Keith Bradford - Travel Hacks: Any Procedures or Actions That Solve a Problem, Simplify a Task, Reduce Frustration, and Make Your Next Trip As Awesome As Possible

Includes Top Tips For Safe and Healthy Travel!

Plane tickets are cheapest on the Tuesday six weeks before your flight.

Ask for an extra perk before volunteering to give up your seat on an overbooked flightit works!

Travel Hacks

Any Procedures or Actions That Solve a Problem, Simplify a Task, Reduce Frustration, and Make Your Next Trip As Awesome As Possible

Take a picture of your luggage claim ticket with your phone so you can still claim your property if the ticket is lost.

Flight attendants and crews know the best restaurants at airports.

Dial 112 to reach emergency services outside of the United States.

Menus are generally the dirtiest things you touch in a restaurant, so wash your hands after ordering.

Keith Bradford

Author of Life Hacks

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bradford, Keith, author.

Title: Travel hacks / Keith Bradford, author of Life Hacks.

Description: First Adams Media Trade Paperback Edition. | Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2021.

Series: Hacks. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020003849 | ISBN 9781507213520 (pb) | ISBN 9781507213537 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Travel--Miscellanea. | Consumer education--Miscellanea. | Life skills--Miscellanea.

Classification: LCC G151 .B685 2020 | DDC 910.2/02--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020003849

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ISBN 978-1-5072-1353-7 (ebook)

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Readers are urged to take all appropriate precautions before undertaking any how-to task. Always read and follow instructions and safety warnings for all tools and materials, and call in a professional if the task stretches your abilities too far. Although every effort has been made to provide the best possible information in this book, neither the publisher nor the author is responsible for accidents, injuries, or damage incurred as a result of tasks undertaken by readers. This book is not a substitute for professional services.

Flight delays, traffic jams, lost luggage. Traveling, whether its down the street or across the world, can often be hectic, stressful, and expensive. Well, not to worryTravel Hacks is here to help!

In these pages, weve collected more than six hundred quick and easy hacks to help you simplify the traveling experience, so you can get where you need to be without all the headaches and hidden costs burning a hole in your pocket. Weve gathered secret tips, shortcuts, and detailed lists to prepare you for your journey, help you survive air travel, maximize your vacations, and get back home safe and sound.

The hacks in this book are broken down into chapters centered on certain themes, like planning and booking, packing smart, traveling with kids, and road tripping, to help get you through any vacation, commute, or work trip. You can read the section where you need the most help, or just flip to any page for a quick travel fix. Whatever you need help with, weve got you covered, so turn to any page and learn to travel like a pro!

Chapter 1 PLANNING AND BOOKING

Planning on doing a three-day weekend trip? Take Monday off instead of Friday. Its generally much cheaper to fly Saturday to Monday than to fly Friday to Sunday.

Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m., six weeks before your flight, has been proven to be the absolute cheapest time your tickets will ever be.

Compared to late-night flights, early morning flights tend to be less crowded and have a lower chance of being delayed on takeoff or landing.

To determine how much youll spend on a trip, research how much bread, beer, and milk cost in your destination countryits the best way to get a sense of how expensive somewhere is.

Try using a PC rather than a Mac when exploring hotel booking websites. These websites can tell what type of computer you are using and will show Mac users more expensive bookings first. According to The Wall Street Journal, Mac users are charged $20 to $30 more.

If youre looking for cheap flights during the holiday season, your first instinct may be to look at coach class tickets, but actually many business and economy-plus seats are cheaper at this time. This is because there are a lot more general travelers and a lot fewer business travelers during this time of year.

Before leaving for a work trip, look over your companys expense policy. You might discover that you can expense things you never thought about, like sunscreen.

Checking up on flight departure times? Rather than sift through the local airports website, simply type the airline and flight number into Google search to get all the up-to-date information you need.

When booking a flight that has a layover through the United States, keep in mind that the minimum time youll need for a layover is an hour and a half. Anything less and theres a good chance you wont be able to catch the next flight.

Cant decide where to go on vacation? Flip a coinnot to decide for you, but because youll realize what you really want when its in the air.

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