Twitter has become a popular place to brag about trips, complain about travel fails and share funny stories from the road – all in 140 characters or less. From photos of signs that are lost in translation to lost luggage loathing to the ever popular people watching play-by-play, here is a compilation of our favorite funny tweets about travel.
Say what?
Social media, like Twitter, has made it easier for travelers to share what they overhear – good and bad – not only with a handful of friends, but with thousands of others with just one tweet.
Quote of the night: by two 20 somethings girls on the airplane “does that even fit in your fanny pack?” #humor #funny #travel — Jeff Garmire (@TheFreeOutside) November 26, 2015
“If you can’t watch your head and step, then well, just watch your language.” ? had #funny @AlaskaAir flight attendants #travel — Roni (@baublesnbraids) November 19, 2015
Southwest Airlines Pilot after a hard landing “That landing was brought to you by your local chiropractor.” #Funny #Flying #moment — Sanjay B Dalal (@SanjayBDalal) September 20, 2015
@WestJet “if you are caught smoking you will be asked to leave immediately” after the plane had taken off #flying #funny #quoteoftheday — Mahmoud Abaza (@mabaza10) May 11, 2015
“Why don’t you guys sit on the carousal and see if somebody claims you!” #ThingsYouHearAtAirports — emma autumn (@autumnxxo) July 19, 2014
Planes, trains, and automobiles
Whether you travel by plane, train or automobile, invariably you have a story to tell — of the extended layover from hell, of being packed like a sardine on a slow moving train, or that time you got lost in the middle of nowhere with no cellphone service or map. Fortunately, Twitter provides countless #travel tweets that make your terrible trip tales seem tame.
Today’s #travelfail: Meditated in airport chapel to reduce stress. Made me too late to flight to get overhead bin space, increasing stress. — J Keith van Straaten (@J_Keith) January 11, 2016
The worst seat mate of all: the manspeader. I’m already in the middle, man! Why make my plight worse? #travelfail pic.twitter.com/JK6gjBZVm6 — Kit Whelan (@kitwhelan) December 14, 2015
When you go to forward your mom your xmas flight info for this friday and realize you never bought a flight home. #travelfail #shit — Molly Schoneveld (@MollySchoneveld) December 13, 2015
Yup, she’s a keeper! #TravelFail #SeatBelts pic.twitter.com/TBD0UiUhoU — Collin Miyadi (@CollinMiyadi) December 12, 2015
“@camillalong: My mother has spent the day “getting over jetlag”. She has travelled from Germany. By car” LMAO hahaha! #funnytravel — Eric T Dickinson (@01ETD) November 13, 2011
Oh no you didn’t
It’s been said a picture is worth a thousand words… or at least a tweet. Where words fail, there is always a photo!
When a stranger tries to chat you up in public. ?? #temple #Asia #travel #fun #epic #art #funny #architecture #thai… pic.twitter.com/1x0nQEvPir — Otherbots (@Otherbots) December 7, 2015
It raining in the #ATL and @delta is apparently transporting giant earthworms off the runways #safetyfirst #travelwin pic.twitter.com/wEd0vfW9FJ — Tonya Edwards (@tonyaedwards) March 13, 2015
Luggage woes
You booked a round-trip, first-class ticket to New York City and the airline booked your luggage on a one-way trip to destination unknown. Losing luggage is the worse, or is it? Check out what some travelers have seen and done.
Looks like the bags didn’t sprint as quick as I did #travelfail — Maria (@minimull) January 3, 2016
#travelfail pic.twitter.com/YxvAKaWHCC — Wego.com (@wego) December 8, 2015
I do love people that can’t fit bags in the overhead lockers with bags on their laps. #travelfail #traveltips QF444 pic.twitter.com/L2lNxyqvJA — Tim Rogers (@TimmyOfCamelot) November 1, 2015
still haven’t fully unpacked from a trip i took in 2009 — lauren ashley bishop (@sbellelauren) March 19, 2015
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