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You’re travelling solo in France and looking for some company. You meet a stranger’s eyes across the room of a crowded Parisian bistro. If only you had a clever Paris-themed pick-up line at the ready to break the ice and show off some of your worldly charm.

Say, like this one:

“Are you sure you’re not a tower? Because Eiffel for you.” #travelpickuplines #lp

— Lonely Planet (@lonelyplanet) January 31, 2013

For Valentine’s Day, we wanted to help the lonely travellers of the world by providing a collection of travel pick-up lines applicable to a wide range of travel situations. We kicked it off on Twitter, and the Twitterverse ran with it in all directions, some brilliant, some that made us blush, and many that were so corny that the Eiffel Tower line ended up looking downright smooth in comparison. Here are some of the best (and worst) of the bunch to keep in mind for your next trip. Good luck to you love-birds – here’s hoping you find someone that enjoys travel and painfully bad puns:

@lonelyplanet Hi, ‘Hanoi’ce to meet you. ‘Ha long’ you been coming here? #travelpickuplines #vietnam

— Tom Deakin (@tomdeakin) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet This may not be India, but since I saw you I’ve felt like I’m in Lucknow #travelpickuplines

— Albatross (@Albatross) January 31, 2013

Baby, are you traveling to London in 1666, because you’re setting my heart on fire! #travelpickuplines

— Adam Berkowitz (@daberkman) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet You’ve Mozambiqued my interest. #travelpickuplines

— UrbanQuest (@UrbanQuestcom) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet Who needs a map when one can Rome freely in your beautiful eyes?#lp #travelpickuplines

— Alias (@aliaalameh) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet Your clothes would look great on my florence #travelpickuplines #lp

— Chef Ivan Maminta (@ChefIvan) February 1, 2013

@lonelyplanet Belize me, baby, I will Peru’v my love for you at any Costa Rica #travelpickuplines

— Sharja Khan (@sharjastan) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet You must be from Paris, ’cause you’re driving me in Seine.#travelpickuplines #lp

— The GypsyNesters (@gypsynester) February 1, 2013

Hey girl, you’re looking Varanasi. #travelpickuplines

— Garrett Palm (@garrettpalm) January 31, 2013

I Ecua-dor you! #travelpickuplines #lp

— Hillary Nienhouse (@hillaraah) February 1, 2013

@lonelyplanet Are you from South England? Cause you Brighton up my day. #travelpickuplines #lp

— Len (@abrrril) January 31, 2013

@abrrril @lonelyplanet Nah, I think they’re from Jakarta because they make me go weak Indones-ia. #travelpickuplines #lp

— Nick Moulds (@Moulds9) January 31, 2013

Oh oh we got one! “Are you heading to India? ‘Cause I’d Goa anywhere with you!” #travelpickuplines @lonelyplanet

— HuffPost Travel (@HuffPostTravel) January 31, 2013

Hmm… “Your name must be Mona… ‘Cause it’s Louvre at first sight.” @lonelyplanet #travelpickuplines

— Joe Dodgshun (@JDJourno) February 1, 2013

“Irish you’d go on a date with me ’cause you’re so pretty you’re Dublin my heart rate #travelpickuplines @lonelyplanet”

— Azra Ahmed (@ambervision44) February 1, 2013

Are you from Tennessee? Because you’re the only Ten I See! @lonelyplanet #travelpickuplines

— Prateek Arora (@prateetude) January 31, 2013

“Is your daddy a thief? Because he stole the Eurostars from the sky and put them in your eyes.” #travelpickuplines @lonelyplanet

— Rebecca Wallace (@wallacewords) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet Would you allow me Du-bai you a drink? #lp #travelpickuplines

— David Bowman (@DavidBowman91) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet Are you sure you’re not from South Korea? Because I’m sure you’re my ‘Seoul’-mate #travelpickuplines #lp #travel

— Rizky Ardiyanto (@RizkyArdiyanto) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet #travelpickuplines “you don’t have to plaster me with Vodka if you want my number, Yakutsk just ask me..”

— sharikasaurus (@sharikasaurus) January 31, 2013

Can you at least af-fjord to buy me a drink? @tomleach65: Norway are you leaving without giving me your number! #travelpickuplines

— Lonely Planet (@lonelyplanet) January 31, 2013

I didn’t know if I should have come over, but I saw you smile and thought Phuket, why not? #travelpickuplines

— SportyTravelBloke (@sportytravel1) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanetYou must be Portuguese because I could Lisbon to that accent allllll night long#travelpickuplines

— Jeremy Fallis (@JerFallis) January 31, 2013

We’ve got one! “You must be from Prague, because I can’t help but Czech you out.” #travelpickuplines @lonelyplanet

— USNewsTravel (@USNewsTravel) January 31, 2013

So you’re Venetian. If I lend you the L from my love and shake you a little, will you be my VaLentine? #travelpickuplines

— Christine Lim (@0000000) January 31, 2013

I want to flip your Ipswich, over Andover, Andover again.#travelpickuplines #lp

— Furious Lackey (@FuriousLackey) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet I know we just met, but I Cairo lot about you. #travelpickuplines

— Sofitel El Gezirah (@SofitelCairoEG) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet This may not feel like the right time to get to know you, but Venice the right time? #TravelPickupLines

— Albatross (@Albatross) January 31, 2013

#travelpickuplines Don’t be shy, you Canterbury your feelings from me baby…

— sharikasaurus (@sharikasaurus) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet Do you mind if I sit down cos Jamaican my heart race? #travelpickuplines

— Christopher Parkin (@ParkiPanda) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet You’re leaving for the Caribbean?! But I just Haiti the thought of ever losing you! #travelpickuplines #lp

— ih8mirka (@SophieToohey) January 31, 2013

I know you are the one ever since you Cayman to my life #travelpickuplines

— Faid Ariff Khairil (@FaidAriff) February 1, 2013

I hope you’re not a monk, cos I’d love to go Tibet with you. oh yeahhhh.. #travelpickuplines

— Travoplana (@Travoplana) February 1, 2013

#travelpickuplines “Hello, have you got a lighter I could Bora Bora?”

— Archie&HisMagic Hat (@matt3hats) February 1, 2013

@lonelyplanet Feeling sad & lonely? Come here, I vatican make you feel better. #travel #travelpickuplines #lp

— Carmi V. B. ♒ (@cvill14) February 1, 2013

@lonelyplanetI hate to be a Budapest, but I’m Hungary for your heart. #travelpickuplines #lp

— The GypsyNesters (@gypsynester) February 1, 2013

@lonelyplanet I saw London, I saw France….can I see your underpants? #travelpickuplines #lp

— Anya Barrett (@anya_at_large) January 31, 2013

#travelpickuplines What took you so long? I’ve been #kuwaiting for you my whole life

— Michelle Maurice (@xcrunner65) January 31, 2013

@lonelyplanet We may be two ships that pass in the night, but I must have your number before you Ceylon #travelpickuplines

— Albatross (@Albatross) January 31, 2013

And of course it wouldn’t be travel humour if airport security didn’t enter into it somehow:

If you were a TSA agent, I would be happy to get a body scan. #travelpickuplines

— Prateek Arora (@prateetude) January 31, 2013

Lonely Planet staff and authors had a play as well. US Travel Editor Robert Reid seemed especially intent on inducing groans.

I bet that glittering crystal ball was made in Poland to make you look so bueno on the Gdansk floor. #travelpickuplines #lp

— Robert Reid (@reidontravel) January 31, 2013

Did you overstay your visa? Because you got ‘fine’ written all over you. #travelpickuplines #lp

— Lonely Planet US (@lpusastaff) January 31, 2013

#travelpickuplines #lp we Bali know each other, but I Jakarta take my eyes off you!

— James Kay (@jameskay123) February 1, 2013

You make me want to get a financial consultant in Alaska. “Why?” Well, Juneau you have a Kenai for Fairbanks. #travelpickuplines #lp

— Robert Reid (@reidontravel) January 31, 2013

The best lesson of all? A little flattery never hurts:

@lonelyplanet “G’day do u mind if I have a read of your lp”? – Easy icebreaker #travelpickuplines

—Scott Snodgrass (@ssnods) February 2, 2013

Photo: Happy Valentines Day! by ButterflySha, Creative Commons Attribution license

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