'Raw-dogging' is dangerous: Expert's warning over popular travel trend
Catching a long-haul flight with absolutely no basic comforts sounds like a traveller's worst nightmare.
But "Raw-dogging" is the latest travel trend blowing up online, where passengers sit through hours on a flight with no food, water, exercise, sleep, or TV - only watching the flight tracker map on the screen in front of them, if even that.
The seemingly pointless trend has gone viral, with social media users posting their feats and how long they managed to "raw-dog" online.
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But one travel expert has warned how bad the craze actually is for your health.
"Look, the first thing I want to say is raw-dogging is dangerous," Australian Traveller's Quentin Long told Today.
"It's actually people sitting there, they don't eat, they don't drink, they don't move and you can get DVT, deep vein thrombosis on any flight, but people are bragging they've done this over a 15-hour flight."
Hear more of Quentin's travel tips in the video above
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