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Dinner Party Survival Kit: 20 Travel-Themed Conversation Starters

Alyssa sets a vegetable tart down on the Thanksgiving Table

Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m so grateful for you all, and I hope you’re spending this day surrounded by loved ones. I’m keeping things short and sweet today with a list of twenty travel-themed questions you can print, cut, and pass around to your friends and family to answer and share. Have a small group? Each person can answer more than one question, or they can draw a question and ask the same question of another person at the table. Politics and religion are best avoided in large groups, and the topic of travel is sure to get everyone headed toward friendlier conversations (yes, even your crotchety old uncle who loves to stir up drama).


Scroll on down for a printable version!

1. What are three things you can’t travel without?

2. What is one destination you (realistically) want to explore in the next year?

3. What is the northernmost place you’ve ever been? The southernmost?

4. Which stamp in your passport is your favorite? (and if you don’t have a passport, why not?)

5. If you could repeat one road trip, which would you choose and why?

6. What is your favorite travel-inspired book?

7. What is your favorite international holiday tradition?

8. If you could travel somewhere just for the food, where would you go?

9. What is your ideal holiday destination: mountain, ocean, lake, snow, or desert? Why?

10. What is your preferred mode of transport: bus, car, plane, train, or boat? Why?

11. How many countries have you visited?

12. How long was your longest vacation? How did you feel about being away from home for that long?

13. If you could travel to a foreign movie set, which film would you choose?

14. What was your biggest travel mishap? How did you overcome it?

15. What was the most magical travel experience you’ve had?

16. How many trips do you take in a given year? Would you like to travel more or less than that number?

17. If money was no object and you could leave tomorrow, where in the world would you go? And how long would you want to be away?

18. Who was the most interesting person you’ve met while traveling?

19. What’s one destination you’d never want to return to?

20. What was the most impressive natural wonder you’ve visited?


Printable Version

A sheet of 20 travel themed questions for Thanksgiving


Happy Thanksgiving! Be sure to call any loved ones missing from your holiday table today.


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