The exploration of the world’s beauty is possible only by traveling. Traveling helps people to incorporate the meaning of the perplexing world. People can stifle in the exquisite world themselves. The learned world is denser than experienced. So, while traveling people should take certain vigilantes while traveling.

And don’t forget to book your transportation here.

Here are 10 things not to do while traveling:

1. Don’t limit travel search to only popular travel portals

It’s not good mere storing at websites of the big players travel as that will reduce the chances to find a good deal. Expand the sense of knowledge and check out the domains that are flourishing in the market even if they aren’t that popular yet. There are likely to find awesome deals and offers on such portals as compared to biggies.

2. Don’t dine near a major tourist spot

If you really want a taste of the city’s delicious, popular local cuisine, seldom eat at restaurants and diners sitting near a tourist attraction. It’s only after they’ve lured us in with grand interiors and a promise of the finest dining experience in the city will make us realized that their overpriced food is only half as good as the real price.

3. Don’t be afraid to go off the beaten track

We shouldn’t limit ourselves to the arena of our hotel room and crowded tourist spots. Also venture out to more promising places, like a village, all towns or that café down the street. Having communication with locals helps to unexplored natural beauty like waterfalls, jungle, an uninhabited island. It will turn out to be more enriching than any monument or museum visit.

4. Addiction towards smartphones ruined the holiday

Leave the constant urge to check your phone behind. If you do so will not able to enjoy where we currently are. Social media check-ins, chats, and our office chores can wait. The only technology we should include our packing is our travel gadgets, like a camera and charger adaptor.

5. Don’t take photographs without permission

Be aware of taking pictures without permission. Always be sensitive to what situation you and the person is in and always Ask First. It’s never worth getting into travel with locals when we are miles away from our city or country.

6. Never take safety for granted

Travelers usually tend to overlook safety concerns when they are in unknown countries, not realizing it can get them into trouble in the most unexpected situation and places. For instance, we mustn’t walk alone after dark in countries tagged as ‘safe and friendly’, stay in a hotel without checking is reviews beforehand, consult a map in public appear lost in unknown places and asked hundreds of people for directions.

7. Never accept bags from strangers

In foreign airports, especially we might meet exotic people who have gone over baggage limits and request us to pass off one of their bags as us. We shouldn’t do it we don’t know what those bags contain. Politely but firmly decline. it’s good to be kind; it’s better to save, especially when we are traveling if they start muttering about how are, we are, ignore them. Let them hate you; all the love in the world won’t save you if those bags happen to contain illegal bags contain.

8. Criticize or share your opinion about the culture, politics or any other taboo subject

When we are away, we will soon realize that: no, that’s not how things are done at home! But that’s the reason why we explore the world, is it not? We travel to discover different ways of life in a lot of travel. Save thoughts for when we go back home and share our experiences with our friends and family.

9. Leave without getting proper travel insurance

We don’t like to imagine the worsts, but wellbeing away it’s better to stay on the safe sides and never leave without travel insurance. A good travel insurance coverage will relive us from unnecessary stress. We can be the most careful traveler and very rarely engage in any type of extreme activities, but no one is protected against a fluke we probably don’t comprehend the magnitude of certain offenses such as drunk driving, engaging in illegal activities and even drug possession. Remember that something might seem trivial in our home country but that is considered a serious crime in other countries.

10. Assume everyone speaks English and be offended when they don’t understand

Unless we are traveling in an English speaking country don’t expect everyone able to communicate with us. It doesn’t matter how slow or loudly speak they won’t understand us just as we don’t and to get out of the environment we know so well. We might not agree with the politics or culture of the country we are traveling to but as a visitor, it is our duty to keep our opinion to yourself. Not only could it be interpreted as rude as insensitive, in some places, this could land us understand them to think about a reverse situation if someone visits our country and speaks to us in a foreign language we would also look at them dumbfounded. It’s our responsibility as a visitor to try to learn a few basic words to help us communicate.

If we kept these things in our mind before traveling we would never be enmeshed.

Saajh Khadka

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