10 Ways to Be a Less Annoying Travel Companion

from The Independent Traveler website

"Traveling with other folks is like a crucible; without careful monitoring of pressure and temperature, things can very quickly get hot enough to melt someone at some point. Having a battery of tactics toward being a good traveling companion can keep your trip (and your friendship) from going up in flames."


Here's their top Ten Ways to Be Less Annoying



1. Disappear now and then
2. Have a good time when you're apart, and share when you return.
3. Adjust to your companion's traveling style.
4. When it is time to move, move. 
5. Have an opinion.
6. Do what you are best at. 
7. Don't nick the other person's stuff without asking. 
8. Pay your fair share, but don't overreact about money.
9. Roll with it.
10. Don't judge.

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Here's a few tips that I would add:


11. Don't empty out your suitcase/make-up bag/ backpack/shopping bags all over the room, especially if we're moving on to another hotel room in a day or two. 
12. When using the toilet for what should be personal reasons, shut the darn door!  Ewwwww.
13. Related to #12, if there is a fan option in the toilet, please use it. 
14. We didn't travel 8000 miles across the globe to watch MTV or The Andy Griffith Show, damnit. News shows and weather forecasts are okay, however. And watching anything in the native language can be fun and instructive, so that's okay in moderation.
15. Remember that your roommate is not your mother. 


Yours in Travel and Adventure,