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Stop telling us to avoid booze. If that's the only solution, then we'll keep on sleeping in parks, thanks.
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If it's made of gold, at least we can melt it down to pay the data-roaming charges.
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Until someone invents an app that combines Uber efficiency with Google Maps route planning, we're going to argue every cent on that meter.
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Is it possible to un-invent something?
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Security is important. But so is not experiencing other people's socks.
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We love collecting passport stamps, but not as much as we hate standing for days outside embassies to get visas.
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Yeah, yeah. We know your towel re-use policy isn't only about saving cash. But your green credibility is on the line if all that uneaten buffet food goes straight in the trash.
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Stop talking about building a successor to Concorde. Build a successor to Concorde.
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Anyone got a spare cable for a Dell laptop, an iPad mini AND a Samsung Galaxy? Thought not.
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Because everyone loves trams.
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Increased pharmaceutical intake we can live with. Luggage lotion explosions we can't.
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Stack the beds. Make them narrow. Cancel the meal service. Anything ... We just can't face trying to sleep in those chairs any more.
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New York to London express leaving from platform six? Meet us for Champagne in the dining car.
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Because checking in to a new room shouldn't involve solving a Rubik's-level switch puzzle just to turn the lights out.
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Thanks for all your help, Google Translate, but this semi-coherent gibberish isn't helping us win over that hot local.
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Maybe we missed the zippers-and-velcro show at Paris Fashion Week.
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Those nifty Bose headsets might silence Chatty Guy. Unfortunately Stinky Guy is still firing on all four cylinders.
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Travel has come a long way since the days when crossing the Atlantic meant a week of dodging icebergs and DiCaprio in a steam-powered tub.

Thanks to tech leaps in aviation, computing and deodorants, trotting the globe has never been more easy, or more fragrant.

But let’s face it, there’s still a ways to go.

Doubtless, scientists not engaged in eradicating disease or saving the planet are working overtime to make our vacations even better.

Just to give them a steer, we’ve come up with some things they might want to turn their minds to.

Clearly, teleportation tops everyone’s list, but we realize it’s only marginally less likely than getting six hours’ uninterrupted sleep in economy class.

So, we’ve tried to be realistic. Click through the gallery above to see what we came up with.

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