Don’t Make the Same Travel Mistakes as Me
I really don’t like having to travel far on business and luckily for me my trips are few and far between. On a recent business trip to America I think I made almost every mistake in the book.
Things didn’t start well as, when I arrived at Gatwick there were no more nearby airport parking spaces close to my terminal. I ended up taking a space in a car park miles away and had to pay top dollar for the privelige.
This delayed my getting to the checkin desk and I was already a bit late. This didn’t go down well at the check in desk where they told me that I should have arrived an hour earlier. They told me that I could have checked in online and printed my boarding pass in advance before leaving home. Well you live and learn I suppose.
The early start had meant that I left home without having any breakfast so I immediately headed for one of the many airport restaurants. I couldn’t believe the extortionate prices they were charging for an English breakfast, but luckily for me I was spending expenses money.
As soon as I arrived in Atlanta I headed for the car hire suppliers. It turned out that there had been a huge demand for cars and all of the most popular models had already been hired out. I ended up accepting a Chevrolet pickup for my two day visit. Again, if I’d used my head and booked in advance I could have reserved the car that I wanted and saved my employers some money.
When I returned to the airport I was wearing a different belt, with a heavy metal buckle, and I had my big bunch of keys in my pocket. This oversight resulted in my going through the security check three times before the scan was successful.
It was after I’d boarded the aircraft that I realised that I had left my PDA somewhere in the airport. Or it had been stolen from my pocket. It was only when I got home that I found out my travel insurance policy didn’t provide cover to lost or stolen PDAs or other electronic gadgets. I wished that I had checked before leaving and taken out a gadget insurance policy.
It’s pretty obvious that I am a little out of practice when it comes to air travel these days. I think the best thing for me would be to stay put here in the UK.
