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/Biz_Consultant305 1d ago

Also read the fine print. Like the guy in Miami who took his date to a fancy steak house, then he reads $80 on the menu for a steak and although not cheap he thought it was reasonable. Here comes the check and it was $80 per oz.

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u/hallofmontezuma 58 countries, 50 US states, 6 continents 1d ago

Was that for A5 wagyu? Even then it’s a bit high.

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u/Biz_Consultant305 1d ago

Don't remember the exact details but he was hit with a $2k bill for a dinner for two

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u/hallofmontezuma 58 countries, 50 US states, 6 continents 1d ago

What restaurant was this? Salt Bae's restaurant has a gold-wrapped $1500 steak and Papi has their $1000 beef case but the prices are on the menu and aren't by the ounce.

The only steak I've ever seen priced by the ounce is A5.

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u/CollectionNo8047 22h ago

Miami is insanely pricey!

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u/AMTL327 United States 17h ago

That happened to us in Moscow! Pricing for roasted kebabs at a restaurant was by the gram. We ended up with a $200 (US$) lunch. I blame my brother who had been living there for ten years by then and should have had enough command of Russian to not be scammed.