This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at CU Boulder chapter.
After dropping my sister off at the airport, I started thinking of annoying things girls tend to do when they travel. We’ve all seen “that girl” at parties, in class and around campus. And let’s be honest, we’ve all been “that girl” at one time or another. But, one of the most annoying times to encounter “that girl” is while you’re traveling. While we can’t guarantee an escape from “that girl” over your Spring Break, this will help you avoid being her.
- Don’t be “that girl” who packs at the last minute and holds everyone up because you can’t fit the Marc Jacobs heels you ABSOLUTELY NEED in your stuffed suitcase.
- Don’t be “that girl” who forgets something and remembers after you’re already on the road…or worse, at your destination.
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Don’t be “that girl” traveling in
- PINK velour jumpsuit (there’s easier and less tacky ways to be comfortable)
- Sunglasses inside…who are you? The Situation?
- Heels, blinging jewelry and your going-out dress…Trust me, people aren’t staring because they admire you’re impeccable style.
- Don’t be “that girl” who forgot the 3oz rule and embarrassingly gets all her products thrown out
- Don’t be “that girl” who neglected to put all her cosmetics in a plastic baggie and holds up the entire crowd while security checks her toothpaste, shampoo, sunscreen, lotions, lip gloss, aloe vera, make-up remover, and any other cosmetics for explosives
- Don’t be “that girl” who obnoxiously chats on her phone absurdly loud at the gate and on the plane until the stewardess forced her to hang up. This goes for road-trips, train rides and basically any mode of transportation ever.
- Don’t be “that girl” who tries to force an enormous suitcase into the overhead bin. Don’t make me suffer because you had to bring three different jackets to Mexico.
- Don’t be “that girl” who has to go to the bathroom constantly. Plan ahead before you’re annoying an entire plane, car or trainload of people who have to keep stopping, moving or watching you walk by.
- Don’t be “that girl” who gets drunk on the plane. We acknowledge your effort and understand you want to get the party started early, but there’s nothing worse than being stuck next to someone who spontaneously gets beer tears, passes out snoring or insists on slurring their life story to you.
- DO be “that girl” that takes pictures of virtually everything. While there will probably be plenty of things you don’t remember and even more things you don’t want to remember…the evidence will be worth some laughs for the way home, even if no one else ever sees them.