Last time, I wore safari clothes, complete with vest and and hat. NOT THIS TIME!

I have learned my lesson. I'm wearing a comfortable warm-up (track suit, for our British friends) and tennis shoes.

I may not look like much of a safari hunter when I arrive, but I will be comfortable on the plane.

What do ya'll wear?

I wouldnt wear thong underware

My wife and I wore shorts and a comfortable shirt.

When I travel I always wear a pair of Nike workout long pants with a pair of gym shorts under them. Make sure you get a pair that has the front pockets for your passport, wallet, etc.

There are ways to be comfortable and practical while travelling without looking like one just stepped out of a locker room.

Wear anthing you want! Your paid for the ticket!

When I travel for work, the firm requires that we wear "business casual" clothes if we are not meeting a client right after we land.

For personal trips, I usually wear "warm-up pants" and a t-shirt. (traveling from Bangkok to Washington DC last year took 33.5 hours of total traveling time. I would have been miserable if I wore anything but comfortable clothes.)

Not only do I wear comfortable clothes I try to wear as little metal as possible.It makes it alot easier going through the metal detector.I hate taking off my shoes or loosing my pants when I pull off my belt.

I wear comfortabe cargo pants, an Orvis travel shirt with secure pockets for passport and other valued items ie meds for trip. Boaters which slip off easy. Usually a ball cap which slips down to cover the eyes when desired.

Slacks, golf shirt, loafers....always a change of everything and a shaving kit in my carry on..

I go formal:



Seriously, my travel clothes are presentable, comfortable and have LOTS of pockets.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Slacks, golf shirt, loafers....always a change of everything and a shaving kit in my carry on..

Bingo. Ray nailed it.

Or, as posted by Die Ou Jagter above that...

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I wear comfortabe cargo pants, an Orvis travel shirt with secure pockets for passport and other valued items ie meds for trip. Boaters which slip off easy. Usually a ball cap which slips down to cover the eyes when desired.

As someone else said, you can be comfortable without looking like a Nike ad or a Hollywood celeb trying to be "grundge undercover".

I find that I'm actually much more comfortable in a good fitting pair of casual pants and golf type shirt than I am in sweats (out in public, not in my living room), and you will be treated better by everyone that you have to deal with if you look "comfortably presentable". (That's my own term for this style of dress ).

The airport, airline, hotel, customs, etc folks tend to give you a little more respect than if you look like that fool Micheal Jackson walking into court in pajamas!

I wear loose fitting traveling slacks and shirt..As soon as I get in my seat I take off shoes and put on those bootie socks like they give in the hospital...I have one of those travel pillows...I stay on eastern time and go to sleep usually a little later...with an ambien to avoid jet lag...I have a tan jacket with a gazillion pockets to hold all or anything I want...I try to blend and not look like the ugly American..

Mike

Mike

I agree with most of the above posters on wearing casual clothing, though I don't wear gym clothes either. Worth mentioning is a comfortable pair of slip-on shoes that will also suffice in the event of an unplanned layover. My feet swell up on long flights and these accomodate that comfortably.

Guys,

For crying out loud jusr show up in something that is comfortalbe. Show up looking like you came from a Cabela's add and you will have copped an attidude from the PH already.

Regards,

Mark

I wore a comfortable pair of hunting clothes, long sleeve and pants as well as my boots which are very comfortable. Toiletries and cameras in the carry on. That way if none of my bags at all make the trip, I can go hunting and take pictures, there is usually a gun to borrow if need be.

Of course you have to wear the right hat.....

And you have to travel to the airport in style.





We live in the country and the best way to get to the airport is to hire a car service. For some reason they sent a stretch limo instead of a Town Car. My wife was embarrassed, arriving at our little regional airport in a stretch limo.

This is a trick question, right?

The same thing I wear most days of my life...jeans, tee shirt and a gimme hat.

If I ain't comfortable in that, nothing I would be seen in public in is going to make me feel better.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Slacks, golf shirt, loafers....always a change of everything and a shaving kit in my carry on..

See, we do agree on some things.....

Kimono and flip flops.

Will,
I would assume that you also wear black socks with those flip flops?

Mike

Wear anything you feel comfortable in and have a spare set for emergecy.

Wimpie
Wear anything JUST GET HERE FOR THE HUNT!!!

Slacks, Jacket, Nice Shirt, Comfortable Shoes.
Represent yourself with pride and class and most of all manners. Remember, kindness kills.

Mike dress as you may, but the ugly part - well clothing just won't change that.

I dress the same way on my flights to safari as I do on any trip; ordinary casual clothes. On my last trip to Africa, both going and coming back, there were several on the flight in full safari gear - vests, boots, hats with zebra or leopard skin hat bands. I assumed they dressed this way to strike up a conversation with fellow travelers, or it was just their way of saying " I'm going on safari." To each his own.

It must be the age factor. I'm with Ray.

I agree that sweat pants is a bad idea. However, if you are elite on the airline you are traveling (or in B class) they will treat you okay.

I just feel like such a slob in them.

Key thing for me is to bring a complete change of clothes in case some idiot spills a drink on you. Fresh socks feels good too in the am.

I may not be the person on this forum who travels the most to Africa (about 15 round trips to the continent per year with around 25 regional African flights per year) but I am a frequent flyer. Part of being comfortable is being treated with courtesy, respect and professionalism by airport and airline staff. The sad truth is that if you are wearing a T-shirt and Nikes you may be physically comfortable but you will not be treated as well by Immigration, Customs, check-in staff, cabin crew, etc. My advice is: wear a collared shirt (and there are tons of them that are comfortable and stylish), don't wear sneakers (you will be pegged not only as an American tourist but also as a wardrobe challenged bumpkin) but choose comfortable loafers and there are tons of these as well, wear semi-casual pants and avoid jeans, shorts, BDU's. These simple considerations can make a world of difference and are not less comfortable than any other choices.

Hey-

I travel all the time for work, and have taken about 70 international trips these past 8 years.

What I do, that I think works very well: I wear my best clothes onto the airplane- suit, or nicest casual clothes I am taking. Then, as soon as I identify my seat etc. I dash for the lav and change into a track suit. My best clothes get hung up or carefully put away. An hour before landing I reverse the process.

Two benfits: My best clothes don't get packed/trashed

and the bigger benefit is being treated better, especially in arriving airports in foreign countries becuase I am dressed well, especially when meeting or being met by clients at the airport.

Sorry to say but Americans are basically slobs in the clothing dept. compared to Europe & Asia, so I try to "dress up" to fit in better at the destination.

Just my 2 cents