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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [Next] - When booking a family holiday, try to book airline seats in advance to ensure that your whole family sits together. If possible, try to book window seats for the children, as they can often be distracted by the hustle and bustle of everyday airport life and find baggage handling and airline refueling fascinating. This helps to alleviate boredom while waiting to take off. Visit Gatwick Airport Meet and Greet Parking for more useful travel information. Paula Garrett ID2114 - Food on airlines is about what you would expect, considering that all the food must be prepared ahead of time and served to a large number of people with very different taste preferences. It is amazing that the food is as good as it is, but still, it frequently will not please you. U.S. carriers are pretty good about accommodating standard dietary preferences, but you have to help them out. If you are vegetarian or keep kosher, tell your travel agent when you purchase the ticket, and the airlines will usually accommodate you. If you have food allergies, you are probably safest bringing your own food with you. (In fact, even if you eat anything, you are probably better off bringing your own food with you!) Be advised that many countries have import restrictions on foods; If you bring food, be sure that you either finish it all on the plane or make sure that it will clear customs. Morley Selver suggests never getting on an airplane hungry. You might think you will get a meal shortly, but the following could happen: 1) Everyone boards the aircraft, then they decide they have to fix something. They are not sure how long it will take, therefore nobody is allowed off. 2) You take off on a 3-hour flight that has 2-1/2 hrs of turbulence where the flight crew is not allowed to serve meals. 3) You do not like the food. 4) There is an electrical problem with the galley and you're half of the plane does not get a meal. The best bet is to eat before you get on or take something you can snack on (e.g. a granola bar). If you take two, you may be able to sell one for a few bucks! :-) Tim Matthews ID1537 - I always carry on board while I'm travelling by air overseas: many magazines, crosswords, and some stuff so that I can have fun during the flight that may happen to be very long and borring. I always also carry a book, and depending on the weight of my hand baggage, I 'forget' all the stuff like: magazines, crosswords, etc. ... on board. That way I'll not have to carry a heavy load and during the flight I'll have heaps of fun with my things. Celso Cardoso ID83 - Don't put your home address on your luggage label when you are flying out. It can easily be ripped off your luggage by a thief who knows where you live (and that you are away). Use your destination address or better still, use a tracking luggage label like the ones you get free from Bags Reunited. Robin Talbot ID2016 - Anything you have with you upon boarding the plan that won't fit easily in the overhead compartment and that will impede your travel through the airplane should be gate checked. It's safe, and by the time the airline lets you off its airplane your bags will generally be waiting. DO NOT put your bags under the seat. You lose valuable leg room and won't be able to move your legs around during the flight. Catherine Lee ID443 Would You Like to Add a Travel Tip?We welcome QUALITY travel tips from our users.Note: you will be required to enter the characters from a security image, so please make sure that you have your browser set to view images. (This measure was necessary to reduce spam.) You will be able to provide your URL, if applicable. Submit your travel tips and hints here. |
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