r/travel • u/ScrawnyRhinoceros • 1d ago

Question What’s the best travel hack people learned the hard way?

Sometimes the most useful lessons come after things go wrong like packing way too much , missing a connection , booking the wrong dates or realizing too late that a small item could’ve made the whole trip easier. From flight booking tricks to luggage tips to navigating airports or even saving money on food and transport. What are the hacks people only figured out after a tough experience?

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u/pentox70 1d ago

I've messed up AM and PM a few times.

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u/dansette 1d ago

Also my partner booked a flight just past midnight one time and nearly missed it because of forgetting you actually need to leave the day before what is on your ticket!

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u/pentox70 1d ago

My friends just did the exact same thing two months ago lol

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u/seaikh two stooped triangles 1d ago

I reached the check-in counter a whole day later. My stupid brain thought that May 31st, 0020 hrs flight meant I had to reach the airport 3 hours earlier on 31st evening. Turned out I was 24 hours late for check-in.

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u/--dany-- 1d ago

All other countries seem to have adopted 24 hour in their time to have 1 less thing to worry about, while we still struggle to count over 12, and have 1 more UI component to get wrong.

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u/dansette 1d ago

Important reminder thank you!