I figured I'd wear my favorite touristy
Travel shirt for this video since this
is 20 stupid tourist mistakes not to
make now some of these are quite obvious
others you might not even think of but
let's go through them all so that you
aren't a stupid tourist when you're out
traveling the world because no one wants
that
assuming Google knows the right address
now like 90% of the time Google Maps is
good and I'll get you where you need to
go but anytime there is listed out
instructions on getting to a place print
out those instructions have those
instructions with you because there are
a lot of like back alleys special doors
and specific ways to get places that GPS
and Google Maps can't quite get you to
that exact location
assuming service staff is there to serve
you different countries means different
customs and mannerisms within those
customs vary a lot so sometimes when
somebody might seem rude to you in
response to something or how they behave
it honestly might just be their custom
they might just be a more blunt more
direct way of speaking that you are not
used to like in North America or really
polite other parts of the world not so
much assuming everybody can speak
English now for most of the world you
can get by with English pretty darn good
but assuming that everybody will speak
English everywhere you go it's kind of a
stupid tourist thing to do so it's
always good to kind of brush up on a few
key phrases having Google Translate with
you or a phrase book it's always a
really good idea just in case you get
stuck in the situation where they don't
speak English not carrying toilet paper
or tissues tissues work as toilet paper
as well a lot of toilets around the
world that you are gonna be using a lot
of public toilets don't have toilet
paper that's not something that is a
necessity to toilets I know in North
America toilet paper is like a duh
but it's really not neither is running
water so kind of have some of your purse
you'll need it later you'll thank me
not having change for washrooms believe
it or not washrooms cost money around
the world those can come as a surprise
people who've never paid for a washroom
but it does make logical sense be
because somebody needs to maintain that
washroom and that cost money which then
comes from you the user of those
washrooms
so having changed to use those washrooms
kind of an important thing um then again
if you don't have change you can always
kind of ask the person behind you in
line and they're generally pretty nice
about that and they'll lend you some
change not having small change for tips
especially when you first drive into a
country and if it's a very tip heavy
country having those small bills is
really important right when you get
there because there's a lot of awkward
situations that I've been in where I
didn't have small bills and then I felt
really bad because I wasn't able to tip
because I literally had either no money
or no small bills
so not packing snacks especially if you
have a dietary requirement having a few
snacks in your bag is so crucial to not
get the case of hangry and no one wants
to be hangry they're just hungry angry
no one likes that when you're traveling
so just having some snacks when you're
kind of in between meals is a lifesaver
buying the cheapest flight in 2017 the
way that most airlines make their
profits and the way that most airlines
are now heading towards is the budget
airline model where they kind of
separate all the charges that you are
gonna pay for your fare so their initial
fare looks the cheapest which is one of
the reasons when you purchase it but
then they will charge you for every
little things the biggest 1/4 baggage so
while you think you might be booking the
cheapest flight if it's $60 for a bag
each way that's a hundred and twenty
dollars additional added on to your
flight that you don't initially see when
you purchase your tickets that might not
be the cheapest flight anymore really
calculate all of the extra costs into
your flight before you select that
airline also a quick side note I
actually did a whole video on how to
book cheap flights I'll just leave a
link down below not arranging your hotel
and airport transfers when you arrive
off the plane how are you going to get
to your accommodation there are a
variety of ways and a variety of prices
that are associated with those ways so
research and figure out what is the best
price is it taking a hotel shuttle
that's the courtesy shuttle that the
hotels provide is it taking a just
generic shuttle that is available to you
is it taking an uber is it taking a cab
or is it taking the public bus there's a
variety of ways
poor accommodation location there's a
lot more to booking accommodation than
just price location Location Location
and you will pay for that in the price
if you don't choose the right location
meaning that if it's gonna cost you a
lot of money to get to the places that
you want to go to in places you want to
see is there restaurants and places to
eat around your accommodation there have
been many times where I've booked
cheaper accommodations and found out
that there is nowhere to eat where I was
so I was constantly having to go out to
get food any time I wanted to eat which
was really annoying and it cost me a lot
of more extra money planning things
during meal times
again with the hangry thing no one likes
to be a hangry traveler so if you're
planning activities that are gonna kind
of go through a meal time either know
where you can buy food when you're on
that activity or pack food with you
because there's nothing worse than being
on a tour or seeing amazing sights and
all you can think of is how hungry you
are and then you get annoyed and then
you get tired and then you get hangry
dressing like a tourist now I feel like
this is one of the most obvious ones but
it's also one of the most important for
safety reasons because when you dress
like a tourist yes stand out so dress
kind of like the locals don't wear
flashy things don't carry your camera
around your neck the entire time because
those draw attention to you and you
really don't want that as a tourist
again for safety reasons so how do your
camera tucked away when you're not using
it and then you'll blend in a lot better
buying souvenirs on day one so this is
kind of a tricky one because obviously
if you see a souvenir that you love and
the beginning of your trip you want to
buy it but if it is a larger souvenir or
if it's a more fragile souvenir if
you're at the beginning of your trip
just ship it home like so you don't have
to deal with it in your luggage for the
entire rest of your trip it'll save you
so much hassle really it's worth it in
the long run of course if you can save
your souvenir shopping to the end of
your trip that's better but as you know
these things don't always work out as we
planned so shipping remember you can
ship stuff flaunting your stuff in your
hood
tell or your car now what I mean by this
is actively packing away valuables and
stuff in your car in public spaces you
don't want people to know that you are
now leaving your car with all of this
luggage sitting there so don't pack
those in the place that you were parking
pack those outside of the place that
you're parking same goes for hostiles if
you're sharing dorms you don't want to
be taking out all your electronics and
then packing them away in your hostel if
there's not going to be locked if it's
locked that's a different story and
they're in lockers that's fine but if
you're just gonna like pack all your
expensive or valuable things and then
just kind of leave it there how do you
know how well you can trust those other
people in your hostel you don't want to
give thieves the opportunity to steal
something for you they might not set
have set out to do that but if they see
an opportunity they might just take it
so don't give them that taking pictures
of everything now I know you're really
excited to be traveling to these places
but if you are gonna go around and
literally snap thousands of photos of
every single thing on your trip when you
get home I guarantee it you are not
gonna want to go through those albums
you're not gonna want to sort through
those photos because there will be
literally thousands of photos and in
which case you've just wasted a whole
bunch of time on your trip
taking all these useless photos that
you're never gonna look at and you're
never really going to use taking
pictures of only the tourist spots you
kind of want to be in between of taking
photos of everything and taking photos
of only the tourist spots because
they're gonna be a lot more moments that
you're gonna want to remember that it's
not just being at this one Monument or
seeing this one Museum or site so take a
mixture of photos but don't go snap
crazy and don't just take photos of
tourist spots taking inappropriate
photos in holy places in spiritual
places in natural disasters and places
you're literally not allowed to take
photos of don't be that person nobody
likes
that person there were reasons why you
cannot take photos of that please
respect that and be a good person and
just observe with your eyes most of
these places you can find photos online
much better than any of your sneaky
gorilla photos will be breaking the law
again this might seem like a duh you
don't want to break the law but you
really don't want to break the law in
other countries because other countries
are rules and Punishment are very
different than your own
so while something might seem like oh
you might get a slap on the wrist for
that you could go to jail for many many
years I'm not joking please research the
rules and regulations to any country or
visiting in regards to the locks there's
a lot of really weird laws that are not
common where you live but in other
places of the world that you can get
into trouble for respect that they are
their own country that they have their
own rules and laws and that should be
abided by when you are a visitor
to that country assuming pedestrians
have the right-of-way historians don't
always have the right-of-way in other
countries in the world so it is your job
as a pedestrian to know this and to look
out for cars yourself don't just cross
crosswalks assuming cars will stop for
you because there's a crosswalk there
doesn't always work in places around the
world so uh don't get hit by cars it's a
pretty good tip I think haggling to the
last dollar yes we all love getting a
good bargain and in many places around
the world in markets and in vendors they
expect you to negotiate they expect you
to barter and haggle but there's a
degree of haggling and bartering when
you're in these countries there is a
level and there's a fine price point
that they won't go any further on and
don't get mad at them if they don't want
to budge theirs are probably a reason
it's because that is how much the thing
costs for them and if you're trying to
negotiate that last dollar on these
small little items like these are these
people's livelihood that last dollar
we're so lucky that last dollar might
not mean a lot to us in the long run but
to them that can mean feeding their kids
for the day especially in these poor
country is that last dollar can mean a
lot so please be respectful when you are
negotiating and when you're haggling and
don't go all crazy rude and get swept up
in it because these these are real
people and these are their jobs and
they're their lives and they're just
trying to make a living for themselves
and their family all right so there you
go that is my 20 student tourist
mistakes not to make I hope that it's
just enlighten you so that you will not
become a stupid tourist now I actually
made a whole other video a while back
about 25 rookie travel mistakes not to
make there are another 25 more tips for
you if you are interested in the video
is right there so you can go click that
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you've made any of these stupid tourist
mistakes before I won't fault you for it
we've all been there we've all done that
and if you have any other mistakes that
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