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Surviving travel delays

There are many issues we face on a regular basis while traveling from one place to another. One such issue we face while traveling is a delay that is unnecessary or at times known to us. Either way, most of the delays are inevitable, and it can even cause a serious disrupt to your travel.

Some of the delays like bad weather cannot be avoided at all. The reason is simple. You can predict the weather, but unexpected changes in the weather cannot be detected. With this being said, it is important to understand that you should not think much about it. The only thing you can consider in this case is that you should learn about the weather in detail of the location and accordingly decide whether you should go ahead with your plans or switch over to another destination. If it is a vacation you are planning, you can easily switch over to another destination, if you assume that there can be possible issues at the selected destination.

In the case of a business trip, you cannot do much about it. So accept it as the kids and go ahead with your plans accordingly.

Apart from such delays that cannot be avoided at all, there are a number of delays that can be avoided if you plan properly.

Let us discuss such delays that can be avoided.

1. Scheduling your flight

Do you know that event scheduling your flight as the right time can do wonders for you? One of the most basic things to understand is that if you schedule your flight during the holiday season, you will definitely find traffic around and delay in this case would be because of your mistakes. We advise you to schedule your flight in a way so that you keep the holiday season to a great extent. For example, you can schedule of flights just before the holiday season starts or just after the holiday season ends. This will help you avoid delays to a great extent. At the same time, you will even be in a position to get the best deals for yourself while choosing a flight this way.

2. Missing your connected flight

This is one of the most basic errors we often make by missing our connected flights. Connecting flights often help us get a better deal on a flight booking. However, if you are planning for a connected flight, be sure that you do not reach the connecting location at the last moment. However, make sure that you don’t which too early even. Reaching the connecting location a day or two in advance is not a good idea until and unless you are planning to spend some time in there. Define this point in advance and you will definitely be happy about the flight and the connecting location you choose.

3. The updated with the latest changes

If there is a change taking place with respect to your flight or hotel booking, make sure that you have adequate knowledge about it. In most of the cases, you will realize that the respective agency might guide you with the necessary changes taking place with respect to your flight or hotel booking. However, it is possible that the change might be on a large scale, and many people might be affected because of the same; in that case, you might not get a personal update of the change. In that case, it is your responsibility to know more about things change and accordingly change your plan if needed.

4. Get in touch with the hotel you have booked

It is important to understand that booking your hotel via online sites like Travel-ticker is not enough. You should get in touch with sea book a hotel and make sure that there won’t be any delay on your arrival. It is possible that you might have to face a delay simply because the hotel apologies had no idea of your time of arrival. With this being said, you will not only face a delay in your arrival at the airport but even face a delay while getting your selected Hotel room. So the best things to do in this case would be to get in touch with the hotel authority’s and be sure that they won’t be any unnecessary delay in your case. If you have booked a hotel room from a site like Travel-ticker, you should know that you will get a number of benefits, and you will even be in a position to determine whether the selected hotel room is good as far as customer service is concerned or not. Talking about delays, customer service is one of the most important things because it will help you determine whether there will be an unnecessary delay in the future, all the same, can be prevented. So, makes the most of the reviews posted by other travelers with respect to the customer service of the selected Hotel before shortlisting the same.

5. Relax

It is important to avoid unnecessary stress on your mind by simply relaxing. If there is absolutely nothing you can do about a particular thing, it is important to be sure that you do not add unnecessary stress to your mind. Don’t think about it and if you think about it, don’t do it for too long. Move around with a relaxed mind and stay calm throughout the delay period. There are many ways in which you can kill time. Look for such ways in which you can kill time and keep yourself busy throughout the delay period. Some of the best ways in which you can kill time are by preparing your speech for the meeting, reading a book, listening to music, communicating with a long lost friend and so on. Whatever you do, be sure that you will keep yourself busy throughout the delay process so that you do not think about it all the time.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Deborah Marks .