaller resorts.
I'm always browsing, feel free to ask questions if you have any.
>>1076003
>Montana
This if you want great skiing without being too expensive. Bozeman is awesome because it's very cheap to live there and it's not super small. Plus there's tons of other shit to do when it's not winter. It's not right at the base of a mountain, but you're less than 30 minutes away from Bridger Bowl. And you've got Big Sky (better skiing) about an hour away. Big Sky is a nice place to live but it's much more expensive. However I have some ski bum friends that live up there, so it's definitely possible.
You're probably going to have to choose between world class skiing and being cheap. Don't think you can have both unless you're willing to live outside of the resort town. What else do you value in a place to live?
Look at Boise and Bogus Basin. There's better ski hills, but you get to live in a cheap college town, with good skiing 20 miles away.
I heard you guys know a thing or two about countries and stuff, so I'll just ask away.
I live in the prosperous land of Croatia, and I would like to attend university elsewhere in Europe.
Now seriously, I want to become independent and live by myself, but the problem is, you guessed it, money. Croatia is pretty corrupt regarding well, everything, including the universities, so I'd like to move.
Now, with all the religious crap going down in the Europe, where could I move and actually get some financial aid during my studies, to pay for the rent, school food and whatever else is needed?
First I thought Sweden, but soon after I backed the fuck out since I learned that the only people Swedes hate more than themselves, are the people from Balkans.
Next I thought Germany, but then again they have the same thing going on as Sweden.
Switzerland is too expensive unfortunately, and they also don't accept Crotards.
What about Austria? Are they screwed like the Germans and Swedes?
I'm sorry if I come off as ignorant or whatever you guys wish to call it, I'm not really all that well familiar with current situations in those countries desu and I think I might be over-exaggerating, and please correct me if I amt to be, so help me out here. I . I'm not a cunt like most people from the Balkans come oupromise I will adapt.
(also the reason I'm naming German speaking countries is because the only language I will soon be able to speak aside from English, is German)
>>1075784
>Next I thought Germany, but then again they have the same thing going on as Sweden.
Stop reading so much /int/, basement dweller. DAAD is fairly generous if you reach a certain level of German. No one has anything about Balkans people, bro, as long as you're not muslim. And no, Germany is not as bad as Sweden, by far.
I'd avoid Austria only because it's so small. You've got Vienna, and... Graz? Salzburg? Honestly, there's not much going on in the Austrian boondocks... People there do tend to be a bit more conservative and insular-minded. That's good for your /pol/-mindedness, maybe, but not when YOU are the foreigner.
>>1075784
Also, the uni in that picture... Viadrina. Don't do it.
>and I would like to attend university elsewhere in Europe
Unless you get a scholarship or do some form of student exchange, which naturally requires straight A's and shit, you need to be pretty wealthy to do this. Which i know you aren't, fellow croatian
Do you know the language? Did you consider specific universities? Which ones? Or do you just plan to throw a fucking dart on the map?
Your school ends in 5 months, and you need to know this shit well in advance.
Why don't you go to Germany, if you know german like you said, and get a job, then look for a college there? That's what my friend did, but in London.
And like said, stop reading so much /int/ and /pol/ faggot.
Sretno pederu
I'm thinking of going to Amsterdam to visit the Anne Frank House, but I don't speak a lick of Dutch. Am I fucked as soon as I leave the plane? Does the museum have an english tour?
jesus dude do some research next time.
pretty much everyone in the netherlands speaks english youll be fine
>>1075791
Oh, jah, we are Englishing of many speaks, much of a quality. OP should not to have of any trepidations in regarding to such nonsenses.
>>1075795
Sorry, I couldn't tell. Were you trying to say something, or just clearing your throat?
So im 20 yo virgin eastern europeanfag and I want to un-alive myself but I wont die fuckless and before death I want have some adventures for week or two. In bank account I have 3000 euros.
Any advice for travelling? It should be cheap 3rd world country with good hooker industry. Im thinking about Vietnam, Thailand or Philippines.
>>1075706
>wah i want to kill myself give me attention
you could have just asked about good hooker destinations without ll the drama.
But I guess you just want the attention.
Literally tumblr
>>1075707
Nah fag i just wanted to say that i dont need ticket back so some extra money, and that i dont care about safety like aids, criminals and etc (but still wont die in very first day) so u fags could give me better advice
>>1075715
Mexico. You can get all the cheap hookers and drugs you want, and the local drug cartels will probably kill you so its kinda like killing 2 birds with 1 stone if you know what i mean
Is anyone traveling for the super bowl? Anyone from the Bay Area seeing the effects of the super bowl being in town?I go to school and work near the stadium so I'm sure it'll be fucked.
Post travel plans and super bowl travel stories
>>1075654
>not renting out your room for 10x your rent
>>1075654
Traveling? Yeah. Traveling the fuck out of the SF area. Going to Hawaii for a week.
Hey /trv/ let's talk about Japanese Encephalitis. I'm planning a trip across Western Europe (2 wk), Eastern Europe (2 wk), Japan (3 wk), South Korea (1 wk), China (7 wk), Vietnam (2 wk), Thailand (2 wk), Laos (1 wk) and Cambodia (1 wk) from July 1st until December 20th of this year. I finished all my other vaccines today, but this JE vaccine has been a thorn in my side, and wanted to know what others have done. People seem to fall about 20% in favor of being vaccinated and the other 80% do without. My doctor said it wasn't necessary, as well as most people online, but CDC advises it for trips more than 1 month in length.
To make the thread more interesting, vaccine/medication/getting sick while traveling general thread. For this trip I'm taking antibiotics, malaria pills (Malarone), and am vaccinated for: Hep A, B, Typhoid, Polio, MMR, Chickenpox, Flu and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis.
I've lived in japan and traveled throughout asia for 3 years
Youre not going to get je. Save your money
>>1075590
Above poster is right that the risk of JE is almost vanishingly small. But the disease does still exist in rural Southeast Asia, and it has a roughly 25% fatality rate. So you almost certainly won't get it. But if you are profoundly unlucky and DO get it, you have a one in four chance of dying from it.
>Lived in Southeast Asia for eight years as a teen and 20something
>Had almost none of the recommended vacs
>Never got sick
>Got job as grownup requiring me to spend 6mo/yr in the region
>Had health insurance
>Got the shots.
You will probably be fine. But if you're not, it will suck. If you can afford it, I see no reason not to do it.
>>1075590
Honestly, since there is a vaccine, I'd get it. There isn't much treatment they do for encephalitis (whatever the cause), and high likelihood of dying. I'd consider 25% damn high. In my locality (Miami), people die from this all the time throughout the year from basic viral encephalitis. They even go to the E.R., get sent home, and die in a few hours. It's just that insane, probably witness about 3 deaths every few months, like kids in high schools. Yet, at the same time, as a Florida native, I don't get bitten by a bug but every couple of years. I simply avoid the dawn/dusk stuff, my house is screened and A/C'd anyway, and I avoid the pool if they're biting.
Mosquitos are attracted to sweat and specifically dried sweat on a person, not some mystery anymore why they like some people and its not their special blood, last I read. So will you be able to gtfo out of the way of mosquitos the moment you k realize they're around? Will you be contained indoors and control them on you? Will you wear repellant, dress suitably?
I don't like unnecessary drugs, but I wouldn't knock a CDC guideline. Glad you got the Hep A. That's key. I'd also wear a mask on the plane (or have a scarf or something handy) if you have a cougher nearby. I pull up a scarf a bit like I'm cold when I go to sleep.
Has anyone here ever gone through post-travel depression? If so, how did you shake it?
I spent a year and a half travelling through Australia and New Zealand by myself and had the time of my life. Now I've returned home, and I'm really having a difficult time becoming a functioning member of society again. Even before I came home, I had big plans of getting a job right away, joining a gym and getting back into good shape. But I've been back for nearly 3 months already, and I haven't done jack shit but smoke weed and sit on my ass. I'm living with my parents and they've been great, they support me financially and don't pressure me to do much. But my dad is very unhealthy and their marriage is unraveling and likely going to come to an end this year, so that's added to the stress. I've also lost touch with most of my old high school friends, so my social life is basically non existent. I have a college degree (accounting), but I've come to the realization that I want nothing to do with it because the jobs I've had in the past made me miserable.
I've found a masters program that I'm interested in pursuing, by I can't bring myself to even make the steps needed to apply. I'm currently forcing myself to stop smoking weed every night so I can get back on a normal sleep schedule, but it hasn't helped at all. I'm 24 years old and this is first time I've ever had any form of depression, so I have no idea how to deal with it. How do I find the motivation to be productive again?
>>1075521
Kill yourself, you degenerate swine.
>be me
>graduate high school
>most friends go off to college
>I stay around take a class or two at local community college to make parents happy, work a bunch and save money for travel
>no real friends because they all moved away, sometimes hang out with the other future burnouts that stuck around all they do is smoke weed and listen to music in this one kids basement
>a year goes by and I have enough money to travel
>have the fucking time of my life, meet awesome people, have great experience, stayed with exchange friends from high school
>spend 5 months there and come back in August
>get back into town and all my old highschool friends are there for the summer
>spend last two weeks of summer talking with old friends about my travels while getting to hear about their college experiences
>they leave
>life is suddenly empty
>no real friends, a year behind all my peers in school, no money
>get really drunk one night at fake friends house
>have to walk past train tracks to get home
>sit there crying waiting for a train to come
>fall asleep with my head on the tracks
>wake up at 4am and walk the rest of the way home
I would have actually killed myself that night if a train had come. I got over it eventually though, it was just really hard for the first couple months after I got back. I moved to a new city, went a real university and realized no one really cared if you were a few years older, most the people older than me even. Got my shit together, currently working as a paramedic and have been able to take more trips since then. In my experience if you travel to espace you're traveling for the wrong reasons but that's just my opinion.
I'm Canadian. I get depressed when I come back to Canada after a few months in the USA
Would it be a bad idea to fuck my girlfriend in a shared bathroom if I use airbnb?
t-thanks /trv/
What girlfriend?
>>1075526
Will post half nudes (not naked enough to be removed from this board) if you guys advise
>>1075519
>>107553
There is a very high chance that would annoy whoever else has to use that bathroom, yes.
Where the titties at cuz
So I'm going to London in the next days for the first time, I only have 3 days, where do I absolutely have to go?
Thanks in advance
>>1075500
C'mon, it's an enormous city, where to start? What sort of things are you interested in? I'm a native Londoner so can make suggestions....
>>1075503
What are the most memorable places you visited in London? Stores, Museums, Galleries, Restaurants, Parks... whatever comes to your mind
If you're looking for a night out theres loads of places in Dalston and shoreditch
Starting this Saturday, non-residents will be able to stay in China for a whole six days without a visa, according to a ruling by China's Ministry of Public Security.
The policy decrees that foreigners entering China via Shanghai, Hangzhou (Xiaoshan International Airport), Nanjing (Lukou International Airport) can take advantage of the new 144-hour visa scheme, providing they're transiting to another country afterwards. They can also depart China from any of these ports of entry.
Oh, but you have to be from one of the following 51 countries:
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. Switzerland, UAE, UK, Ukraine, US
The current regulations state that 17 cities across China can allow foreign visitors visa-free access for up to 72 hours, providing that they're transiting through China on their way to a third country. The extension of this visa-free transit time throughout Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu is the first of its kind in China and suggests the government is employing new tactics to attract tourists back to China, after experiencing yet another year of declining inbound tourism.
So I'm planning on using the trans siberian railroad and finishing in Beijing. So if I do that I only got three days to fuck around? That is lame
>>1075545
>So I'm planning on using the trans siberian railroad and finishing in Beijing. So if I do that I only got three days to fuck around? That is lame
Assuming you're heading into Beijing from Vladivostok by rail, no, you don't even have three days. The 72hr program is only valid if you're entering Beijing by air. You'll need to buy a visa anyway.
South African passports get fucked again for no reason. We can travel visa free to Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, New Zealand, all of South America etc. but we can't be trusted on mainland China. So much for BRICS!
