13 Most Annoying Things You Can Do As a Tourist

In my experience, traveling tends to evoke all kinds of tourist-y behaviors — like, in a bad way.

From gawking, to the jaywalking, to the prolific selfie-taking, it seems like when you take a person out of their natural habitat, they turn into unapologetic jerks. You know what I mean?

Below are 13 of the most annoying things tourists do. My advice — avoid them at all cost.

13 Most Annoying Things You Can Do As a Tourist:

1. Take cliche photos at National Monuments.

Uh?

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2. Take a picture of everything you see.

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3. Jaywalk and ignore walk signs. 

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4. Travel in packs.

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5. Be completely oblivious of your surroundings.

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6. Stop every five minutes to take a selfie.

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7. Take pictures with an iPad.

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8. Walk while texting.

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9. Crack cheesy jokes during the tour guide’s presentation.

You know exactly what I’m talking about.

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10. Think everything should work like it does back home.

Newsflash — you’re not at home.

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11. Wear the “tourist uniform”.

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12. Feed seagulls on the beach.

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13. Act like you own the place. 

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So, are you ready to go on vacation and ~not~ do these things? We can help!

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