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name: destination-etiquette-phrasebook
description: "Learn the customs, the taboos, and the twenty phrases that make a trip go smoother. Use when the user wants help with Destination Etiquette & Phrasebook. Related topics: Travel, Communication, Learning."
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# Destination Etiquette & Phrasebook

Learn the customs, the taboos, and the twenty phrases that make a trip go smoother.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Country or region** (free text, e.g. "Where you're going")
- **Main local language** (free text, e.g. "Leave blank if you're not sure")
- **Purpose of the trip** (choose one: Tourism, Business, Visiting family or friends, Studying, Moving there)
- **What I'm most worried about** (longer free text)
- **My current level in the language** (choose one: None at all, A few words, Conversational, Fluent - just need the local specifics)
- **Include pronunciation guides** (choose one: Yes, No)

## Prompt template

## Destination Etiquette & Phrasebook

Get me ready for the culture, not just the sights.

- Country or region: {{Country or region}}
- Main local language: {{Main local language}}
- Purpose of the trip: {{Purpose of the trip}}
- What I'm most worried about: {{What I'm most worried about}}
- My current level in the language: {{My current level in the language}}
- Include pronunciation guides {{Include pronunciation guides}}

Cover greetings and how formal to be, dining etiquette, tipping norms, dress expectations at religious or formal sites, gestures that read as rude, and how bargaining works if it applies. Then give me 20 phrases grouped by situation, with the local script, a phonetic guide, and the literal meaning. Mark the five phrases that buy the most goodwill for the least effort, and note anything commonly repeated in guidebooks that locals find outdated or condescending.

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Source: [Destination Etiquette & Phrasebook on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/0Jick6FIOJxpzauGm8AJ/destination-etiquette-phrasebook)