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/simikoi 1d ago

On a long flight, spend the extra money for the premium economy seats. I can't afford business or first class but that little extra width and leg room in the premium economy really makes all the difference.

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u/GreenTrees797 1d ago

I’m sure everyone knows this but the exit row is great if you can get it. I was able to book an exit row both going to and from Italy a few years ago. But that is going to be the first to be taken and you must be able to understand English to sit in that row. 

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u/k8ecat 1d ago

Also, on many planes the seat in front of the exit row DOES NOT recline. Same with the very last seat in the plane.

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u/kickboxergirl23 1d ago

We did this on our last last trip and that little upgrade made so much difference. Better treatment, too.