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Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered
Some trips are more breathtaking than others, but he who knows the first thing about traveling would know it to be about movement and change - of landscape, people, sounds, light, and probably the traveler himself.
Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the most probable and (usually) desired part of traveling is various adventures! And adventures wouldn’t be adventures without their essential element - unexpected circumstances and surprises!
That being said, honest travelers would admit that at least some of it springs right from the traveler’s own hilarious mistakes. (Even if it means being stuck in the exact same spot or paying for the room twice.) Dreadful at the moment, but still funny years later. These Redditors shared their experiences of making such a mistake while hitting the road, answering one Redditor’s question “What’s is the dumbest travel mistake you’ve made?”
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#1
On a *very* drunken night out in Thailand I gave my wallet to a lovely couple we had spent the day with on a trip to keep safe as I had no pockets in my shorts.
Needless to say I woke up the next day and the doom hit me.
Kicked myself for the next few days and carried on with my trip with the help of my friends. Mostly transferring money to them online.
A few days later I logged in to a computer at the hostel and found an email from LinkedIn with a connection request and a short message from one of the couple! They had tried finding me on all my socials but the only one that they found me on was LinkedIn 🤣
They managed to post it to my next hostel and it was on my bed waiting for me!
Heroes. 🤩
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago
The one example where a bra comes in handy. See us ladies haven't had pockets for decades!
dan martyr 2 years ago (edited)
I left my Walkman (it was the 90s) in a hostel in Australia. It went through three sets of hands and nearly 300 miles before it got back to me. People are great sometimes
Big Chungus 2 years ago
I used to always find random stuff of people when I was in college. I find this one kids wallet loaded with cards and cash (assuming to pay for new semester things) and the only place I could find him was twitter
Pie 2 years ago
My mom lost her wallet while we were on vacation in California. Flew home to Virginia (pre 9/11). A week or so later a package shows up. It was her wallet. There was a note saying they used the cash to pay for postage and bought their kids ice cream. Didnt include their information, guess they thought she'd be mad about the cash or something f. She was just thrilled to have her wallet back!
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#2
Sydney, Australia and Sydney, Nova Scotia are not close to each other. I have no idea why I didn’t question why the ticket was so affordable !
Michael Wilmer 2 years ago
Went to Paris, the city of lights. Yeah, nope. Guess the electricity was out in Texas that day. 🤣
Hodmi 2 years ago
I used to live not far from Sydney NS. It's lovely, but the world's largest fiddle can't really compete with the Sydney Opera House
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
Likewise St. John's, Virgin Islands and St. John's, Antigua. I booked flights and accommodations with my friend after consuming buckets of wine.😬 We wanted VI and found our mistake the next day. Went to Antigua anyway and had a BLAST. Much cheaper too.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago (edited)
Somehow you still haven't found out that there is no St John's in the Virgin Islands.
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Bob Brooce 2 years ago
There are a lot of places in US states that share names with popular destinations outside the US, and somehow people mange to blunder into the Trip Advisor forums about them. I don't know how somebody interested in the London in England ends up in the forum for London, Kentucky but at least they haven't accidentally bought the wrong plane ticket.
Squishy 2 years ago
Really curious where they were flying from, Sydney Nova Scotia is also really expensive haha!
#3
Not me but my husband. The night before our first trip to Barcelona he noticed his passport had expired. Hotels were nonrefundable at that point so I waved goodbye and did the trip solo.
Rose the Cook 2 years ago
What sort of person doesn't check their passport before making travel plans? Some countries insist on at least 6 months before expiry to let you in.
User# 6 2 years ago
That would be me. Only discovered the evening before a day trip to the UK my passport was expired. Luckily I managed to get a temporary passport for the trip that same evening.
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Paul C. 2 years ago
Back in the Eighties a friend of mine, who shall we say, was a few sandwiches short of a picnic, didn't realise a passport was required to go to Tenerife on one of those 18/30 drink/sex fests. A mate lent him his passport and on the way out and back it was barely glanced at. Just as well because he had bright red hair and the passport holder black!
Panda Kicki 2 years ago
And no emergency passport station at the airport? Our airports has the possibility to get a new passport within an hour, expensive but doable.
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
My husband didn’t keep his passport up to date and we missed out on seeing Peter Frampton again at a concert I got tickets for in New York State (we’re Canadian). I guess I could have just gone with a friend but he gave the tickets to one of his friends instead. That pissed me off.
Mila Preradović 2 years ago
I thought Canadians could travel to US just with an ID? Guess not🤔
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Cricketgeeklol 2 years ago
My aunt works partime down at the docks. Last week she had a family that came and the Dad only had his passport for another 6 months. He couldn't go. The Mum was crying and so were the kids. He was devastated
Stannous Flouride 2 years ago
This made me check mine since I leave for Japan in 50 days. All good until 2031.
Pascal’s Swagger 2 years ago
Enjoy Japan! Very user-friendly travel destination and lots of amazing things to see (and eat!)!
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MarTa 2 years ago
A few years ago, we were travelling with friends and our kids. My ex husband didnt bother to check his id expiry date (travelling within EU) and had no passport. His id was expired and we managed to board on the plane, last minute. He had to pull some serious strings to get a temporary permit (he s a police officer). Yes, where we live, if you have the right connections you can pull anything 🙄
Richard Pennington 9 months ago
A work colleague booked a Christmas holiday in Thailand. But at the airport he was turned back because his passport had less than 6 months to run. He wasn't happy, until he heard the news on Boxing Day (26th December, 2004). A massive earthquake in Indonesia triggered a tsunami which killed about a quarter of a million people in southern Asia (including Thailand) and eastern Africa.
#4
I booked a hotel in the wrong country.
Sierra (any/all) 2 years ago
let me guess: you were traveling to australia and booked it in austria?
#5
My wife and I traveled to New Zealand for six weeks camping, then flew to Hawaii for a week to visit friends. I had a car and condo rented in Hawaii but in the plane to Hawaii I realized the day we lost going to New Zealand, we we’re gaining back going to Hawaii (International Date Line). So, we had to scramble as we had no car or housing for our first day there. We literally arrived in Hawaii hours before we left New Zealand. Oops.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Yeah, this is the part about time that's confusing and amazing at the same time.
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Lunakadi 2 years ago
Truly. If you can take a 7 week vacation seems like you won’t be struggling too much to figure out how to handle an unexpected extra night.
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Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Was similar for Concorde flights from London to New York. Arrived before you left!
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
Personally, I would have been winging it, get the hotel to hold the luggage and have a 24 hr scenic/party/beach napping time of it. From accidental experience, there's a bus route that goes almost all the way around the main island. Friends and I were too tired to plan our day after a late night, we had a hotel room. Decided to lazy tour and hop on the bus, we all fell asleep and bus driver woke us when we were back in town.
Happy Quokka 2 years ago (edited)
Not necessarily, once the time difference gets really big, it gets more manageable because our body doesn’t care about the date. Did a return trip over the date line once and it wasn’t bad at all since the time difference was like 4hrs.
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I had two birthdays coming home from a trip almost as far as New Zealand. I remember finding it a bit confusing making the initial plans because of the long flying time and crossing the IDL. Once I figured our general itinerary it got easier because the airline schedules tell you the local arrival time.
Mark Hastings 2 years ago
My wife and I left Auckland, New Zealand on a Saturday afternoon and landed in San Francisco Saturday morning.
#6
Borrowed my dad's old truck to do some wilderness camping with a buddy across the Canadian border in Yukon (I'm from Alaska obviously). Told the border agent I had no guns, ammo, etc but they searched the vehicle anyways and lo an behold my dad had a hidden compartment under the back seat with a .357 and a box of ammo lol. They pulled us out and had us stuck in an interrogation room while they called my dad as it was his name on the registration. He confirmed it was his fault as he forgot it was in there and they actually let us go and they kept the gun. We camped for a week lol. My dad had to drive 250 miles to the border to pick up the gun.
UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
Well, you can’t expect him to keep track of EVERY gun, can you?
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Libby Tailor 2 years ago
Actually, the only place in the US where the guns are okay in my opinion, is Alaska.
Manny 2 years ago
Why because of the wilderness? There is wilderness in every state so your statement makes no sense.
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Bidango Smith 2 years ago
LMAO!!!! I grew up in the Yukon and had a friend that worked at the boarder ... ooooh, the stories of what Americans try to pull coming across.
John Dilligaf 2 years ago
OP should thank his lucky stars it was Canada not Mexico. He and his buddy would still be in jail. Mexico doesn't eff around with that NO guns or ammo across the border thing.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
you mean crossing the border...you can get a gun the minute you cross the border, no problem in either country...
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More! 2 years ago
How many guns does a man have to own to forget the one that’s in the hidden compartment under the back seat?
ric carter 2 years ago
Your question equates to: How many firearms are *enough* in varied situations? IMHO if one's answer is greater than zero, then one is in the wrong locale. 8-(
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ric carter 2 years ago
US Army vet here. I *always* keep track of firearms and ammo. Just being prudent, hey?
#7
My husband mixed up AM and PM for our flight from Amsterdam to London and I never bothered to double check. We were out happily sightseeing with what we thought were our last few hours in town when I get an email that said “How was your flight? Fill out this survey…”
Thankfully we booked some last minute train tickets. We lost the money on the airfare but at least it was a very cheap flight.
Rostit . 2 years ago
If you can't read am or pm you are the problem. I've never in almost 50yrs has a problem.
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Stay Off My Lawn 2 years ago
Yeah mixing up am and pm is a pretty common snafu. Things would be a lot easier if everyone would use the 24-hour clock.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
That nearly happened to me the last morning in Manchester. I didn't know what time it was. My stomach was grating. I think I had a fever. Definitely a massive headache. My boyfriend made me tea and grabbed me a ginger loaf slice. Then I realized I had just 2 hours before my plane takes off, and we weren't even ready to leave yet. At least he lives close to the airport, in walking distance. I got to the gates about 5 minutes before they shut the gates. Strangely there was no real panic until then.
User# 6 2 years ago
A train from Amsterdam to London is probably more expensive than a flight.
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
A train from London to Birmingham is probably more expensive than the flight
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Mario Strada 2 years ago
That's why some time ago I switched to what my wife calls "Military Time". But in Italy, where I am from, it's pretty common and I was, indeed, in the military, so for me it's no effort. I also got tired to switch metric and imperial, so I have two fitness apps. One in metric, the other in imperial. I train by the metric one, but I answer wife's question in Imperial.
Tumbah 2 years ago
I had a flight leaving Munich (to DUB) at 1500 and my mind just didn't work that out correctly. I was still in Augsburg at 3!! Luckily this was back in the day where I was able to get on the next available flight.
Pandora 2 years ago
Are you an Augsburger? Lived in there for a few months, back in the 90's. Beautiful, magical city.
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CanadianaKa 2 years ago
Transferring at Schiphol from Edinburgh to Venice. Forgot it was off an hour. It was my first time on the ground in the Netherlands in 20 years and i was having so much fun practicing my limited Dutch and cheese shopping we came >< close to missing our flight. As someone who neurotically usually shows up two hours early for a flight, that was pretty darn embarrassing!
Richard Keel 2 years ago
And don't get me started on people saying 12pm for midday
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Grabbed my son's passoort, instead of mine, before driving 3 hrs to Chicago for a flight to Cuba early the next day. Thankfully I have an amazing friend who went and got mine from my house and met me halfway. Got back to Chicago at 2:00am, and made my 6:30 am flight. I gave my friend $100 for saving my a**e.
Cricketgeeklol 2 years ago
A very funny story from about 30 yrs ago. My grandparents managed to take there son and daughters passports instead of their own! They were driving to France and those days all you had to do was flash the passport and they didn't fully check. So, they kept away from the curve, not close enough for the pictures to be obvious! They got there and back
François Carré 2 years ago (edited)
I live in South East France. I was a teenager and my mom and I travelled (1h by car then 3h by train) to Paris for my cousin's 20th birthday. My uncle had arranged a party for her and all the family... in London. Clueless me had completely forgotten to bring my ID card. I was a bit afraid of my uncle's reaction because he's not someone to mess with, so I waited until the very last moment in the airport to ask if it would be possible for me to travel without my ID card. Of course it was not and my uncle was fuming. Long story short, they left without my mum and I, but my uncle bought us a train ticket, we went home (train & car), I grabbed my ID card in my room, we went back to the airport (car & train) and we took another plane later the same day to join the rest of the family. Crazy journey.
Downunderdude 2 years ago
If I've got this right, your friend drove 11/2 hours to meet you and 1/1/2 hours back . Would $100 even cover the petrol? Good friend!
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
21 years ago (less than a year after 9/11), I was on a trip with my in-laws, kids and husband going to Canada from Washington state. Going over the border we had no trouble but coming back, it turned out my husband, the organized one, left his passport in our hotel room in the US. He had his military ID but the border police wouldn't take for some reason. We all had our passports so the officer decided to ask our kids who he was. Our 7 yr. old, with this little devilish look in her eyes, said "that's Craig". As we all gasped/said "not the time for a joke"; the officer asked our younger one, (age, not quite 5 ) she said "oh, that's daddy" and they let us pass. We still tease our older one about the time she almost got us arrested at the border.
DJR 2 years ago
My hourly rate at 2am with zero notice is a lot higher than $33. It was clearly a gesture of "I'm not wanting you to feel used".
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I booked a trip to Istanbul in December, assumed it would be warm because it was on the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, didn’t check the weather predictions, didn’t pack any warm clothes, and it was snowing when I arrived.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I wouldn't have thought Istanbul got any snow, either. The more you know.
Annita Stephanou 2 years ago
I live on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. We get snow. Not a lot, but we do and sometimes it snows even in the capital in February. And yes, it gets cold. There are ski resorts in Lebanon, too, in case anyone is interested.
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Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
Ooh fun, can we make a game out of guessing where you're from? You didn't immediately say, so my guess is it's not one of the countries folks usually think of first when thinking about the Mediterranean, or ski resorts... maybe Algeria?
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SewingStaffy 2 years ago
Regardless of where this person thought it was. It gets cold because of winter!
ShellsBells 2 years ago (edited)
I'm sorry, but I have to...It's actually spelled Türkiye now, not Turkey. Edit: spell check error.
CanadianaKa 2 years ago (edited)
My first trip to San Francisco was in October. I brought summer dresses. Then again, the millions of people you see walking around in San Francisco fleeces ALL made the same mistake I did... assumed "It's California, it'll be warm." It might be... for 20 minutes. 23 years later seeing people in an SF fleece still makes me giggle. A few times I've even asked "thought it would be warmer there, hunh?" and every time they have sheepishly agreed.
Ryan Edwards 2 years ago
Invader, let's try to be a little less annoying with the snarky comments. Turkey is located in both Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia. While Turkey is not considered part of the Middle East geographically, most people consider it part of the Middle East in terms of religion, culture, heritage, and other factors. Turkey has historically been considered part of the Middle East due to its location and cultural ties with the region. The part of Turkey where Istanbul is located is considered European as it's separated via the Bosphorus straits, while the other 95% is considered part of the Middle East.
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#10
I booked a ticket to the Anne Frank museum tour and stood inline. Ticket was for the following year
User# 6 2 years ago
It's Rubens 'Marie de' Medici Cycle' which are at the Louvre in Paris....
Load More Replies... Emma S 2 years ago
Doesn't say how long ago this was but you can only buy tickets to Anne Frank's House upto six weeks in advance and they sell out quick.
Becky Bellevue 2 years ago
Came here to say this. I call Bs on this one unfortunately. When I went in 2020 (before the world shut down) I had to check every morning for tickets
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Mine was being an inexperienced 19 year old traveler bringing lots of German beer to Liverpool in a duffel bag. About 10 or 12 bottles broke and the bags on the conveyor belt were soaked in beer and the people were angrily mumbling over it. Then mine came, the whole bottom was drenched, and eyes were all over me as I quietly snuck out.
Shelby Moonheart 2 years ago
My parents lived in Haiti and would bring vanilla back to us in the USA. At that time the vanilla was in glass 5th bottles. Once trip at least one of the bottles broke. All the luggage coming off the plane smelled strongly of vanilla. It was the best vanilla to use in cooking.
Downunderdude 2 years ago
That would get you a big fine in Australia! We have super strict quarantine laws here - just a tip for people!
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Remi (He/Him) 2 years ago
The trick is to pack any glass bottles etc by first wrapping them individually in t-shirts, socks or such and then sealing the mummified bottles in plastic bags. Reduces the chance of breakage and contains the damage even in case of an accident. Just remember to use dark clothes or clothes you won't miss too much especially if the bottle contains red wine :)
#12
I booked a train from Venice at the trenitalia site. When the train never arrived I discovered I'd booked a bus. We missed it.
CanadianaKa 2 years ago
Does anyone get the feeling the Bored Panda content creators are just using wackier and wackier images just to inspire responses and upvotes?
#13
I forgot underwear on a three week trip to South America. No offense to the Brazilians here but let’s say their men’s style of underwear was not my idea of comfortable.
Luiza Briard 2 years ago
I'm Brazilian and I call BS on that. You can easily find any style of men's underwear at any department store here.
#14
Not me, but my friends recently were visiting EU (they’re not EU citizens and require a visa to be there) and decided to go on a day-trip from Munich (Germany) to Salzburg (Austria). Never came to their mind to grab their passports as it’s their first time in Europe and they’ve thought “there’s no state borders inside the EU”. They got lucky at the way there, but at the way back there was a police check on travel documents 🙈 they were taken off the train and spent couple of hours at the police station trying to contact hotel so the staff would get into their room and take photos of visas. Ended well though - the police released them once the photos were sent.
Jo Davies 2 years ago
Similar happened to me in Dusseldorf! 2019, travelling back to South Africa from UK. Didn't know the travel rules there are different and I spend 5 hours in the airport police station while they tried everything they could to get me on a plane out. Was very scary, but they did help and I made it home 19 hours later, very tired and broke.
Verena 2 years ago
You do not need a passport for travelling from UK to SA?
Load More Replies... Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Travellers from the UK now need visas to go to Europe. We’ll dome Brexiteers. Hope you’re happy.
ShellsBells 2 years ago
Americans need visas starting next year. Thankfully I was there last year and it was so awesome being able to drive through 5 different countries without ever having to worry.
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Fun Fan 2 years ago
Yeah, when you leave the Schengen-border, you won't be ask for any documents, but when you enter, there are very good chances, that you will be asked to show them, especially between Austria and Germany, but sometimes also between Hungary and Austria.
Donkeywheel 2 years ago (edited)
Everything is wrong in this comment. You definitely need your documents to leave the Schengen area and you will have to go through immigration. It’s obviously the same when you enter. When you’re crossing boundaries within the Schengen area (by the way, Hungary, Austria and Germany are members) there is no control, no immigration, no customs. But you can be controlled anytime anywhere and you need your travel documents.
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We were traveling to two different cities for a week. We needed two accommodations, one for each city, right? Well my dumbass booked not just one air bnb for the one city, but also booked the other for the same city with the exact same dates. Didn’t notice until a week before our trip. I cried when I realize what I did lol. It was an extremely expensive (no refund) lesson to learn to pay more attention when I book more than 1 accommodation at once :/
I’ve Seen Things 2 years ago
I have to book a hotel for the night before you leave for the country you arrive the next day, when crossing the dateline west to east. Eg. First flight depts 6:00am on 17th April connecting flight arrives at destination 16th April 12:30am. Due to time zones and date line Both Hotel bookings (one for predeparture and one for arrival) are for the night of the 16th in two countries.
Susan 2 years ago
Did something similar once. Book a place for the wrong month. Didn't realize until they sent me the instructions for check in (a month before I was supposed to be there). Non refundable and still had to book another place that was just as expensive but not nearly as nice at the last minute.
Jan Moore 2 years ago
We always travel a day before a cruise and book a hotel just in case something happens. After 14 cruises it paid off. Our flight from St Louis was delayed meaning we wouldn't make our Buzz connection in Minneapolis. We booked another flight and got to Minneapolis to find that flight was delayed, mechanical problems. Unfunny thing was the flight we were to connect with had been delayed and was still at the gate. Finally, after 7 flights booked and cancelled we made it to Amsterdam in time to catch the bus to Rotterdam for the cruise.. My checked bag however stayed in Minneapolis. Hopefully the travel insurance will cover the hotel.
#16
Arriving at 1:00 pm for a 1:00 am flight...12hrs too late. The flight was from India to US so it was a very expensive mistake.
Isabella 2 years ago
In order to avoid confusion, look at the first letters from "AM" and "PM"; if you put them in alphabetical order: A is first one, so AM is referring to the first part of the day.
Annita Stephanou 2 years ago
I see a lot of this on this list. Which company does not issue tickets with a 24h clock? I was working as a ground hostess for years and never saw one!
John Seidel 2 years ago
Everyone everywhere should be on 24 hour time. The 12 hour clock is nothing but trouble.
#17
I was travelling in Belfast and then taking a flight to Paris from the Belfast airport. When I get to the bus station, I ask for a ticket “to the airport”. I get my ticket and get on the bus. 30 mins into the trip where we should be getting close to the airport, I check my Google maps and see we’re headed the wrong direction. I ask someone if the bus is going to the Belfast airport. He looks horrified and tells me it’s going to the Dublin airport. Missed my flight, had to get a new, way more expensive flight from the Dublin airport.
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Something similar happened to us when we were in Istanbul last February. Twenty minutes into the taxi ride I realized we were going in the wrong direction (Havalimaı instead of Sabiha Gokcen). Luckily we had planned with a time margin large enough to make up for the mistake, but the 40 Euro ride became a 80 Euro trip.
Ruth Kennedy 2 years ago
And Belfast has two airports, so really this is on whoever sold the ticket without asking, 'Which airport?'
Dolly_of TheCowboy 2 years ago
Used to see this a fair bit when Avalon airport became the destination for a number of budget airlines when they swapped over from the more expensive Tullamarine. Both are in Victoria Australia. People did not check or did not notice and probably thought they scored a bargain. I expect the same thing will happen up in NSW when their second airport (eventually) opens
#18
I mentally earmark a few hundred dollars per trip for "mistakes" since I plan my own trips. No one is perfect, and expecting to make a few errors helps me deal with it when it happens.
#19
I once booked a month long airbnb for the wrong month
Coralinea 2 years ago (edited)
I can... but I don't want to. Imagine carrying furniture up there if you really want to suffer.
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#20
Recently went to Japan and must have been extremely jet lagged my first night because I threw my envelope of 40000 yen (like 280 USD) into the trash can in the bathroom of the floor of the hostel I was staying in. Was checking the bathroom as a last ditch effort, moved a few pieces of tissue and there it was untouched 😂
Jrog 2 years ago
Crime rate against property in Japan is about 300 reported theft offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, steadily declining (it was five times higher two decades ago). It is low but not *that* low. If we compare 2016 data, that are quickly accessible, Japan theft rate is comparable to Mexico, and much higher than Albania or Colombia.
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Ripley 2 years ago (edited)
We were on a small group tour of Japan a handful of years go. We had stayed at a beautiful town called Narai, which is well known for lacquer work. We had a free morning and then were to meet at the train station for the next leg. I did a little shopping and was on my way. The elderly chap from the shop actually chased me to the station because he thought he had *overcharged* me. It turned out he had, to the tune of about $5 AUD. He insisted on paying me back for the overcharge.
#21
Went to the wrong airport in berlin and missed my flight
DeShotz 2 years ago
Anyone else notice that the photo is a picture of model planes in a model airport? I’m guessing it’s at Miniatur Wunderland.
DeShotz 2 years ago
Here is a video of the really cool model airport in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KtCh8JvHLQ
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Mario Strada 2 years ago
San Francisco instead of Oakland. Broke a few speed records, but I made it.
#22
Backcountry backpacking, had those convertible pants, but left the pant legs at a high elevation lake and had to just wear shorts the remainder of the route. Very cold at night!
Chez2202 2 years ago
Yes. Or if you’re backpacking then your backpack is also an option.
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Showed up for my flight exactly 24 hours before departure. Luckily they got me on or I would’ve have to go home and repeat the whole process the next day.
Extra vacation day I guess so that was cool.
#24
1990’s. Took a redeye charter to the greek islands. Opened the duty free on the plane and got drunk and wasted, as good 19year olds do on a boys-trip.
Arrived. We saw our two bags on the luggage band. Grabbed them, took the chartered bus to the hotel. Crashed in bed after checking in to the hotel.
After 1 hour got woken up by the tour guide knocking on our door. He had two identical bags in his hand. He informed us we took some other guests bags at the airport. Opps 🙄
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago
Why would they want his organs Kitten? He's already admitted he was pickling in alcohol.
#25
Booked my rental car for the wrong day (flight landed at 1am and I booked for the previous day). The rental company was completely inflexible, so I ended up shelling out $500+ *twice* for a 4-day rental. Then I discovered a cab to and from my destination (where I didn't need a car anyway) would've only cost like $150 😩
Jan Moore 2 years ago
For some reason I had us flying out of St Louis a day earlier than we were. Didn't find out till we tried to check in at our day before flight hotel. Called our travel agent to tell Bush's screwed up in booking the hotel as they didn't have our room. She checked and said you're not flying out till 2 more days. So we had to spend the time and more money for the extra day.
B Jones 2 years ago
Seems like you still had 3 days left on the first rental, just work up the chain of command until its honored. Try nice, then rude. At most you should only have to pay one extra day
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Seems like you don't have a clue how contracts work. When he didn't show up when his rental contract started he became a no-show and there wasn't a contract anymore.
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#26
"How hard can it be to get from Heathrow to Gatwick ... *very late at night*? It's still the same city."
Chez2202 2 years ago
I love the ‘it’s still the same city’ part. I’m from the North West of England, about 8 miles from the border of Manchester. It’s still nearly 30 miles from my home to Manchester airport.
Mila Preradović 2 years ago (edited)
Many years ago we were organizing a concert of a band from Manchester area. As I was trying to put everything together, flight options etc., it took me some time and some e-mailing back and forth with the band manager before I could grasp my mind around the fact that no, if the flight arrives at Gattwick at 10am, you can't make it to Heathrow for a 3pm flight😅 (in my defense, my entire country has less than half population of London, and we don't have multiple airports in our towns; but reading this it makes me consider claiming Rijeka airport as our own as well, it's just about 60 miles away😅)
Load More Replies... Petra Schaap 2 years ago
First time we used Ryan Air, 20 years ago. Flew to Spain "Barcelona" in the middle of the night because it was only 5 euro :-D Arrived at the airport and found out there was was a bus to Barcelona. Our hotel was in a town south of Barcelona and we had to pay 75 euro for a cab ride to get there 😂
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
According to google 37 miles and about 41 minutes. That's not too bad.
#27
Spent an entire month in London and never once ventured outside of the city. I was a dumb 20 year old American who didn't realize the ease of train travel there. I remember the only day trip I had looked into was a coach tour bus to Stonehenge and it was super expensive so I didn't do it.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
When you live in a country that requires a personal car to just get out of the city at home, it's hard to get out of that restrictive thinking and realize how much freedom you have when you're somewhere with ample public transportation that goes all sorts of places outside of the cities. My last trip to UK, I regret not going other places.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
The Original Bruno, I don't own a car, nor have a license to rent one. Public transport is very essential and appreciative when it's there for me.
Load More Replies... Emma S 2 years ago (edited)
Always find it sad when tourists come to the UK and never leave London. London is fine but the UK is so diverse and so full of history and has much more going for it then it's capital city. Go and see the beaches of Cornwall or Devon, Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, do the Tolkien trail in the West Midlands, hike the Peak District, Yorkshire dales, the Cotswolds, the Scottish Highlands, the Brecon Beacons. The UK being so small means that nothing is more than a few hours away by train or road.
Julie S 2 years ago
Kent is also lovely you could be in Canterbury in just over an hour from London. Canterbury is beautiful very historic.
Load More Replies... Toby 2 years ago
Tbh I wouldn't recommend any visitor to London hiring a car. It's a truly horrible place to drive (I know, I used to live there) and the public transport is great. The stations in most towns/cities are in the centre. And parking in most towns and cities is also challenging. A train from London to somewhere like Bath is an easy, stress-free day out. And the view from the train is much nicer than the 'view' from the motorway.
Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
Something somewhat similar happened to me in DC. For those who don't know (I didn't) DC has a very good transit system. I got a rental car and ended up parking it for the entire week I was there. I wish instead of a car, I had just gotten the 1 week transit pass. It would have saved money and given me a lot more freedom.
Jenn Smith 2 years ago
That's a dream trip for me. Even if I make mistakes and stay in London instead of exploring!
Little but Fierce 2 years ago
It doesn't cost $300 to visit Stonehenge. Train from London is literally £9 each way if you book in advance, then transport and entry to Stonehenge is like £30 for an adult. If you're paying $300 then you're being massively ripped off.
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#28
I left my passport in the Uber in Rio luckily I have family there so I just said “hey again it’s me” I got my passport within 2 days from the driver!
#29
Listened to my mom and a poorly worded/outdated travel site convincing me I can fly to the Bahamas with a passport card. On the way to the airport I felt a sense of doom and found out they were very wrong. Mom and dad continued on to the airport and I caught the next Amtrak home. Lesson learned the hard way. Everyone get your Passport book!!!
Panthera 2 years ago
where I am from, we have an ID card and a passport, would the ID card be the passport card? I've never heard that term before, sorry
Bex 2 years ago (edited)
We have state/driver's license/ real ID cards as our everyday ID in the US, and book passports. There is also a passport card which is cheaper than a passport and allows travel to Mexico and Canada, very convenient to carry in a wallet for those that live near a border. Also good to carry on your person when traveling so you can leave your book passports in the hotel safe/cruise cabin safe.
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Justin Thyme 2 years ago
Passport card clearly says on it valid only for travel to Mexico and Canada
Donkeywheel 2 years ago (edited)
What an extremely smart idea to call passport a document that is absolutely not a passport. Who is the complete moron who introduced it and chose this name?
Lauren Wilder 2 years ago
A passport card is fine for use at the border to Canada or mexico. Not for air travel.
Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
Did you know there are several US territories and protectorates a US citizen can travel to without a passport?
#30
Before I knew skiplagging was a thing I had a flight to Budapest with a connection in Frankfurt. Found out some friends were in Nuremburg so I decided get off in Frankfurt and take the train to meet them. Luckily I had planned to check my bag so I asked ticket agent to just tag my bag through Frankfurt. That’s when I got educated on what happens when you intentionally miss a leg on your ticket. My return tickets would’ve been canceled and I would’ve been none the wiser until two weeks later on my way home. I ended up paying $300 in change fees to modify the ticket.
B Jones 2 years ago
I always hate this stuff . You're already landing there. Just don't check bags. I wonder what they would do if you had a medical issue like food poisoning and couldn't make the flight connection (hint hint) but could catch a bus later to the next city. Also they don't seem nearly as upset when they make you miss connection flights. Like "oopsie I guess you're on your own, hope you have insurance, because were not giving you a refund""
OnlyFranks 2 years ago
Skiplagging is when you buy a ticket, to some other city, that has a layover in a city you actually want to go. Sometimes those tickets are cheaper than buying the direct flight to your city. Then you just don't get back onto the plane to continue your flight. It used to be a "travel hack" but airlines get all pissy about it now and have started to punish travelers that do that.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Almost nobody reads the contract of carriage. When you buy airline tickets (or anything else, FTM) you're entering into a contract and agree to the terms. If you breach the contract the rest of it is automatically void.
Lauren Wilder 2 years ago
Skipplagging is how used to fly from usa to Africa in an affordable way.
#31
My best friend sashaying through Jemaa el-Fnaa in kitten heels with her bright red open-mouthed bucket bag dangling casually from her elbow after I warned her about thieves multiple times. She got pick-pocketed and I ended up having to pay for a lot of s**t that trip. She did pay me back but FFS.
#32
We (newly married couple) landed in Vegas and asked a "cool" taxi driver what his favorite spots were cause we thought he was cool and we wanted original spots. He took us to his favorite spot and drove round back to park so he could join us. He didn't join us. We paid $20 per person for a cover at a nasty strip club that served s**t food and was too far away from the actual Vegas strip that we had to catch another taxi back. Pretty sure he got commission.
KatZen 2 years ago
Last time I was in Vegas the "cool" cab driver took us to a liquor store and dispensary on the way to our hotel. Pretty sure she also got a commission but it was awesome. Too bad a couple of my friends couldn't handle their edibles but it was a very memorable trip!
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
Don't understand your downvote. Here's an upvote. 🙂
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Nerd Groupie 2 years ago
Drivers in Vegas all have kickback systems with strip clubs. It's wild
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
Last time I was in Vegas i had to take a cab by myself and was a bit nervous, so i asked the cool driver upfront how much it would be. He said "Oh at least 3000 dollar" I said "If you gonna charge me 3000 dollar for that ride, i expect you to sing for me!" And so he did, he was apparently a singer and had a great voice. Did give him a good tip but not 3000 bucks 😂
Michael Wilmer 2 years ago
In Vegas, there is a line for "cool" and one for "uncool" drivers 🤣
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
We were in Austin Texas with my husband’s elderly parents and we were about to go into a pub style restaurant (FIL was English and that’s what he liked - beers and simple food), and somehow some street guy convinces them to go on a hike down side streets to some local football player guy’s steakhouse. I didn’t get much of a vote you see on these trips with anything, but I’m thinking this is ridiculous. We ended up getting a cab back to the original restaurant because MIL dearest has bad knees.
#33
I agreed to carry a parcel of 🥩raw meat🥩home to LA from some acquaintances in Dhaka. I had gotten ill in Dhaka so I was in no mental state to question why the f**k they would want me to do that.
It leaked blood inside my luggage which ensured the customs officials wanted nothing to do with it. I still wonder what that was about.
Mycroft1967 2 years ago
If I learned anything from watching smugglers on Nat Geo. It is this. Have them ship it through a company.
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Pat Bond 2 years ago
Lol, used to work at Heathrow T4, the amount of times certain flights from the African continent would arrive, you'd hear a klaxon and the baggage handlers going berserk just walking away as blood smeared the conveyor belts from the illegal bushmeat and hazmat cleaning team would have to come in and clean it. Long delays in reclaims for the bags and more than a few questions to be answered to customs officials.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
No. You can't bring unsealed meat or produce here. At least OP didn't try to smuggle in citrus.
Load More Replies... #34
Made two very dumb mistakes when I was younger. 1) Left my 500 dollar camera on a table with my drunk friend (aka not being watched) and when I returned it was gone. 2) upon arriving in Rome I went to get a metro card and met a lady standing next to the car machine. I thought she worked there. Nope. She was just your local neighborhood Roma swindling dumb tourists like me out of a few bucks. Beyond that I’ve been pretty good about avoiding terribly stupid mistakes.
#35
I sat down and ordered from a restaurant that didn't list prices on their menu. Needless to say they tried to charge me an exorbitant amount of money for mediocre food
Ryan Edwards 2 years ago
Every experience I have had at a restaurant without prices on the menu has always been average at best. The venues were usually visually appealing and some had enjoyable music/entertainment. However, the staff almost always had an air about them as if they were trying to convince me that I was in some sort of incredibly sacred / exclusive / posh environment which appeared to be justification for the exorbitant pricing. And, of course, the food was disappointingly subpar.
Ryan Edwards 2 years ago (edited)
TimBob ... From my own experiences, two reasons for eating at these "priceless" restaurants: 1) Business: Clients wanted to eat at a specific regionally famous / upper class restaurant. 2) Personal: Stubborn stupidity in trying to have a wonderful wedding anniversary dinner at "that restaurant" everybody raved about. Either way, still a bad idea to stay and put ourselves through it. NEVER again.
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#36
Accidentally booked an international flight for July instead of June cause I misread 'Jun' and 'Jul' on Skyscanner
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
BF did that with an hotel he was supposed to book in March but booked in Feb (same "dates" , wrong month) so all of a sudden he got a mail asking him how his trip was. Oops! Better like this than the other way round, though.
#37
Went on a weeklong hiking trip to the Grand Canyon in college and I forgot to pack a single pair of underwear 😩 I had to end up going to the doctor when I got home I had such a bad rash on my s*****m
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Same. And here's how to get past the censor for SCR0TUM. :) (Use a zero for the O)
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Len Hill 2 years ago
Why the censorship of s*****m? It's the proper name for a body part. Geez!
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
It’s so offensive to call things by their anatomical names.
Load More Replies... Lunakadi 2 years ago
One: what the hell was censored? Two: I’ve never been to the Grand Canyon so forgive my ignorance but was there no place to buy more underwear or if you were backpacking were there no water sources to wash the pair of underwear you were wearing?
Donald 2 years ago
s c r o t u m you're welcome or not welcome depending on how that hits you.
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Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Maybe the proper term for the colloquial ball sac? I’m going with that.
Load More Replies... #38
Rolled into St Pancras to catch the Eurostar about 20-30 min before our train. Thought it was just like any other train we’ve taken in Europe and just show up right before. Yeeeeaa the Eurostar employees were not happy with us and pushed us through security and passport control quickly and we made it
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
what? Check in closes 30 mins before the train leaves. If you're too late they wont let you in.
Donkeywheel 2 years ago
They don’t have to, but most of the time that won’t be a problem and you’ll be able to board if you’re there 15 minutes before. Especially if you’re traveling the “good” way (a EU/Schengen citizen coming back from the Uk, passport control is always faster when you’re back home)
Load More Replies... #39
I do a really stupid thing almost every time I travel!
Most notable: leaving all cash and IDs in my safe in the hotel room in Mexico and going into town with only one credit card. Didn’t realize it until I had to try and get a ride back to the hotel and no one had ability to take credit. No banks would give me cash advance obviously. Had to beg a shop keeper to charge my card for cash - he charged me $80 and gave me $30.
David 2 years ago
Well some shopkeeper made himself a nice profit. Not saying I approve of taking advantage of people like that, though.
Alex Mosby 2 years ago
He took a charge back risk from a foreigner. I would have said no.
Load More Replies... OnlyFranks 2 years ago
Seriously...? Every time?! Too stubborn to learn, or just a glutton for punishment 🤔
#40
My first ever international trip was Thailand. I went to an ATM and put my bank card in (RBC, a Canadian "big five" bank), the machine wouldn't accept it and kept giving me an error message. I assumed my bank card wouldn't work, so I put my visa in to try a cash advance since I needed cash. It worked. I spent the next three weeks doing cash advances on my credit card. On our last stop before heading home my friend and I stopped at a bank machine. She went first and put her RBC bank card in. Confused I told her mine didn't work. She said did I try other machines because she's been using hers all over Thailand without an issue. I tried my bank card and it worked. I did cash advances for weeks when I didn't need to
StrangeOne 2 years ago
That's another one of my mistakes, similarly. Next time, I'm opening a travellers account, so I can put away money and have it pre-converted to the currency of the country I'm going to. Won't have to guess how much I'm spending CDN vs GBP then.
#41
Learned the hard way that they cancel the return flight if you no-show on an international departure. Unfortunately, I didn’t find this out until I tried to check in 24-hours before the return flight. That was a costly and exhausting mistake.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Not only are Tasmania and New Zealand missing from that map (as always), but so is Japan, all of South East Asia, UK, Ireland...
René Sauer 2 years ago
Maybe whoever did that map only added the countries they visited themselves?
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Michael Wilmer 2 years ago
Confused. You tried to ckeck in 24 hours BEFORE your flight, and they cancelled your flight?????
justme 2 years ago
Before their return flight. If the airport canceled the return ticket they would have to buy a new ticket to get back home.
Load More Replies... #42
1) I had a flight to catch at 8 in the morning, on a Sunday, so I set the alarm to 5 am...but I didn't realize the alarm was set for working days. Luckily a friend of mine came to bang on my door and woke me up, or I'd have missed the flight. 2) I booked a hotel room for the right day and the right month, but somehow the wrong year... I found out once there!
#43
I ate a meal with raw vegetables at a gas station on the bus from Kathmandu to Delhi. Big mistake, was ill the remainder of the trip.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
dysentery from vegetables washed in dirty water. Having spent over a decade in S.E. Asia, I can promise you that this is unavoidable.
hwatinternation 2 years ago
To be fair, service station food overall can be pretty risky.
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LeeAnne B 2 years ago
Raw vegetables? Like a salad? Raw vegetables are a healthy option. What happened to make you sick?
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Bacteria! The bad kind. Not the good yogurty probiotic kind that makes your gut happy.
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#44
Not paying the train fare in Munich and getting busted by the secret ticket inspectors
30_Helens_Agree 2 years ago
Seriously why? When I was in Switzerland last year, not one person checked our tickets on multiple train rides… but we still paid for them each time anyway!
Load More Replies... René Sauer 2 years ago
Ohhh, 60€ lost like that. Yeah, just f***** pay for your tickets, people.
#45
Hour layover at CDG
Nerd Groupie 2 years ago
Paris. Amsterdam. Chicago. (And more, those are just of the top of my head) You need the longer layover.
30_Helens_Agree 2 years ago
Absolutely in Chicago. Even if you land early, it’s almost guaranteed you’ll taxi the runway for a long time and will need a good amount of time.
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The Scout 2 years ago
Had that at Charles de Gaulle, Paris. I thought a bit over two hours should suffice to change planes, as I did not have to check any luggage. I started to realize my mistake when I saw that the way to my gate was by subway and bus, with changing trains twice. People tend to underestimate the sheer size of airports.
Alex Mosby 2 years ago
My dad hasn't flown since before 9/11 so he's about to be insanely frustrated.
#46
I booked flights with kiwi.com
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I had never heard of it, so I looked at productreview.com.au and wow, it certainly pays to do your research first. The only reason it has so many one star reviews is that they don't allow zero star reviews
#47
I think there was someone who literally went to the wrong country. Instead if booking Puerto Rico he went to costa rica or aomething like that. As for my self not a mistake but really sucked getting covid overseas and be isolated in a foreign country and couldn’t get back home.
What do you think ?
adnap derob 2 years ago
I'm NOT a travel advisor. This list gave me horrible anxiety 🤣😂🤣
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Rocco MZ 2 years ago (edited)
Sort of a travel mistake. I got an email from Bands In Town telling me my favorite metal band was playing our local arena, which is a mile from my house. Jumped online and bought two tickets. A few days later, I looked at the tickets and was confused that they said the show was in a town a few hours away. Went back to my bands in town email and it still showed it in my town. Checked the band's website and it is in deed in a town a few hours away. So now two concert tickets turned into a hotel room, gas, and meals.
Brainmas 2 years ago
Drove all night to Vegas for a wedding that was late morning or early afternoon. Got there in time and after the quick wedding decided to take a nap in our motel and go out after dark. Woke up at 7 the next morning and had to drive back because I had to work, and did not make it in time for my shift.
LH25 2 years ago (edited)
I had a friend who was taking a train trip to visit his wife who was on a jobsite to Vancouver. He was in the Seattle area at the time, there is a Vancouver to the north in BC Canada and one to the south near Portland OR. He got on the train, it took him over an hour to realize they were heading south, not north as he wanted. Yes, he bought his ticket for the southern city, not the northern. Not sure why it took so long, he'd grown up in the area and should have realized after the first couple of stops.
Thor Haugen 2 years ago
Wasn't a huge deal, but I once booked a cruise for the wrong year. Fortunately I realized it before booking flights, etc. I just ended up booking another cruise for that winter and went on the other cruise the next.
Donald 2 years ago
I went on a trip with an ex shortly after starting a relationship. She lied about booking the rental car and the hotel room after assuring me she would handle everything. Of course I learned about this as we land at our destination. Not booking in advance cost around 1500 USD extra and she refused to even split the difference. I had a great week in the Keys and she had a very awkward flight home at the end of the week.
Load More Replies... Shawn Barry 2 years ago
my travel mistake was taking an unofficial taxi from Domodyedevo airport in Moscow RU. $150 USD. (it was from the far south side of Moscow to north of the Ring 2). My Russian being very poor didn't help. 2nd trip I discovered at Sheremetyevo the Airports have a dedicated train into Moscow stopping at a train station that have a direct connection to the Metro. train and Metro got me to my hotel for $9 USD.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
1. My worst mistake was not catastrophic but still a learning experience. At one point when younger I booked the cheapest possible flights to visit my Dad in Thailand. That meant a stop for about 10 hours in Singapore. Not really long enough to leave the airport, especially when the flight arrived at about 10pm. Singapore airport is awesome but it does mostly close down over night. So instead of being able to wander round and look at the cool stuff, get some duty free and a meal then grab a few hours sleep, spent almost the entire 10 hours me kicking myself because everything was shut. Managed to get breakfast at the airport Maccas because it was the only thing open before my flight. Dozed on and off, getting about an hour sleep total because I was worried about missing the connecting flight and the chairs were uncomfortable. Just to rub salt in the wound, as I made my way to the gate I needed found a small lounge that had huge massage recliners that I could have slept on. More...
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
2. By the time I reached Bangkok and met my Dad I'd been awake for something like 36 hours, minus that one crappy hour of sleep at the airport. Was pretty much wrecked and still needed to travel a couple hours to get back to where he was living. So yeah I learned that you either book direct flights or you make the stopover long enough to actually get out of the airport and stay in a proper hotel for a night (or more).
Load More Replies... adnap derob 2 years ago
I'm NOT a travel advisor. This list gave me horrible anxiety 🤣😂🤣
Load More Replies... Rocco MZ 2 years ago (edited)
Sort of a travel mistake. I got an email from Bands In Town telling me my favorite metal band was playing our local arena, which is a mile from my house. Jumped online and bought two tickets. A few days later, I looked at the tickets and was confused that they said the show was in a town a few hours away. Went back to my bands in town email and it still showed it in my town. Checked the band's website and it is in deed in a town a few hours away. So now two concert tickets turned into a hotel room, gas, and meals.
Brainmas 2 years ago
Drove all night to Vegas for a wedding that was late morning or early afternoon. Got there in time and after the quick wedding decided to take a nap in our motel and go out after dark. Woke up at 7 the next morning and had to drive back because I had to work, and did not make it in time for my shift.
LH25 2 years ago (edited)
I had a friend who was taking a train trip to visit his wife who was on a jobsite to Vancouver. He was in the Seattle area at the time, there is a Vancouver to the north in BC Canada and one to the south near Portland OR. He got on the train, it took him over an hour to realize they were heading south, not north as he wanted. Yes, he bought his ticket for the southern city, not the northern. Not sure why it took so long, he'd grown up in the area and should have realized after the first couple of stops.
Thor Haugen 2 years ago
Wasn't a huge deal, but I once booked a cruise for the wrong year. Fortunately I realized it before booking flights, etc. I just ended up booking another cruise for that winter and went on the other cruise the next.
Donald 2 years ago
I went on a trip with an ex shortly after starting a relationship. She lied about booking the rental car and the hotel room after assuring me she would handle everything. Of course I learned about this as we land at our destination. Not booking in advance cost around 1500 USD extra and she refused to even split the difference. I had a great week in the Keys and she had a very awkward flight home at the end of the week.
Load More Replies... Shawn Barry 2 years ago
my travel mistake was taking an unofficial taxi from Domodyedevo airport in Moscow RU. $150 USD. (it was from the far south side of Moscow to north of the Ring 2). My Russian being very poor didn't help. 2nd trip I discovered at Sheremetyevo the Airports have a dedicated train into Moscow stopping at a train station that have a direct connection to the Metro. train and Metro got me to my hotel for $9 USD.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
1. My worst mistake was not catastrophic but still a learning experience. At one point when younger I booked the cheapest possible flights to visit my Dad in Thailand. That meant a stop for about 10 hours in Singapore. Not really long enough to leave the airport, especially when the flight arrived at about 10pm. Singapore airport is awesome but it does mostly close down over night. So instead of being able to wander round and look at the cool stuff, get some duty free and a meal then grab a few hours sleep, spent almost the entire 10 hours me kicking myself because everything was shut. Managed to get breakfast at the airport Maccas because it was the only thing open before my flight. Dozed on and off, getting about an hour sleep total because I was worried about missing the connecting flight and the chairs were uncomfortable. Just to rub salt in the wound, as I made my way to the gate I needed found a small lounge that had huge massage recliners that I could have slept on. More...
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
2. By the time I reached Bangkok and met my Dad I'd been awake for something like 36 hours, minus that one crappy hour of sleep at the airport. Was pretty much wrecked and still needed to travel a couple hours to get back to where he was living. So yeah I learned that you either book direct flights or you make the stopover long enough to actually get out of the airport and stay in a proper hotel for a night (or more).
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