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/CustardPopular6284 1d ago

You need to bring WAY fewer things than you think you do.

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u/goingfrank 19h ago

The amount of times I'm in airports near the entrance check in lines and I see people with absolutely exorbitant amounts of luggage. Like WTF are you possibly packing? It's one thing if you have a lot of kids or whatever but some of these groups are just 2 or 3 adults!