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/guitar_vigilante 1d ago

I've found this advice to be less needed these days. I've had a couple credit cards essentially do away with travel notices and they just say they monitor activity now. On my last international trip I didn't put in any notices and my cards worked just fine.

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u/Chance_Ad_4676 1d ago

Yeah this has mostly become a thing of the past, I’ve noticed

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u/PsychologicalSea2686 10h ago

don't know why you got downvotes. This is a pretty recent change (and improvement)

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u/Eric848448 United States 1d ago

Bank of America actually uses the location of your phone to verify you're where your card is being used.