#TTOT Round-Up: Travel Myths

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Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT on "Travel Myths!" 

Q1 via Tours_By_Local: What is most widely believed (and incorrect!) travel myth?

• walkflypinoy: That traveling will have you check off items in your bucket list. It doesn't! The bucket list only grows longer
• hjortur: That you have to stop traveling when you have kids. Sooo wrong
• GoSeeWrite: That you can actually fully understand a foreign culture by living there a few months
• Emma_Sparks: That female solo travel is a bad idea. Sick of arguing against that one
• ae_carhire: Dress smart and ask nice and you will get a free airplane upgrade! Has that ever happened to anyone?
• radioceleste: Everywhere that's not your home is extremely dangerous & will give you diarrhea
• Inga_Ros: Traveling is only for the rich! - WRONG. Travel makes you rich. Just a different kind of it
• katyabroad: That everyone speaks English, or if they don't, then it's not a place worth visiting
• traineecloggie: That you need to wait for the right time to travel 
• JauntingKerrs: That merely using a measly 1% reward credit card is getting you the best travel points
• pointstravel: That you might come back from Mexico with only one kidney
• ailsapm: That it's a small world. Anyone who believes that hasn't tried to see it all

Q2 via MollyTaylor: What "Travel Myths" have been proven right, or wrong by your travels?

• spanishsabores: True- Wanderlust is an incurable disease and can get worse over time
• MyDestination: That language barriers mean you have to act like an arm flapping shouty idiot when you really don't
• BackpackerBecki: Myth proven wrong - Don't eat street food. If it's piping hot and cooked in front of you, go for it. It can be delicious
• solangefrancois: I've never understood the 'French people are rude' stereotype. I've only ever encountered the most wonderful people in France
• trevormorrow: That old people can't travel. I went white water rafting with a 78 year old couple in Nepal. They inspired me tremendously
• michaelturtle: It's not you versus the world. Most people are going to go out of their way to help you
• AlexBerger: That the world hates American travelers, especially in Europe - proved VERY false

Q3 via ae_carhire: If you could invent a travel myth to attract people to your fave place what would it be?

• World_Out_There: Public transport in London is like clockwork, never crowded and smells of lavender
• journeytom: That the fossils of the Jurassic coast come to life at night
• CezKrol: You can get a "citizen of the world" passport only in Gdynia, Poland
• earthXplorer: In Antarctica, the snow tastes like whip cream
• ailsapm: Free leprechaun with every pint of Guinness in Dublin
• lindsaymc: No McDonald's in Ghana (not true but it kinda makes you wanna go there, huh?)
• nomadico: Why attract them? "The mountains of Corsica are home to the dread black rock-dragons, who are known to eat hikers alive."

Q4 via BeyondBlighty: What's the weirdest travel myth you've heard?

• MyDestination: That it's perfectly okay to act like a nitwit because you're on holiday and you'll never see these people again
• HostelBookers: That you can't move in Australia without coming in contact with a deadly spider
• MalloryOnTravel: That ALL unusual food tastes like chicken
• TheAlexLop: That I'd be constantly offered a dowry for my wife in Egypt. It was NOT a myth
• halfofjess: That you'll catch malaria EVERYWHERE
• MinaMahrous: If you buy something in Africa, they'll know u have money and get you later and even take back their goods
• landlopers: That British food is bad and that the French are rude - NEITHER is true

Q5 via boomeranghotels: What Travel Myths do you actually wish were true?

• lakshmisharath: That travel writers have a cool job and they make helluva lot of money
• GoSeeWrite: Every cabbie is a nice person and isn't trying to rip you off in ANY country
• LateralMovement: I like to believe that Nessie is real and can be summoned if one tries hard enough
• beatthebrochure: That you can live in a hobbit house in New Zealand
• ElvinEditorial: That flying low cost is convenient, enjoyable and actually much cheaper
• katyabroad: That every hotel was exactly as sumptuous, convenient and welcoming as it appears on its website
• mariaheffernan: That Ryanair flights will actually take you remotely close to the city you think you're going to land in
• CumbrianRambler: I wish the myth that booze helps my fear of flying were true. I also wish more Italian men had pinched my bum

And there you have it, "Travel Myths!"    

Next week's #TTOT topic is: "Sleeping in Unusual Places!" Submit your questions HERE!

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Have YOU got anything to add to the "Travel Myths" discussion? 

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