Travel Fails!

                                                                                         

I like to think of myself as a seasoned traveller. I have seen a bit of the world, lived in a few countries and have been working in the travel industry for a few years now.

So I don’t expect to make school boy errors when it comes to travel.

But as Dr Seuss once wrote, Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.

Indeed they do, as I found out on a recent trip to Thailand.

My first Savvy Traveler Fail was before the long haul flight from Europe to Asia. My partner and I had separate seats and I happily switched my 1B seat with someone else to be beside my other half.

It was only when I was sitting on board that I realized 1B was through the curtains…in first class! Economy was so full that I had been secretly upgraded. Unfortunately no-one told me and I hadn’t realised.

Suddenly it made sense why the kind Dutch lady was so eager to switch seats.

Savvy Traveler Fail #2 happened during the trip when I was booking a hotel online. Having read about it on Trip Advisor, I googled the name of the hotel and booked it with my credit card. When I looked at the address, I thought this looks wrong – turns out I booked a hotel of the same name 100kms away from where I was supposed to be with a 100% cancellation fee.

Oh dear. At least I’m not the only one.

On a recent trip to London, a colleague (who shall remain nameless) went to Gatwick airport. Unfortunately his flight was leaving from Heathrow. A taxi across London on peak hour traffic to the right airport cost an eye watering GBP150. Ouch.

Although I’m devastated that I missed out on a seat in first class and annoyed that I paid for a night in a hotel and didn’t actually stay there, travel fails are just part of a journey. Travelling would be dull if it all went to plan, all of the time.

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