I read with interest a recent study by the Trans-Global Association for Travel and Tourism Commerce, which rated the behavior of tourists from all the world's industrialized countries. Consistently ranking last in the study -- bottoming out in categories ranging from airline etiquette to podiatric hygiene -- were travelers from Great Britain. "This settles it,"...

"On the highway to Toledo [Spain] we passed several tour buses full of what looked like Americans, digital cameras already in hand, and as we drew past them I expressed infinite disdain, which I could easily do with my eyebrows, for every tourist whose gaze I met. My look accused them of supporting the war,...

Although there are a lot of people in other developed countries who don't travel, Americans tend to get singled out as the worst offenders. Backpackers love to repeat the statistic of how few Americans hold passports as proof ( read more about this myth ). This article from Brave New Traveler, Are Americans afraid to...

So, you're an American who's finally quit your job and sold all your stuff, and you're about to embark on your RTW trip. You've been concentrating on planning your trip - researching what to see and do, buying your plane tickets , how to get from Point A to Point B, how many pairs of...