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Travel questions that show what kind of traveler someone is
Window or aisle. Full itinerary or surprise. Early to the airport or exactly on time. Travel questions sound light, and they reveal a lot about how someone moves through the world.
- 16 questions
- EN + TL on every card
- Free in the app
Kumustahan is a bilingual conversation card app: 1,200 questions in English and Filipino across 7 decks, with a short reflection on the back of every card.
What helped you feel welcome in a new place?
Ano ang nakatulong para maramdaman mong welcome ka sa isang bagong lugar?
Would you do something similar for someone new? You can also leave it as a good memory.
Gagawin mo rin ba iyon para sa bagong dating? Puwede ring magandang alaala na lang muna ito.
The questions
16 travel questions
Every question in English and Filipino/Tagalog, word for word from the Kumustahan decks. Open “Back of the card” for the reflection printed on the other side.
Dreaming up the trip
5 questions
Where, how long, and what kind of view.
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You receive one free round-trip ticket. Where are you going first?
May libre kang round-trip ticket. Saan ka pupunta?
Back of the card
Choose one thing you would want to do before flying home.
Pumili ng isang gusto mong gawin bago bumiyahe pauwi.
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Would you rather have one long vacation or several short ones?
Mas gusto mo ba ng isang mahabang bakasyon o ilang maiikli?
Back of the card
Give your break a title, as if it were a movie.
Bigyan ng pamagat ang break mo, na parang movie.
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Imagine a place to stay: tiny with a great view or huge but far from everything. Which do you choose?
Isipin ang titirhan mo: maliit pero maganda ang view o malaki pero malayo sa lahat. Alin ang pipiliin mo?
Back of the card
Put one favorite thing in your new place. What belongs there?
Maglagay ng isang paborito mong bagay sa bagong titirhan mo. Ano iyon?
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Pick one view for a quiet morning: a beach sunrise or city lights before dawn.
Sa tahimik na umaga, alin ang gusto mong tanawin: pagsikat ng araw sa beach o city lights bago sumikat ang araw?
Back of the card
Picture the view. Which detail would you want to remember?
Isipin ang tanawin. Anong detalye ang gusto mong maalala?
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Choose a safe tour: outer space or the bottom of the ocean.
Pumili ng ligtas na tour: outer space o ilalim ng dagat.
Back of the card
Choose one sight from the tour you would want as your phone wallpaper.
Pumili ng tanawin sa tour na gusto mong gawing wallpaper sa phone.
Getting there
4 questions
Seats, schedules and the travel style you’re stuck with.
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On a plane, would you choose a window seat or more room for your legs?
Sa eroplano, mas gusto mo ba ng upuan sa tabi ng bintana o mas maluwag para sa mga paa mo?
Back of the card
For this flight, would you rather chat, nap, or watch the view?
Sa biyaheng ito, mas gusto mo bang makipagkuwentuhan, umidlip, o tumingin sa tanawin?
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Would you rather always arrive twenty minutes early or exactly on time?
Mas gusto mo bang laging dumating nang twenty minutes early o laging sakto sa oras?
Back of the card
Finish if you like: "While everyone else is getting ready, I..."
Kung gusto mo, ituloy: "Habang naghahanda pa ang iba, ako..."
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Before leaving the house, what do you always check?
Bago umalis ng bahay, ano yung lagi mong chine-check?
Back of the card
Small checks are tiny protection from future hassle. Everyone has one thing they refuse to leave up to memory.
Maliit lang yung check, pero nakakaiwas sa future hassle. Lahat tayo may isang bagay na hindi pwedeng memory lang.
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For a free weekend, would you prefer a full plan or a surprise?
Sa weekend na wala kang kailangang gawin, kumpletong plano o surprise ang pipiliin mo?
Back of the card
Choose a detail that must stay on your weekend plan, even if everything else is a surprise.
Pumili ng detalye na dapat kasama sa weekend mo kahit surprise ang lahat ng iba pa.
Once you arrive
4 questions
New places, and how you find your way in them.
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When you enter a new place, what’s one small thing you notice right away?
Kapag nasa bagong lugar ka, ano yung isang maliit na bagay na una mong napapansin?
Back of the card
What you notice first can hint at what makes a place feel interesting, calm, or welcoming to you.
Minsan clue yung una mong napapansin kung ano ang nakaka-curious, nakakapagpakalma, o nagpapagaan ng pakiramdam mo.
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What helped you feel welcome in a new place?
Ano ang nakatulong para maramdaman mong welcome ka sa isang bagong lugar?
Back of the card
Would you do something similar for someone new? You can also leave it as a good memory.
Gagawin mo rin ba iyon para sa bagong dating? Puwede ring magandang alaala na lang muna ito.
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Choose a memory power: remember every name or remember every route you have taken.
Pumili ng memory power: tandaan lahat ng pangalan o lahat ng daang nadaanan mo.
Back of the card
Give your memory power a name. It can sound heroic or completely ordinary.
Bigyan ng pangalan ang memory power mo. Puwedeng pang-hero o ordinaryo lang.
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Choose a nearby place you would like to explore with a friend.
Pumili ng malapit na lugar na gusto mong puntahan kasama ang friend.
Back of the card
Imagine finding an unexpected favorite corner there.
Isipin na may makikita kang sulok doon na magiging paborito mo.
Trips that became stories
3 questions
The places that stayed with you.
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Tell us about a place that left a memory or feeling you still carry.
Ikuwento yung lugar na may iniwang memory o feeling na dala mo pa rin.
Back of the card
Some places stay with us quietly. You may not notice it right away, but later you realize you carried something from there.
May mga lugar na tahimik lang ang iniiwan sa atin. Hindi mo agad napapansin, pero may dala ka pala mula roon.
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Name a place that reminds you of a funny story with friends.
Magbanggit ng lugar na nagpapaalala ng funny story kasama ang friends.
Back of the card
That place gets a new name just for this story. What would it be?
Kung papangalanan mo ang lugar ayon sa kuwentong ito, ano ang itatawag mo?
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What failed plan with friends turned into a good memory?
Anong pumalpak na plano kasama ang friends ang naging masayang memory?
Back of the card
The failed plan can be the story's best plot twist.
Puwedeng ang pumalpak na plano ang pinakamagandang plot twist sa kuwento.
How to use them
Before you ask
Travel questions are a shortcut to someone’s personality. How a person picks a seat, plans a weekend or handles arriving somewhere new says a lot about them, and the answers are fun to compare. They also lead to great stories: the place that left a feeling you still carry, the plan that failed and turned into a good memory.
Use them to plan a trip with friends before you discover at the airport that your travel styles don’t match. Use them on a long flight with a seatmate, on a road trip that has run out of playlist, or on a date with someone who loves to travel. Start with the dream-trip round, which anyone can answer even if they’ve barely left home.
For trip planning, the getting-there round is the useful one: answer it together before you book. For a road trip already in progress, the road trip questions are made for the car.
Good for
Tips
- Ask the getting-there questions before you book together.
- Answer the dream-trip questions even if you rarely travel.
- Follow every place someone names with “what was it like?”
- Swap your worst travel story. It’s always a good one.
- Save everyone’s dream destinations in the group chat.
Decks for this
Travel questions
Frequently asked questions
What are good travel questions to ask?
Questions about dream destinations, travel styles like window or aisle and planned or spontaneous, how someone finds their way in a new place, and trips that left a lasting memory.
What should I ask before traveling with friends?
Ask about travel styles first: early or on time, full plan or surprise, one long trip or several short ones. Agreeing on those heads off most arguments on the road.
What are fun travel questions for a long flight?
Light ones, like where a free ticket would take you first or which seat you always choose, are easy to answer and often lead to stories.
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