Thank you Union Street Guest House in Hudson, NY. Thank you for proving to the world that I am not the only person who has difficulty conveying dry humor in written form. My comedic failings don’t hold a candle to the “joke” posted on the Union Street Guest House’s website.
Here on ThreadTripping we don’t shy away from frank discussions about mental illnesses that afflict frequent travelers. From Post Trip Depression (PTD) to Post Redemption Anxiety (PRA) we have covered the gamut – from “P” to “P”. Today we draw your attention to another condition that affects travelers – Packer’s Panic Disorder.
littlesheep recently asked fellow travelers to name the “most disappointing places you have been to”. Not necessarily the least picturesque or most boring – rather places people desired to go but once they finally got there it didn’t live up to the hype.
There are first-world problems … and then there are FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS. Feeling a bit uncomfortable when the hotel housekeeper demands to clean your room while you are still in it is a Class 1 first-world problem. Returning to your room after a short trip to the front desk to find the door propped open, the housekeeper busily cleaning away, and your wife still unaware in the shower – that has to rate at least a Class 5!
Italy gets a lot of love, and deservedly so. But just across the Adriatic Sea resides a country that is on par with Italy in many respects but enjoys far less trumpeting – Croatia. And butting right up alongside Italy is Slovenia – a country that might receive even less fanfare than Croatia.
The three most popular posts/thread on ThreadTripping last week, as well as a list of all of the travelers and travel communities that were featured over the course of the week.
As a white, heterosexual male who grew up in a middle-class family in the U.S., there are many hardships that I have never had to face, or really even consider. So, when I came across this discussion in which a would-be traveler asks for advice as to how he and his boyfriend should handle the bedroom arrangements on their planned trip to Egypt it took be aback.
Have you ever wondered what a restaurant or hotel has to pay or do to get featured on a state-owned highway exit sign? Yeah, me neither. But Rogarven has. What’s more, he posed the question to the traveling public and the answer turns out to be quite interesting indeed.
You might be asking yourself, where exactly is a post titled “Hookers, Blow and Round-the-World Tickets” headed. Why, to FlyerTalk of course.
In a previous post I commented that there might be no freer form of modern mechanical transportation than the humble personal car. On second thought, a car might take second place to the classic recreational vehicle; better known simply as an RV.
