\u201cWe know this decision could be disruptive to someone in your life. It\u2019s time to have a difficult conversation with them. You can do this. We (and Phoebe) believe in you. The madness stops today. The movement starts now. Help Tampa International Airport become the world\u2019s first Crocs-free AND pajama-free airport. DO YOUR PART. SAY NO TO PAJAMAS AT TPA,\u201d the post concluded.<\/p>\n
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TPA\u2019s post comes a few months after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called on travelers to be mindful of their airport attire.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call this, just maybe dressing with some respect. You know, whether it\u2019s a pair of jeans and a decent shirt. I would encourage people to maybe dress a little bit better, which encourages, encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let\u2019s try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport,\u201d he said in a November<\/a> 2025 statement.<\/p>\n In the hours since TPA shared their message, it sparked a lot of online discourse. \u201cWho wears pajamas to the airport anyway?\u201d one X user replied.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they don\u2019t smell bad and aren\u2019t bothering anyone, why do y\u2019all care so much? Can y\u2019all focus on actually cleaning your bathrooms for once and speeding up TSA lines instead?\u201d a second user argued.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat about kids? Pajamas are most comfortable for them for a long flight,\u201d a third user asked. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t seem very important,\u201d a fourth chimed in.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Feb 26, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Can Tampa International Airport actually ban travelers from wearing pajamas? No … but that didn\u2019t stop the airport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,3210,136],"class_list":["post-171149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-international-airport","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}