Airplane Etiquette: 14 Tips for Summer Travel

ByDiane Gottsman

If an airplane trip is in your travel future, there are a few etiquette tips that will make your travels, and your fellow travelers, much more comfortable.

14 Tips for Summer Travel

  1. Arrive early and plan to wait
  2. Turn your cell phone off (starting in the line at the ticket counter)
  3. Stay in your own seat and when you get up, don’t hoist yourself up with the seat in front of you
  4. Be careful not to kick the back of the seat in front of you or lean your chair back into your neighbor’s lap
  5. Don’t assume your neighbor wants to talk
  6. Respect parents with babies and small children
  7. Don’t sing along or hum to your iPod
  8. If you are frequent bathroom flyer – choose an aisle seat
  9. Go light on the cologne, avoid tuna and strong smelling carry on foods, and keep your shoes on!
  10. Read your own magazine
  11. Don’t monopolize the flight attendant’s time
  12. Use your own luggage bin and don’t move someone else’s luggage to another bin
  13. Wait your turn to depart the plane – don’t forge in front of everyone because you are “late”
  14. Check the name on your luggage tag before leaving the airport terminal

For more travel tips see my article on Summer Travel at:

Diane Gottsman

Diane Gottsman is a national etiquette expert and modern manners professional, sought out industry leader, television personality, accomplished speaker, Huffington Post blogger, author, and the owner of The Protocol School of Texas, a company specializing in executive leadership and etiquette training. Diane is routinely quoted in national and international media including The New York Times, The BBC, CNN, Bloomberg Business Week, Kiplinger, Huffington Post Canada, U.S. News and World Report, and Forbes. She is the resident etiquette expert for two popular morning talk shows, SA Living and Good Day Austin. She has been seen on The TODAY Show, HLN Headline News, WGN Chicago, and CBS Sunday Morning. Her clients range from university students to Fortune 500 companies and her workshops cover topics ranging from tattoos in the workplace to technology at the dinner table and the proper use of social media.

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