9 Annoyingly Pretentious Things Travellers Say

Travel is meant to humble you, but that’s not the case for the pretentious tourists. (Insert #1 “I’m a traveller, not a tourist”).  And because we’re avid tourists travellers too, we may or may not be picking up phrases from our own use…

Read also: The 7 types of travellers you meet

#1 “I am Soooo jet-lagged”

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3am tweet: “Is anyone up?”

Two weeks after coming back from a trip. Sure jet lag is never any fun, but what’s the right response here? Trick question — it’s this article on how to combat jet lag.

#2 “Sorry, I only have Euro dollars on me”

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What country are all your coins from anyway?

Tries to pay with foreign coins. Fails.

#3 “I know the BEST place for Banh Mi

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Some (pretentious travellers) even say it’s one of the 10 Asian street food you absolutely need to try

While they’re probably right, we’re too hungry to argue.

#4 “I’m Kind of a Buddhist Now”

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(But not really)

Perhaps after finding spirituality at these places?

#5 “I Feel Like a European Soul, You Know?”

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Owning Prada doesn’t mean you’re Italian at heart

Nope, don’t know.

#6 “You’ve Seen One Temple, You’ve Seen Them All”

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To be fair, they do look alike

Bet you haven’t seen all 8 of the most beautiful places of worship though.

#7 “I Need a Vacation”

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Side note: we can help with that

We all do.

#8 “I Can’t Drink Regular Coffee Anymore”

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Seriously, there’s better coffee out there

Turkish coffee, that stuff will ruin your forever.

#9″#Wanderlust”

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(But really, this

is how you get more likes on Instagram)It does make your Instagram famous…

You had me at luxury villas

 Photo credits: Main, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

 

Diandra Soliano

Our resident Wander Woman with a passion for languages, big cities and bronzer. When she's not listening to The Smiths a little too loudly at the office (after hours!), she can be found singing along to the soundtrack of Les Miserables with her two cats for an audience.

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