Cell Phone Use During Adventure Trips: Time for an Official Policy?

05 Nov Cell Phone Use During Adventure Trips: Time for an Official Policy?

Do you think it’s time that nature-and-adventure travel companies put official cell phone policies in place? ©moodboard, flickr

The guy you don’t want to travel with is probably the same one I try to avoid: the one who uses his smartphone to conduct loud conversations with his business associates or friends while you’re sitting next to him on a bus, just about to embark on your adventure-trip-of-a-lifetime. Then, too, there’s the annoying woman in your group who’s constantly looking down at her handheld device, right at the time you spot a rare species of wildlife. Why did she bother to travel at all, you wonder.

Do you think it’s time that nature-and-adventure travel companies put official cell phone policies in place? Read what our Adventure Collection member companies have to say on this issue (they might surprise you!), and then let me if you’ve ever had a bad — or good — experience with cell phone users on an adventure trip.

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

A multiple award-winning and five-time book author and writer specializing in environmental issues and nature-exploration topics, Candice Gaukel Andrews has traveled around the world—from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica and from Greenland’s coasts to Patagonia’s steppes—searching for and telling the stories that express the essence of a place. To read her articles and see samples of her nature photography, visit her website at www.candiceandrews.com and like her Nature Traveler Facebook page at www.facebook.com/naturetraveler.

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