{"id":2036,"date":"2009-03-08T21:58:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T21:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewanspence.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/08\/more-tips-on-how-to-travel-without-loosing-your-mind\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T19:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:59:11","slug":"more-tips-on-how-to-travel-without-loosing-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/more-tips-on-how-to-travel-without-loosing-your-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"More Tips on How To Travel Without Loosing Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vero\u2019s posted some great tips on how to travel<\/a>; I assume as the UK to USA flights for SXSW (yes that gig again) starts to prey on her mind, as it may well do on others. I\u2019ve had a post here for a long time on surviving long-haul flights<\/a>, but let me add some more tips on how to get through your flight (by lifting Vero\u2019s categories).<\/p>\n

Before You Fly<\/h2>\n

Register for your airline\u2019s frequent flyer program, and check if they have a fast-track qualification program for their status levels.<\/p>\n

Log onto the airline website, and consult Seatguru<\/a> to get the seats in Cattle Class with the best legroom and facilities.<\/p>\n

Servisair runs a number of lounges at airports, so for under \u00a320<\/a> you can get a comfy seat and open bar before you fly.<\/p>\n

Buy a really good set of headphones. This close to SXSW may I suggest a pair from Ultimate Ears? The Metro Fi 150 at \u00a327, with \u00a36 next day delivery from iHeadphones<\/a> would be a good place to start.<\/p>\n

Load up an iPod, PSP or other little media device with some films, TV shows and decent music.<\/p>\n

Tie a bit of coloured ribbon on your suitcase to help you spot it on the luggage belt.<\/p>\n

During The Flight<\/h2>\n

Make sure you have your passport, mobile phone, some cash, and a pencil and paper in your pockets during take-off and landing. If (big if) your plane crashes, you\u2018ll need these<\/p>\n

Keep hydrated, a bottle of water from the drinks machine in the departure lounge is a good idea.<\/p>\n

Take the occasional walk around the plane if you can to stretch your legs.<\/p>\n

Be nice to the air stewardesses. If you;re nice to them, there\u2019s every chance they\u2019ll be nice to you.<\/p>\n

After The Flight<\/h2>\n

Get out and leg it to Customs and Immigration. There\u2019s a lot of people on your plane, and not as many officers as you would hope.<\/p>\n

I still like to travel with everything in carry-on, which means no waiting in the luggage claim halls and you can head straight out for your connection. You can do a split here, and have the luggage in the hold for the transatlantic, and ignore re-checking it for the domestic leg. Your call!<\/p>\n

If you can, grab some more water for any connecting flight and some carbs if possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vero\u2019s posted some great tips on how to travel; I assume as the UK to USA flights for SXSW (yes that gig again) starts to prey on her mind, as it may well do on others. I\u2019ve had a post here for a long time on surviving long-haul flights, but let me add some more tips on how to get through your flight (by lifting Vero\u2019s categories). Before You Fly Register for your airline\u2019s frequent flyer program, and check if they have a fast-track qualification program for their status levels. Log onto the airline website, and consult Seatguru to get<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[595,22,38],"tags":[695,965,966,86,454],"class_list":["post-2036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-595","category-conferences","category-sxsw","tag-advice","tag-flight","tag-long-haul","tag-sxsw","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Gl0-wQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62373,"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions\/62373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewanspence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}