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Laws You Should Know Before You Travel - Travel Tip Tuesday · Travel Mug Podcast

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  Jenn: Hey everyone.
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  Jenn: Welcome back to Travel Tip Tuesday with the Travel Mug Podcast.
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  Jenn: So this week, Meggan, I stumbled upon an article titled 28 Unusual Travel Laws.
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  Jenn: And I thought it was interesting.
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  Jenn: And I'll share the link to the article in the show notes, but I thought I'd share a few of them here that are things that I didn't think of before.
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  Jenn: So, first of all, you can't wear camouflage clothing in some Caribbean countries.
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  Jenn: So, Barbados, St.
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  Jenn: Vincent, and St.
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  Jenn: Lucia, wearing camouflage of any kind is banned unless you're in the army.
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  Jenn: And this extends to, like, purses, belts, shoes.
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  Jenn: It also extends to children and it extends to any color of camo, gray, green, blue, any of them.
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  Jenn: And you can be fined for wearing it.
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  Jenn: So yeah, and it's just something that, you know, in North America, a lot of us just Wear camo, like, shirt or shorts, or even I've seen people with, um, like hats, like a baseball cap that has camo on it.
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  Jenn: And, yeah, you, you should not pack those when you go there.
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  Meggan: All right?
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  Meggan: Good to keep in mind.
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  Jenn: it's not something I would think of to, like, Google ahead of time.
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  Jenn: But
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  Meggan: No.
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  Jenn: just something to keep in mind.
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  Jenn: Now this next one, never would have thought of, but building a sand castle is illegal on some beaches in Spain.
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  Jenn: Very random.
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  Jenn: I don't know why it's illegal, but it is.
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  Jenn: And you can be fined anywhere from 100 euros to 1500 euros.
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  Meggan: Is that based on the size of your castle?
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  Jenn: I don't know.
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  Jenn: It's, uh, just don't do it.
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  Jenn: I
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  Meggan: Okay.
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  Jenn: Yeah.
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  Jenn: And then this next one, I don't know if you're the type of person out there who wears high heels on vacation.
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  Jenn: I know I'm not, or ever in my life, but anyway, um, high heels are banned at specific sites in Greece.
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  Jenn: Um, just, yeah, don't do it at the Acropolis and the Colosseum as well.
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  Jenn: And that's just to protect, of course, the stones that you are walking on.
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  Jenn: So just, it makes sense.
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  Jenn: But if you happen to be wearing heels that day, maybe just throw a pair of flats in your bag.
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  Jenn: So Meggan, have you
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  Meggan: your, I was just saying, save your heels for like your dinner out that evening.
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  Jenn: Yeah, definitely.
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  Jenn: So Meggan, have you heard of any of these before or have you heard of any other like travel rules or laws that might not be as well known?
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  Meggan: I mean, none off the top of my head, but I think that in the past that we have sort of talked about a couple of strange things that you wouldn't consider.
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  Meggan: And I, that's why it always though, and this article is really interesting because it comes back to what we talk about a lot, which is understanding where you're going.
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  Meggan: Yeah.
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  Meggan: These are things you would never dream of.
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  Meggan: And if you didn't look it up and you wore your camo skirt, I mean, that could be bad.
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  Meggan: And skirt and shorts and hats are things you would wear in places like Barbados and St.
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  Meggan: Lucia.
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  Meggan: So I think maybe, you know, understanding the rules and the laws, but also reading this article, just, it's also just interesting because you're just like, how did this come to be?
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  Meggan: Like, who hurt you?
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  Meggan: Why, why,
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  Jenn: can't I build a sandcastle?
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  Meggan: sandcastle ever do to you?
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  Meggan: So, yes, I've heard of strange, uh, rules and laws before, but some of these sort of take the cake, so very interesting.
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  Jenn: Yeah, it definitely reiterates the fact that a research goes a long way.
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  Jenn: So that is all we have for this week.
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  Jenn: Thank you for tuning into the Travel Mug Podcast.
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  Jenn: And we'd love to hear from you if you have, uh, travel anywhere and there are any weird rules or laws that might not be well known.
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  Jenn: So let us know and until next time, bye.