I have never, not once “smelled the bathroom” on a flight, even while IN the bathroom.
Either I have been profoundly lucky on all of the dozens of globe-rounding I’ve taken in my life, or some of these consideration points are fabricated entirely from an anxious mind and are better left out of your planning process.
Looking over my life and my balance on “luck”, I am inclined to believe it is the latter.
You are either profoundly lucky or have a very different sense of smell than I do. Based on my own flight experiences, I wouldn't take a seat within 3-4 rows of a bathroom no matter how much more leg room it offered me than other options - and I'm over 6 feet tall and just about always wishing for more room in an airplane seat.
Yeah user reviews are about as unreliable to me as anything. People love to exaggerate or just plain fabricate all kinds of issues.
For me, the only question is what is actually important to me? Is the lack of a window or exact window placement actually an important aspect of your flight? Enough to consider spending more by itself? Enough to discourage you from spending more on an otherwise ideal upgrade? Being informed is definitely important, but spending time worrying about exactly how much window view you may or may not get or the precise temperature range (which is a crapshoot on every flight anyway) just seems like worrying for worrying's sake.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Last time I had a seat near the bathroom I had dickheads leaning on my seat the entire journey, making it move every time. It was hell. Never again.
I have never, not once “smelled the bathroom” on a flight, even while IN the bathroom.
Either I have been profoundly lucky on all of the dozens of globe-rounding I’ve taken in my life, or some of these consideration points are fabricated entirely from an anxious mind and are better left out of your planning process.
Looking over my life and my balance on “luck”, I am inclined to believe it is the latter.
You are either profoundly lucky or have a very different sense of smell than I do. Based on my own flight experiences, I wouldn't take a seat within 3-4 rows of a bathroom no matter how much more leg room it offered me than other options - and I'm over 6 feet tall and just about always wishing for more room in an airplane seat.
Over six feet is for sure a major concern, and I would say the primary factor.
I will also not rule out allergies/muted sense of smell, but the idea of an airplane bathroom haveing any kind of smell is equal parts baffling and profoundly upsetting to me.
I will also allow that the airline I tend to fly has an above average cleaning regimen.
What airline are we talking about here?
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KetarCome on upstairswe're having a partyRegistered Userregular
I have never, not once “smelled the bathroom” on a flight, even while IN the bathroom.
Either I have been profoundly lucky on all of the dozens of globe-rounding I’ve taken in my life, or some of these consideration points are fabricated entirely from an anxious mind and are better left out of your planning process.
Looking over my life and my balance on “luck”, I am inclined to believe it is the latter.
You are either profoundly lucky or have a very different sense of smell than I do. Based on my own flight experiences, I wouldn't take a seat within 3-4 rows of a bathroom no matter how much more leg room it offered me than other options - and I'm over 6 feet tall and just about always wishing for more room in an airplane seat.
Over six feet is for sure a major concern, and I would say the primary factor.
I will also not rule out allergies/muted sense of smell, but the idea of an airplane bathroom haveing any kind of smell is equal parts baffling and profoundly upsetting to me.
I will also allow that the airline I tend to fly has an above average cleaning regimen.
What airline are we talking about here?
United, American, Delta, BA, Lufthansa, Alitalia and any other I can think of really. All airline bathrooms that I can recall have a chemical smell from whatever it is they use to tamp down the human smells. That chemical smell is extremely offputting to me, and I'd much rather deal with a cramped seat on a long flight than having to experience that smell frequently.
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I got a 3 hour coach ride on Monday and someone took a dump halfway and made the coach stink of poop for the rest of the journey.
With the exception of maybe having a medical condition that means they need to poop urgently, WHY.
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Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
I guess plan your travel in whatever way makes you most comfortable once you're on the plane. I generally don't bother with extra legroom but DO try to pre-select seats that will let me debark earlier, window for flights under 4 hours and aisle for flights over four hours. I also research what airport layovers will let me take a shower, because sponging yourself clean-ish with a paper towel in the loo sucks.
In related news, I'll be in Hong Kong next weekend but on a super tight budget because of my upcoming U.S. trip, and I haaate it. Stupid budgets. I'm only going to be there Friday night through Monday morning and then I'll take the ferry to Shekou in Shenzhen and go to work there for the week, but my ability to burn money like it's pretend bills in the hungry ghost festival should not be underestimated.
Shenzhen shouldn't be quite so expensive (famous last words) because it's China, and I usually just get coffee and go to the Carrefour by the hotel for my breakfast food. And then I'll be in Shanghai for another four and a half days, but since my parents live there now, I will be imposing on their hospitality for the duration.
Tangential question: what's a good Singapore gift to bring to Chinese coworkers for the mid-autumn festival? Salted egg yolk fish skin? Bakkwa?
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
I do enjoy extra legroom because of tallness, but a lot of those seats also have the benefit of not having the seat in front of you shoved in your face the whole flight. Being able to just step over peoples legs getting in/out of the seat is a big plus on overnight flights too (or not having to get up if you're aisle).
Been flying too much this year so now I'm a Flying Blue Gold member. Doubt I'll be lucky enough to get any upgrades out of it, but free SkyPriority and lounge access plus 50% discount on special seats is nice.
I have never, not once “smelled the bathroom” on a flight, even while IN the bathroom.
Either I have been profoundly lucky on all of the dozens of globe-rounding I’ve taken in my life, or some of these consideration points are fabricated entirely from an anxious mind and are better left out of your planning process.
Looking over my life and my balance on “luck”, I am inclined to believe it is the latter.
You are either profoundly lucky or have a very different sense of smell than I do. Based on my own flight experiences, I wouldn't take a seat within 3-4 rows of a bathroom no matter how much more leg room it offered me than other options - and I'm over 6 feet tall and just about always wishing for more room in an airplane seat.
Over six feet is for sure a major concern, and I would say the primary factor.
I will also not rule out allergies/muted sense of smell, but the idea of an airplane bathroom haveing any kind of smell is equal parts baffling and profoundly upsetting to me.
I will also allow that the airline I tend to fly has an above average cleaning regimen.
What airline are we talking about here?
United, American, Delta, BA, Lufthansa, Alitalia and any other I can think of really. All airline bathrooms that I can recall have a chemical smell from whatever it is they use to tamp down the human smells. That chemical smell is extremely offputting to me, and I'd much rather deal with a cramped seat on a long flight than having to experience that smell frequently.
Basically my rule of thumb is don't fly an American carrier. Every time I go against that rule, I wind up angry for most of the flight. Lufthansa has a good reputation for service. If narrowing your choices is what you're looking for, look at European air lines.
A previous boss of mine was 6 foot 10 and pretty heavy. Not flying at the front of the plane was almost not an option.
For me, throw me in the cheapest seats on the best airline I can get on domestic flights and I'll muddle through it. On international, as someone who can't sleep at all in coach seats it's a big difference for my vacation to not start with 10+ hours of being awake and packed in. I also can't do much besides listen to music thanks to motion sickness.
I went to get some driving directions on g-maps but of course it defaulted to public transport since I don't usually drive anywhere
and that's how I found out that to get to a place about 90 minutes away by car would take me 28 hours on bus/subway/train/ferry, and include what I can only describe as an "island ricochet".
for reference, I could cycle there in 7 hours, including a lunch stop.
Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
Today I have discovered,
The Shenzhen Airport has no place to purchase beer.
They also do not like providing passengers with details on their delayed flight.
My only consolation is that they are not only denying details in English, because I'm watching all of the Chinese passengers do the exact same anxious pacing and staring.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
I am on a two hour bus to 台中 sitting in front of two bros who are deeply in love with the smell of each others’ farts and they are whiplashing wildly between their workout regimens and touching their own brains through the nasal cavity and their favorite places to visit in Taipei and property purchasing schemes and
Please shut the fuck up you worthless, basic turds, I want to die.
Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
You'll be fine Shaz, solo reservations are usually easier than groups and honestly unless you're going to very swish or wildly popular places you'll be fine.
Plus it's the modren era, half of the places will let you book online now
PLUS plus it's pretty normal to cancel reservations too! Just don't be the jerk who doesn't show. Make a bunch and play it by ear on the day of.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
When I went to Paris for a long weekend with my wife about two years ago we made no reservations beforehand - we simply stopped by restaurants that seemed nice and happened to be where we were when hungry. Worked fine! Though I guess if you want very fancy restaurants it might be tough?
thatassemblyguyJanitor of Technical Debt.Registered Userregular
So far digging Croatia. Very beautiful country side.
Stull unsure of how much, or if I should, tip.
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Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
Question - does anyone here use Guestbook for booking hotels? I'm iffy on signing up for new shit but also do travel a lot so it's stupid to not sign up for SOME points/rewards programs.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Not a lot of travel just in terms of distance, but still a nice trip; we went hiking in Canmore, up the Lady MacDonald trail. First snow of the season had fallen so everything was very white but not so snowy as to be a huge slog, and the view from the top was well worth the uphill. (yes, there's more mountain on the right, but the wooden used-to-be-a-helicopter-landing-pad at the very right of the image was where we called it done)
The London part of my trip had some bad planning and also uh taking a bath and dropping my phone in the bath and needing to replace it so I didn’t do as many things I would’ve liked to do, could’ve done that all better
But it was good still
Got to see some family too and a cute 3mo baby
Now I’m in Paris alone
I ate so much for dinner lol
Small plates places are tough to do solo, I ate 2x as much as I should’ve and didn’t get a large plate or dessert lol but it was so good
Am so full
Wish I had room for the octopus or the duck and dessert
Got a cocktail at a bar after it was tasty
The bartender at least talked to me and gave me some reccos
Traveling alone this week will be interesting
The daytime part of walking around and museums and sightseeing is easy and nice to do alone
The night time stuff though like eating and drinking hm that’ll be tough to do alone
Wish I had a dining companion or friends for that part
(Lmao I tried to swipe on some dating apps for the hell of it but no luck there)
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Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
I think it will become easier the more you do it! I honestly go out at night by myself all the time, especially when I travel solo, and sometimes you don't feel it and end up back where you're staying early, but it can also lead to amazing new friends and recommendations. I think more so than daytime exploring, honestly! Seeing someone hanging out alone in the evening I think encourages conversation with strangers more than a person sitting having a sandwich at lunch or walking through a museum by themselves.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
I am also learning to go with the flow better
Because I had plans and then didn’t follow them right, or did things like in hindsight I shoulda bought a 6 day museum pass but I got a 4, or I drank too much and I slept in and was hungover
Or I dropped my phone in a bathtub in London lol and had to get it replaced
Acceptance is a struggle
But I’m getting better at it
We’ll see about the meeting strangers things, I’m not so good at it even at home (and I dunno I feel more uncomfortable / less appproachable as a brown man in other places)
I did have a lovely chat with the bartender at the cocktail bar he gave me good reccos
I also bought a murakami book about being a lonely man
It’s good
I do think I am learning a lot about solo travel and my brain
Spoiling of rambling and dear dairying
Like I know the good part about it is you’re supposed to be able to do exactly what you want, whenever you want
And yet I still felt obligated to hit a bunch of sightseeing sights even though I know that I more enjoy just wandering around neighborhoods etc, and first I was kicking myself for not doing enough things efficiently, and then I was like but wait I did too many things and didn’t have enough actual relaxing and wandering and doing nothing time!
despite no one being with me and me being able to do whatever I wanted, there was like some pressure about doing things because I “should” do them
It was tricky also because in a city like Paris there are an infinite amount of things to do and places to see that in 6 days you barely scratch the surface
Which at least since this was my first time as someone above the age of 10 gives me reason to return
My mom is bigger on seeing sights and my dad is 100% about relaxation
I need to find my balance
You really do learn a lot about yourself when traveling huh
As I type this I'm on the coach, headed to the airport to fly to Phoenix, Arizona for a week! Any suggestions for stuff to do/see/eat/swim while I'm there? Stuff that's good for couples preferably!
As I type this I'm on the coach, headed to the airport to fly to Phoenix, Arizona for a week! Any suggestions for stuff to do/see/eat/swim while I'm there? Stuff that's good for couples preferably!
Definitely check out the Phoenix Botanical Garden.
My theyfriend and I are going to Las Vegas for the first time ever in January - I just booked our package so now it feels weird, like it's somehow more real. Excited either way though! We're gonna see Penn and Teller too, which is like, bucket list material for the both of us.
Hey anyone here been to Namibia? Currently planning a trip with the wife. Want to do 4x4 self drive safari stuff, but nothing is booked yet. My biggest issue is that I can't really find a good central listing of campgrounds.
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You are either profoundly lucky or have a very different sense of smell than I do. Based on my own flight experiences, I wouldn't take a seat within 3-4 rows of a bathroom no matter how much more leg room it offered me than other options - and I'm over 6 feet tall and just about always wishing for more room in an airplane seat.
For me, the only question is what is actually important to me? Is the lack of a window or exact window placement actually an important aspect of your flight? Enough to consider spending more by itself? Enough to discourage you from spending more on an otherwise ideal upgrade? Being informed is definitely important, but spending time worrying about exactly how much window view you may or may not get or the precise temperature range (which is a crapshoot on every flight anyway) just seems like worrying for worrying's sake.
those people can burn on the same level of hell as the ones who grab onto the seat in front of them in order to haul themselves up
fuck those people
Over six feet is for sure a major concern, and I would say the primary factor.
I will also not rule out allergies/muted sense of smell, but the idea of an airplane bathroom haveing any kind of smell is equal parts baffling and profoundly upsetting to me.
I will also allow that the airline I tend to fly has an above average cleaning regimen.
What airline are we talking about here?
United, American, Delta, BA, Lufthansa, Alitalia and any other I can think of really. All airline bathrooms that I can recall have a chemical smell from whatever it is they use to tamp down the human smells. That chemical smell is extremely offputting to me, and I'd much rather deal with a cramped seat on a long flight than having to experience that smell frequently.
With the exception of maybe having a medical condition that means they need to poop urgently, WHY.
In related news, I'll be in Hong Kong next weekend but on a super tight budget because of my upcoming U.S. trip, and I haaate it. Stupid budgets. I'm only going to be there Friday night through Monday morning and then I'll take the ferry to Shekou in Shenzhen and go to work there for the week, but my ability to burn money like it's pretend bills in the hungry ghost festival should not be underestimated.
Shenzhen shouldn't be quite so expensive (famous last words) because it's China, and I usually just get coffee and go to the Carrefour by the hotel for my breakfast food. And then I'll be in Shanghai for another four and a half days, but since my parents live there now, I will be imposing on their hospitality for the duration.
Tangential question: what's a good Singapore gift to bring to Chinese coworkers for the mid-autumn festival? Salted egg yolk fish skin? Bakkwa?
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Been flying too much this year so now I'm a Flying Blue Gold member. Doubt I'll be lucky enough to get any upgrades out of it, but free SkyPriority and lounge access plus 50% discount on special seats is nice.
Basically my rule of thumb is don't fly an American carrier. Every time I go against that rule, I wind up angry for most of the flight. Lufthansa has a good reputation for service. If narrowing your choices is what you're looking for, look at European air lines.
Which sounds great but to do that it means you have to fly way too much
(Consultant)
I would die
But she’s an intense lady and her husband is very good with airlines and points so they take dope vacations
I want a dope vacay next year
I can’t believe it’s sept and I have to start planning snowboarding ugh
For me, throw me in the cheapest seats on the best airline I can get on domestic flights and I'll muddle through it. On international, as someone who can't sleep at all in coach seats it's a big difference for my vacation to not start with 10+ hours of being awake and packed in. I also can't do much besides listen to music thanks to motion sickness.
*drops little white suitcase in shock*
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2164020/super-typhoon-mangkhut-citys-residents-prepare-worst-most
CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE THE FERRY BOAT TO SHEKOU FOR WORK ON MONDAY
:bigfrown:
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
I would really appreciate it if you would not die please LS, thanks in advance.
and that's how I found out that to get to a place about 90 minutes away by car would take me 28 hours on bus/subway/train/ferry, and include what I can only describe as an "island ricochet".
for reference, I could cycle there in 7 hours, including a lunch stop.
The Shenzhen Airport has no place to purchase beer.
They also do not like providing passengers with details on their delayed flight.
My only consolation is that they are not only denying details in English, because I'm watching all of the Chinese passengers do the exact same anxious pacing and staring.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Please shut the fuck up you worthless, basic turds, I want to die.
Edit: Two. Straight. Hours.
氣死我。
And yet I’ve made 0 restaurant reservations
Apparently this is important to do hm
I should have been planning
I’m overwhelmed by choices and recommendations! And I need to call the restaurants to make reservations
How do I pick
And is making solo reservations still gonna be tricky
Ahh it’s a week away so many choices
Plus it's the modren era, half of the places will let you book online now
PLUS plus it's pretty normal to cancel reservations too! Just don't be the jerk who doesn't show. Make a bunch and play it by ear on the day of.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Tldr; you should be fine!
LoL EU West nickname: Irridan
Stull unsure of how much, or if I should, tip.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
(it's worth clicking through to the full-size image, it needs more hscroll than the forum gives it)
also, we saw a rocky mountain bighorn sheep without very big horns:
But it was good still
Got to see some family too and a cute 3mo baby
Now I’m in Paris alone
I ate so much for dinner lol
Small plates places are tough to do solo, I ate 2x as much as I should’ve and didn’t get a large plate or dessert lol but it was so good
Am so full
Wish I had room for the octopus or the duck and dessert
Got a cocktail at a bar after it was tasty
The bartender at least talked to me and gave me some reccos
Traveling alone this week will be interesting
The daytime part of walking around and museums and sightseeing is easy and nice to do alone
The night time stuff though like eating and drinking hm that’ll be tough to do alone
Wish I had a dining companion or friends for that part
(Lmao I tried to swipe on some dating apps for the hell of it but no luck there)
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Because I had plans and then didn’t follow them right, or did things like in hindsight I shoulda bought a 6 day museum pass but I got a 4, or I drank too much and I slept in and was hungover
Or I dropped my phone in a bathtub in London lol and had to get it replaced
Acceptance is a struggle
But I’m getting better at it
We’ll see about the meeting strangers things, I’m not so good at it even at home (and I dunno I feel more uncomfortable / less appproachable as a brown man in other places)
I did have a lovely chat with the bartender at the cocktail bar he gave me good reccos
I also bought a murakami book about being a lonely man
It’s good
Did a nice food tour so got to talk to some humans
Spoiling of rambling and dear dairying
And yet I still felt obligated to hit a bunch of sightseeing sights even though I know that I more enjoy just wandering around neighborhoods etc, and first I was kicking myself for not doing enough things efficiently, and then I was like but wait I did too many things and didn’t have enough actual relaxing and wandering and doing nothing time!
despite no one being with me and me being able to do whatever I wanted, there was like some pressure about doing things because I “should” do them
It was tricky also because in a city like Paris there are an infinite amount of things to do and places to see that in 6 days you barely scratch the surface
Which at least since this was my first time as someone above the age of 10 gives me reason to return
My mom is bigger on seeing sights and my dad is 100% about relaxation
I need to find my balance
You really do learn a lot about yourself when traveling huh
@credeiki
So few chairs for so much traffic.
e: to make a positive comment, the TSA folks here were lovely, and at least they’re using more AC in the terminal than the Dutch plane I flew in on.
The Sunshine Coast has had more rain this October to date than any previous month of October for the past 25 years.
There has not been much beach time.
Boo
Definitely check out the Phoenix Botanical Garden.
A list of things, should you be of the gifting persuasion