{"id":88612,"date":"2013-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/a-few-great-airplane-etiquette-tips\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:17","slug":"a-few-great-airplane-etiquette-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/a-few-great-airplane-etiquette-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"A few great airplane etiquette tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?attachment_id=28811\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28811\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5976264120_7476b52226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A lot of people have no idea how to behave on a plane.\u00a0We all know what it&#8217;s like to sit next to that\u00a0inconsiderate\u00a0person. You know the one? Sighing loudly when you ask to go to bathroom or those who recline their seat so far back that your legs lose all feeling in them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To make sure you&#8217;re not one of these folks, read these handy airplane etiquette tips:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>First things first. Try to arrive on time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There&#8217;s nothing worse than a panting, screaming adult who is about to miss their flight. Arrive early, get yourself a magazine or browse at duty-free. When it comes to travelling etiquette, always rather safe than sorry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Clearly mark your bag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All black bags basically look the same, so be sure to set your bag apart by using a coloured ribbon or sticker to make sure you don&#8217;t take someone else&#8217;s luggage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Be kind to parents travelling with children<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don&#8217;t immediately assume the worst when a mother with a baby sits down next to you. Chances are the baby might fall asleep quickly and might even tug at your heartstrings a little with their cuteness. Not all babies are screaming monsters!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Never wake your neighbour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don&#8217;t nudge your\u00a0neighbours\u00a0awake when the air hostess comes round for a drinks order. Leave it to the hostess to decide whether to wake the person next to you or not &#8211; you never know what their reaction might be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>No shoving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everyone wants to get off the plane first, yet try not to go the route of shoving your way through everyone to get to the front first. If you have a connecting flight that you\u00a0urgently\u00a0need to catch, let the hostess know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of people have no idea how to behave on a plane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":88613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,459],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-up-in-the-air-travel","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A few great airplane etiquette tips | Travelstart Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A lot of people have no idea how to behave on a plane.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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