travel thread

[star seed 7]

Just put parachutes on the plane

[steve dave]

Make your body into a parachute shape and then at the last moment flip to your feet.

[steve dave]

Ride the plane down to the ground like a surfboard and at the last second jump up in the air nailing a cushiony landing.

[steve dave]

Aim for a super tall tree and break through the weak upper branches slowing your fall as you move down until the last branch basically is like landing on a foam mattress

[steve dave]

Don’t wrack yourself on a super fat branch first thing. Your balls.

[steve dave]

Imagine if you hit the mother of all butt busters on some kids back yard trampoline and he’s landing at the exact moment and you launch him into the stratosphere. Probably less than a 5% chance you could pull that off but would be incredible to see.

[Pete]

There is so much to remember and think about.  This is like a golf swing.  I have paralysis by analysis and I'm not even in the air yet.

[ChiComCat]

You get a carry-on bag. If you choose to not use it to pack a parachute, that's on you.

I wonder if this is even allowed?

I'm picturing the chaos going onboard a flight about to crash.  Then Rage gets up with his parachute and starts meekly saying "excuse me" as he squeezes past people to the emergency exit row and asks someone to pop it open.

[KCFDcat]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

[steve dave]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

well, that's going to be a bit of a problem probably. unless your "go do crap" is poorly attended and poorly organized beach volleyball and pool games.

[Phil Titola]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

At least you know what to prepare for.  I've done two all-inclusives.  Not a big fan but they are good for groups and just hanging out and boozing, most are so far away from a town you can't even take a cab and go do crap in a reasonable timeframe.  Set your expectations for the food very very low and maybe you'll be surprised.

[KCFDcat]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

well, that's going to be a bit of a problem probably. unless your "go do crap" is poorly attended and poorly organized beach volleyball and pool games.

We'll only be there for 3 days, and it'll be with a bunch of old friends, so I'm sure boozing by the pool and a v-ball game here or there will suffice for this trip

[KCFDcat]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

At least you know what to prepare for.  I've done two all-inclusives.  Not a big fan but they are good for groups and just hanging out and boozing, most are so far away from a town you can't even take a cab and go do crap in a reasonable timeframe.  Set your expectations for the food very very low and maybe you'll be surprised.

What's the tip situation usually like? find one bar tender you like and tip him big the first day and call it good? tip per drink, per day, at the end of the stay?

[michigancat]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

At least you know what to prepare for.  I've done two all-inclusives.  Not a big fan but they are good for groups and just hanging out and boozing, most are so far away from a town you can't even take a cab and go do crap in a reasonable timeframe.  Set your expectations for the food very very low and maybe you'll be surprised.

What's the tip situation usually like? find one bar tender you like and tip him big the first day and call it good? tip per drink, per day, at the end of the stay?

Depends on the resort. I've been where people tip every drink and others where people tip nothing. Like if they are handing you beer cans all day maybe don't stress but if you're getting special frozen drinks all day tipping every drink or semi-regularly is nice. Just see what the other folks are doing. Doesn't hurt to bring ones but if a lot of folks tip the resort will make change.

Also if you want something to do the resort concierge can arrange any excursions available in the area or you can book your own. I generally just want to sit on my ass getting drunk by a beach but if it's more than four days it's nice to get out to go snorkeling or to Tulum or something.

[Phil Titola]

I've taken a stack of dollars and done it a drink at a time

[steve dave]

Hell yeah!

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gy5k/gen-z-airport-culture?fbclid=IwAR0yH8a6QW9x-prHSSDvvyEtU1Iga_HUPpWZIzRfmZlaJYBA35bg5tpQyeA

[star seed 7]

Hell yeah!

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gy5k/gen-z-airport-culture?fbclid=IwAR0yH8a6QW9x-prHSSDvvyEtU1Iga_HUPpWZIzRfmZlaJYBA35bg5tpQyeA

[ChiComCat]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

At least you know what to prepare for.  I've done two all-inclusives.  Not a big fan but they are good for groups and just hanging out and boozing, most are so far away from a town you can't even take a cab and go do crap in a reasonable timeframe.  Set your expectations for the food very very low and maybe you'll be surprised.

What's the tip situation usually like? find one bar tender you like and tip him big the first day and call it good? tip per drink, per day, at the end of the stay?

My last one put me through about $50 a day in tips.  That was tipping every drink ($1-2 each) and about $5 per meal.  On my last day, I gave servers/bartenders/staff that served me fairly consistently an additional $10-20.

[Phil Titola]

yeah go get a strap of 1s and make it drizzle

[KCFDcat]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

At least you know what to prepare for.  I've done two all-inclusives.  Not a big fan but they are good for groups and just hanging out and boozing, most are so far away from a town you can't even take a cab and go do crap in a reasonable timeframe.  Set your expectations for the food very very low and maybe you'll be surprised.

What's the tip situation usually like? find one bar tender you like and tip him big the first day and call it good? tip per drink, per day, at the end of the stay?

My last one put me through about $50 a day in tips.  That was tipping every drink ($1-2 each) and about $5 per meal.  On my last day, I gave servers/bartenders/staff that served me fairly consistently an additional $10-20.

thanks for the info!

[ben ji]

doing our first all inclusive in Sept for a bud's wedding. Pretty stoked, but also no idea what to expect. I'm a "go do crap" guy on vacations, not usually a "chill by the pool and drink"

At least you know what to prepare for.  I've done two all-inclusives.  Not a big fan but they are good for groups and just hanging out and boozing, most are so far away from a town you can't even take a cab and go do crap in a reasonable timeframe.  Set your expectations for the food very very low and maybe you'll be surprised.

What's the tip situation usually like? find one bar tender you like and tip him big the first day and call it good? tip per drink, per day, at the end of the stay?

Depends on the resort. I've been where people tip every drink and others where people tip nothing. Like if they are handing you beer cans all day maybe don't stress but if you're getting special frozen drinks all day tipping every drink or semi-regularly is nice. Just see what the other folks are doing. Doesn't hurt to bring ones but if a lot of folks tip the resort will make change.

Also if you want something to do the resort concierge can arrange any excursions available in the area or you can book your own. I generally just want to sit on my ass getting drunk by a beach but if it's more than four days it's nice to get out to go snorkeling or to Tulum or something.

Depending on how busy your schedule is with the wedding I would definitely plan something during at least one of the days where you go golfing/deep sea fishing/to town etc. I love drinking at the pool/beach all day but after 3 days in a row it gets kind of boring. Do a little googling before hand and see what is available and the concierge can hook up cabs etc.

[sys]

supposed to fly home in 36 hours and still testing positive.  this sucks.

[star seed 7]

Where are you and when was your first positive?

[sys]

italy and the 22nd.

[Phil Titola]

Sucks. Since you are testing positive are there Italian quarantine rules that will keep you there or is this all at home testing as of now?