HOW TO TELL A TRAVELER FROM A TOURIST?
A traveler knows the name of 3 cheap guidebooks.
A traveler uses the internet daily.
A traveler works only temporary jobs.
A traveler ask what day it is, and a tourist wants to know the time.
A traveler refuses to take the same path home.
A traveler buys a one way ticket.
A traveler doe not have a mobile phone, a tourist does.
A traveler does not iron their clothes.
A traveler always knows the price of something before they make a purchase.
A traveler never says, "But it's so cheap." They always want it cheaper.
A traveler travels other place then the USA and Europe
A traveler walks slow a tourist walks fast..
A traveler knows better then to pay for a meal with a credit card.
A traveler will explain in U.S. dollars because they know the world uses
dollars.
A traveler will know how to say hello in many languages.
A traveler has a piece of clothing from more than five countries in their bag.
A traveler normally travels and an independent or solo traveler as the
girlfriend or boyfriend needs to return to the nest.
A traveler has slept with bedbugs on more than one occasion!
A traveler changes routes, itineraries, schedules and wanders the planet.
A traveler never stays in one location more than three months.
A traveler calculates the distance in terms of time, normally calculates by bus
travel time.
A traveler does not turn down free.
A traveler feels no compulsion to tip because they know this is not a world
custom.
A traveler knows that to go everywhere on the planet they cannot avoid getting
dirty.
A traveler does not read Hobo Travel Tips or Blogger because they do not have
time or the money.
A traveler does not know when they are going home.
A traveler has nothing at home, because they have no home.
A traveler does not buy souvenirs because they are not going home.
A traveler does give to beggars unless it is obvious the person cannot work.
A traveler know the best way to do laundry is to do one to three pieces in the
shower daily.
(Wade)
TOURIST
A tourist will have the bellman carry the bags,
and the taxi waiting at the door.
A tourist buys a round trip ticket.
A tourist buys an around the world plane ticket.
A tourist believe the other tourist know what they are doing.
A tourist only thinks in terms of airplane travel time.
A tourist pays with a credit card.
A tourist always tips.
A tourist buys travelers checks in their home country.
A tourist wants to rent a car.
A tourist has an itinerary
A tourist pays what the taxi driver tell him or her, did not negotiate.
A tourist spend money freely because they are going back to
their job.
A tourist knows they are going home.
A tourist gives money to beggars because they do not know they are making more.
A tourist does not read HoboTraveler.com travel tips because they do not
understand.
RESTAURANTS
A tourist will focus on the types of food served, and a traveler will focus
on the price.
SOME NORMAL, HOWEVER MAYBE BAD CHARACTERISTICS
I NOTICED IN TRAVELERS.
A traveler is extremely selfish.
A traveler will figure out ways to cheat people, not big, however short change a
deal.
A traveler does not feel guilty when a person gives them too much change, or
does not force them to pay.
A traveler will find the loophole in the system.
A traveler does not feel the need to pay taxes, they owe the government of their
country nothing.
A traveler will find a way to get on the dole, collect unemployment, or free
medical, they abuse the system.
A traveler believes they know more than the guidebooks.
A traveler will wish to be anonymous, they do not want their picture taken, they
are hiding something.
A traveler will not work hard, they put in the minimums.
STORIES told by Travelers
How I was cheated
Taxi stories
Girl stories
Best place for this or that.
Beggar stories
Worst hotel stories
How cheap I have lived in this or that place.
Which countries spit the most.
Toilet Stories
What is a Real Traveler?
This is a myth, legend, however fun to postulate and antagonize.
A real traveler goes to places on there own and lives in place where there
is no tourist.
A real traveler avoids any hotel, restaurant, train, or method of the lemmings.
A real traveler will be the first one to a new place, and the first one to leave
a NEW place.
WHAT IS A TRAVELER?
A traveler has no plans for going home, therefore he or she will constantly
dwell on ways to keep traveling, they will sacrifice most conveniences in
exchange for one more day traveling. They will calculate how much everything
cost in terms of how much to live one more day on the road.
Wade of Song of the Open Road has posted a true
traveler explanation.
http://canciondelvagabundo.blogspot.com/2007/09/traveller.html
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