There are travel tips that sound sensible the moment you hear them, like keep your passport in the same pocket, photograph your room number, or check the peephole before opening the door. Then there are the tips that sound as if someone invented them for the sheer fun of how bizarre they sound.
Imagine you’ve checked in, grabbed your keycard, and navigated the maze of carpeted hallways. You enter your room, kick off your shoes, and ready yourself for a night of rest. But before you turn off the lights, there is one strange ritual you must perform, at least according to many experienced travelers.
It doesn’t involve your luggage or your laptop. It involves the humble drinking glass sitting on the bathroom vanity. It sounds like a joke, or perhaps some strange superstition, but frequent flyers swear by it. If you aren’t hanging a glass on your door handle, you’re missing the most important security check in the book.