Poor hygiene, oversized carry-on luggage and boisterous children rank high on the list of top travel peeves, according to a recent Rudeness Poll conducted by Travelocity. When travelers were surveyed as to their biggest travel gripes this is what they had to say. Top 10 rudest travel behaviors:
- When flying, our least favorite seatmate is someone who has poor hygiene (45%) or is coughing or sneezing (30%.)
- The most irritating on-board behavior is the passenger who kicks our seat (50%).
- The most bothersome fellow travelers to encounter during a vacation are arguing families (31%), boisterous kids (28%) and rowdy college students (24%).
- We dread it when our seatmate is obese. More than 80% of respondents feel that large passengers should be seated in two seats. While more than one-third of respondents believe that the large customer should be required to pay for that second seat, fully 44% think an obese passenger should be accommodated at no extra cost.
- Getting on the plane: Passengers who wrestle with larger-than-allowed carry-on luggage topped the list of irritations when boarding a plane, according to 29% of all poll respondents.
- Getting off the plane: Overwhelmingly, travelers who rush to deplane before those ahead of them are the most annoying, according to 57% of respondents.
- Boisterous kids are a common annoyance for travelers, but people traveling without children are twice as likely to be bothered by them (30%) as those traveling with children in tow (15%).
- Respondents say children running in restaurants (35%) and touching food at a buffet (33%) are their biggest pet peeves when it comes to kid travelers.
- More than half of respondents think parents should remove a misbehaving child from a public setting and a significant one-third feel that such children should be reprimanded.
- Travelers with children have different complaints. They are more likely to be bothered by topless sunbathers, men in Speedos and unattended kids at the pool.
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