4 Frustrating Situations You Can Encounter with International Travel and How to Deal with it
- By Jessica Elmore
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- 10 Nov, 2016
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Long and/or unexpected layovers
Losing your passport
The language barrier
The little things that can actually be a big deal
When traveling internationally we are ever-aware that our environment is different, in little ways and in some pretty big ways. Although most people have been warned about some of the local laws they will encounter before departure, be prepared to do a bit more research on your own. For example, in Singapore it is illegal to litter (as like many countries), but did you know that a littering sentence there can include jail time? Singapore has a reputation for being one of the cleanest cities in the world, and chewing gum in public is actually against the law too.
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