Heavenly Father, Look down on your humble, obedient tourist servants, who are doormen to travel this earth, taking photographs, mailing postcards, buying souvenirs and walking around in trip-day underwear.
We beseech you lord, to see that our luggage is not lost and our overnight baggage does unnoticed at customs.
Give us this day divine guidance in the selection of our hotels that we may find our reservation honored, our rooms made up and hot water running from the faucets.
Lead us, Dear Lord, to good inexpensive restaurants where the food is superb, the waiter friendly and wine included in the price of the meal.
Give us wisdom to tip correctly we do not understand. Forgive us for under tipping out of ignorance over tipping for
Grant us the strength to visit the museums, the Cathedrals, the places and the castles listed as “musts” in the guidebooks. And if, perchance, we skip and historic monuments, to take a nap after lunch, have mercy on us for out flesh is weak.
(This part of prayers is for husbands)
Dear God, keep our wives from shopping sprees and protect them from “bargains” they don’t need or can’t afford. Lead them not into temptation, for they know what they do.
(This part of prayers is for wives)
Almighty Father, keep our husbands from leering at the foreign women and them to us. Save them from making fools of themselves in cafes and nightclubs, so they know exactly what they do.
(Everyone)
And when our trip is over and returns to our loved ones, great us to favor of finding someone who will look at our home movies and listen to our stories so our lives as tourists will not have been vain.
