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Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Sydney, Australia and Sydney, Nova Scotia are not close to each other. I have no idea why I didn’t question why the ticket was so affordable !

egd-f , Rijan Hamidovic Report

Final score:

170points

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third molar 1 year ago

Going to Rome this Friday. Just an hour drive from Atlanta.

103points

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Not me but my husband. The night before our first trip to Barcelona he noticed his passport had expired. Hotels were nonrefundable at that point so I waved goodbye and did the trip solo.

Trekker_Cynthia , Spencer Davis Report

Final score:

141points

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Rose the Cook 1 year ago

What sort of person doesn't check their passport before making travel plans? Some countries insist on at least 6 months before expiry to let you in.

113points

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I booked a hotel in the wrong country.

buttterz1 , Bruno Maceiras Report

Final score:

141points

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Jihana 1 year ago

Austria - Australia? N***r - Nigeria? Dominica - Dominican Republic?

5points

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered My wife and I traveled to New Zealand for six weeks camping, then flew to Hawaii for a week to visit friends. I had a car and condo rented in Hawaii but in the plane to Hawaii I realized the day we lost going to New Zealand, we we’re gaining back going to Hawaii (International Date Line). So, we had to scramble as we had no car or housing for our first day there. We literally arrived in Hawaii hours before we left New Zealand. Oops.

UserJH4202 , Tyler Lastovich Report

Final score:

131points

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OnlyFranks 1 year ago

😳 time traveler!

42points

BeefosaurusRekt , Guduru Ajay bhargav Report

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Borrowed my dad's old truck to do some wilderness camping with a buddy across the Canadian border in Yukon (I'm from Alaska obviously). Told the border agent I had no guns, ammo, etc but they searched the vehicle anyways and lo an behold my dad had a hidden compartment under the back seat with a .357 and a box of ammo lol. They pulled us out and had us stuck in an interrogation room while they called my dad as it was his name on the registration. He confirmed it was his fault as he forgot it was in there and they actually let us go and they kept the gun. We camped for a week lol. My dad had to drive 250 miles to the border to pick up the gun.

Final score:

116points

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Gertrude VonSpitzbart 1 year ago

Only Americans "forget" they have guns stashed somewhere...

139points

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered My husband mixed up AM and PM for our flight from Amsterdam to London and I never bothered to double check. We were out happily sightseeing with what we thought were our last few hours in town when I get an email that said “How was your flight? Fill out this survey…”

Thankfully we booked some last minute train tickets. We lost the money on the airfare but at least it was a very cheap flight.

erinelwin , Pixabay Report

Final score:

110points

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Jean Chrismon 1 year ago

One of many problems with a 12 hr clock!

46points

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Grabbed my son's passoort, instead of mine, before driving 3 hrs to Chicago for a flight to Cuba early the next day. Thankfully I have an amazing friend who went and got mine from my house and met me halfway. Got back to Chicago at 2:00am, and made my 6:30 am flight. I gave my friend $100 for saving my a**e.

brainonvacation78 , Kindel Media Report

Final score:

108points

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Cricketgeeklol 1 year ago

A very funny story from about 30 yrs ago. My grandparents managed to take there son and daughters passports instead of their own! They were driving to France and those days all you had to do was flash the passport and they didn't fully check. So, they kept away from the curve, not close enough for the pictures to be obvious! They got there and back

29points

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I booked a trip to Istanbul in December, assumed it would be warm because it was on the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, didn’t check the weather predictions, didn’t pack any warm clothes, and it was snowing when I arrived.

ShinjukuAce , Vlad Chețan Report

Final score:

102points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

I wouldn't have thought Istanbul got any snow, either. The more you know.

36points

#10

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I booked a ticket to the Anne Frank museum tour and stood inline. Ticket was for the following year

DICKASAURUS2000 , Una Laurencic Report

Final score:

98points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

I presume that is a photo of Rijksmuseum not Anne Frank House

37points

#11

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Mine was being an inexperienced 19 year old traveler bringing lots of German beer to Liverpool in a duffel bag. About 10 or 12 bottles broke and the bags on the conveyor belt were soaked in beer and the people were angrily mumbling over it. Then mine came, the whole bottom was drenched, and eyes were all over me as I quietly snuck out.

DoneTravelling , Mateusz Dach Report

Final score:

79points

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Shelby Moonheart 1 year ago

My parents lived in Haiti and would bring vanilla back to us in the USA. At that time the vanilla was in glass 5th bottles. Once trip at least one of the bottles broke. All the luggage coming off the plane smelled strongly of vanilla. It was the best vanilla to use in cooking.

37points

#12

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I booked a train from Venice at the trenitalia site. When the train never arrived I discovered I'd booked a bus. We missed it.

MaddBadger , T Leish Report

Final score:

76points

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CanadianaKa 1 year ago

Does anyone get the feeling the Bored Panda content creators are just using wackier and wackier images just to inspire responses and upvotes?

0points

#13

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I forgot underwear on a three week trip to South America. No offense to the Brazilians here but let’s say their men’s style of underwear was not my idea of comfortable.

JennItalia269 , Shalu Sharma Report

Final score:

70points

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Lunakadi 1 year ago

Banana hammocks?

29points

#14

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Not me, but my friends recently were visiting EU (they’re not EU citizens and require a visa to be there) and decided to go on a day-trip from Munich (Germany) to Salzburg (Austria). Never came to their mind to grab their passports as it’s their first time in Europe and they’ve thought “there’s no state borders inside the EU”. They got lucky at the way there, but at the way back there was a police check on travel documents 🙈 they were taken off the train and spent couple of hours at the police station trying to contact hotel so the staff would get into their room and take photos of visas. Ended well though - the police released them once the photos were sent.

Oskora , Vinta Supply Co. | NYC Report

Final score:

66points

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Jo Davies 1 year ago

Similar happened to me in Dusseldorf! 2019, travelling back to South Africa from UK. Didn't know the travel rules there are different and I spend 5 hours in the airport police station while they tried everything they could to get me on a plane out. Was very scary, but they did help and I made it home 19 hours later, very tired and broke.

14points

unhindered-coconut , Leeloo Thefirst Report

#15

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered We were traveling to two different cities for a week. We needed two accommodations, one for each city, right? Well my dumbass booked not just one air bnb for the one city, but also booked the other for the same city with the exact same dates. Didn’t notice until a week before our trip. I cried when I realize what I did lol. It was an extremely expensive (no refund) lesson to learn to pay more attention when I book more than 1 accommodation at once :/

Final score:

63points

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I’ve Seen Things 1 year ago

I have to book a hotel for the night before you leave for the country you arrive the next day, when crossing the dateline west to east. Eg. First flight depts 6:00am on 17th April connecting flight arrives at destination 16th April 12:30am. Due to time zones and date line Both Hotel bookings (one for predeparture and one for arrival) are for the night of the 16th in two countries.

8points

#16

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Arriving at 1:00 pm for a 1:00 am flight...12hrs too late. The flight was from India to US so it was a very expensive mistake.

bradkwells , Arina Krasnikova Report

Final score:

62points

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Annita Stephanou 1 year ago

I see a lot of this on this list. Which company does not issue tickets with a 24h clock? I was working as a ground hostess for years and never saw one!

0points

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#17

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I was travelling in Belfast and then taking a flight to Paris from the Belfast airport. When I get to the bus station, I ask for a ticket “to the airport”. I get my ticket and get on the bus. 30 mins into the trip where we should be getting close to the airport, I check my Google maps and see we’re headed the wrong direction. I ask someone if the bus is going to the Belfast airport. He looks horrified and tells me it’s going to the Dublin airport. Missed my flight, had to get a new, way more expensive flight from the Dublin airport.

Final score:

62points

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Nicole Weymann 1 year ago

Something similar happened to us when we were in Istanbul last February. Twenty minutes into the taxi ride I realized we were going in the wrong direction (Havalimaı instead of Sabiha Gokcen). Luckily we had planned with a time margin large enough to make up for the mistake, but the 40 Euro ride became a 80 Euro trip.

10points

#18

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I mentally earmark a few hundred dollars per trip for "mistakes" since I plan my own trips. No one is perfect, and expecting to make a few errors helps me deal with it when it happens.

MaddBadger , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

62points

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Tumbah 1 year ago

smart

8points

#19

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I once booked a month long airbnb for the wrong month

Bruce_e , Andrea Davis Report

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60points

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ILoveMySon 1 year ago

Off subject, but imagine carrying luggage up those steps?

25points

#20

Recently went to Japan and must have been extremely jet lagged my first night because I threw my envelope of 40000 yen (like 280 USD) into the trash can in the bathroom of the floor of the hostel I was staying in. Was checking the bathroom as a last ditch effort, moved a few pieces of tissue and there it was untouched 😂

Ducey89 Report

Final score:

59points

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Rob Woollard 1 year ago

It was untouched because in Japan, theft is virtually unknown:)

23points

#21

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Went to the wrong airport in berlin and missed my flight

Mcshizballs , Pixabay Report

Final score:

53points

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DeShotz 1 year ago

Anyone else notice that the photo is a picture of model planes in a model airport? I’m guessing it’s at Miniatur Wunderland.

16points

#22

Backcountry backpacking, had those convertible pants, but left the pant legs at a high elevation lake and had to just wear shorts the remainder of the route. Very cold at night!

fptnrb Report

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50points

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Ocean Breeze 1 year ago

Stuff the legs in your pocket

10points

#23

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Showed up for my flight exactly 24 hours before departure. Luckily they got me on or I would’ve have to go home and repeat the whole process the next day.

Extra vacation day I guess so that was cool.

brian_sahn , Asad Photo Maldives Report

Final score:

47points

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CanaDan 1 year ago

Dads be like:

7points

#24

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered 1990’s. Took a redeye charter to the greek islands. Opened the duty free on the plane and got drunk and wasted, as good 19year olds do on a boys-trip.

Arrived. We saw our two bags on the luggage band. Grabbed them, took the chartered bus to the hotel. Crashed in bed after checking in to the hotel.

After 1 hour got woken up by the tour guide knocking on our door. He had two identical bags in his hand. He informed us we took some other guests bags at the airport. Opps 🙄

HattoriHanzo_AMS , Rachel Claire Report

Final score:

45points

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Nicola Roberts 1 year ago

Why would they want his organs Kitten? He's already admitted he was pickling in alcohol.

2points

#25

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Booked my rental car for the wrong day (flight landed at 1am and I booked for the previous day). The rental company was completely inflexible, so I ended up shelling out $500+ *twice* for a 4-day rental. Then I discovered a cab to and from my destination (where I didn't need a car anyway) would've only cost like $150 😩

KjunFries , George Mason Report

Final score:

42points

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Jan Moore 1 year ago

For some reason I had us flying out of St Louis a day earlier than we were. Didn't find out till we tried to check in at our day before flight hotel. Called our travel agent to tell Bush's screwed up in booking the hotel as they didn't have our room. She checked and said you're not flying out till 2 more days. So we had to spend the time and more money for the extra day.

1point

#26

"How hard can it be to get from Heathrow to Gatwick ... *very late at night*? It's still the same city."

ExitingBear Report

Final score:

42points

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Chez2202 1 year ago

I love the ‘it’s still the same city’ part. I’m from the North West of England, about 8 miles from the border of Manchester. It’s still nearly 30 miles from my home to Manchester airport.

4points

#27

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Spent an entire month in London and never once ventured outside of the city. I was a dumb 20 year old American who didn't realize the ease of train travel there. I remember the only day trip I had looked into was a coach tour bus to Stonehenge and it was super expensive so I didn't do it.

catsporvida , Chait Goli Report

Final score:

41points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

When you live in a country that requires a personal car to just get out of the city at home, it's hard to get out of that restrictive thinking and realize how much freedom you have when you're somewhere with ample public transportation that goes all sorts of places outside of the cities. My last trip to UK, I regret not going other places.

36points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#28

I left my passport in the Uber in Rio luckily I have family there so I just said “hey again it’s me” I got my passport within 2 days from the driver!

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38points

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Kat Lyle 1 year ago

Left my phone in an uber one night, two weeks later I threatened to report him for theft. Suddenly he could make it to my area next day...

4points

#29

Listened to my mom and a poorly worded/outdated travel site convincing me I can fly to the Bahamas with a passport card. On the way to the airport I felt a sense of doom and found out they were very wrong.
Mom and dad continued on to the airport and I caught the next Amtrak home. Lesson learned the hard way.
Everyone get your Passport book!!!

JediBeagle1 Report

Final score:

37points

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Panthera 1 year ago

where I am from, we have an ID card and a passport, would the ID card be the passport card? I've never heard that term before, sorry

11points

Bex 1 year ago (edited)

We have state/driver's license/ real ID cards as our everyday ID in the US, and book passports. There is also a passport card which is cheaper than a passport and allows travel to Mexico and Canada, very convenient to carry in a wallet for those that live near a border. Also good to carry on your person when traveling so you can leave your book passports in the hotel safe/cruise cabin safe.

14points

Justin Thyme 1 year ago

Passport card clearly says on it valid only for travel to Mexico and Canada

2points

Donkeywheel 1 year ago (edited)

What an extremely smart idea to call passport a document that is absolutely not a passport. Who is the complete moron who introduced it and chose this name?

1point

Lauren Wilder 1 year ago

A passport card is fine for use at the border to Canada or mexico. Not for air travel.

0points

Hobby Hopper 1 year ago

Did you know there are several US territories and protectorates a US citizen can travel to without a passport?

0points

#30

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Before I knew skiplagging was a thing I had a flight to Budapest with a connection in Frankfurt. Found out some friends were in Nuremburg so I decided get off in Frankfurt and take the train to meet them. Luckily I had planned to check my bag so I asked ticket agent to just tag my bag through Frankfurt. That’s when I got educated on what happens when you intentionally miss a leg on your ticket. My return tickets would’ve been canceled and I would’ve been none the wiser until two weeks later on my way home. I ended up paying $300 in change fees to modify the ticket.

HippyChaiYay , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

35points

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Nacho Man Sandy Ravage 1 year ago

TIL what skiplagging is

14points

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#31

My best friend sashaying through Jemaa el-Fnaa in kitten heels with her bright red open-mouthed bucket bag dangling casually from her elbow after I warned her about thieves multiple times. She got pick-pocketed and I ended up having to pay for a lot of s**t that trip. She did pay me back but FFS.

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19points

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maddie 1 year ago

I think she deserved it for her stupidity.

5points

#32

We (newly married couple) landed in Vegas and asked a "cool" taxi driver what his favorite spots were cause we thought he was cool and we wanted original spots. He took us to his favorite spot and drove round back to park so he could join us.

He didn't join us. We paid $20 per person for a cover at a nasty strip club that served s**t food and was too far away from the actual Vegas strip that we had to catch another taxi back. Pretty sure he got commission.

mytrailnameismaps Report

Final score:

19points

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KatZen 1 year ago

Last time I was in Vegas the "cool" cab driver took us to a liquor store and dispensary on the way to our hotel. Pretty sure she also got a commission but it was awesome. Too bad a couple of my friends couldn't handle their edibles but it was a very memorable trip!

6points

#33

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I agreed to carry a parcel of 🥩raw meat🥩home to LA from some acquaintances in Dhaka. I had gotten ill in Dhaka so I was in no mental state to question why the f**k they would want me to do that.
It leaked blood inside my luggage which ensured the customs officials wanted nothing to do with it. I still wonder what that was about.

No-Understanding4968 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

17points

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Rose the Cook 1 year ago

Never carry anything for someone else.

35points

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#34

Made two very dumb mistakes when I was younger.

1) Left my 500 dollar camera on a table with my drunk friend (aka not being watched) and when I returned it was gone.

2) upon arriving in Rome I went to get a metro card and met a lady standing next to the car machine. I thought she worked there. Nope. She was just your local neighborhood Roma swindling dumb tourists like me out of a few bucks.

Beyond that I’ve been pretty good about avoiding terribly stupid mistakes.

eganba Report

Final score:

17points

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Lunakadi 1 year ago

I want a car machine!

5points

#35

I sat down and ordered from a restaurant that didn't list prices on their menu. Needless to say they tried to charge me an exorbitant amount of money for mediocre food

mysterytimemachine Report

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17points

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Ryan Edwards 1 year ago

Every experience I have had at a restaurant without prices on the menu has always been average at best. The venues were usually visually appealing and some had enjoyable music/entertainment. However, the staff almost always had an air about them as if they were trying to convince me that I was in some sort of incredibly sacred / exclusive / posh environment which appeared to be justification for the exorbitant pricing. And, of course, the food was disappointingly subpar.

6points

#36

Accidentally booked an international flight for July instead of June cause I misread 'Jun' and 'Jul' on Skyscanner

JRR92 Report

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17points

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Key Lime 1 year ago

My hubby booked himself a hotel in March for a trip he was taking in May.

2points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#37

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Went on a weeklong hiking trip to the Grand Canyon in college and I forgot to pack a single pair of underwear 😩 I had to end up going to the doctor when I got home I had such a bad rash on my s*****m

hugobosslovescandles , 🐴chuanyu2015 Report

Final score:

15points

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Oleksandr Miliukov 1 year ago

on your shmupplebum?

39points

#38

Rolled into St Pancras to catch the Eurostar about 20-30 min before our train. Thought it was just like any other train we’ve taken in Europe and just show up right before. Yeeeeaa the Eurostar employees were not happy with us and pushed us through security and passport control quickly and we made it

MsAmericanaFPL Report

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15points

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Petra Schaap 1 year ago

what? Check in closes 30 mins before the train leaves. If you're too late they wont let you in.

3points

#39

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I do a really stupid thing almost every time I travel!

Most notable: leaving all cash and IDs in my safe in the hotel room in Mexico and going into town with only one credit card. Didn’t realize it until I had to try and get a ride back to the hotel and no one had ability to take credit. No banks would give me cash advance obviously. Had to beg a shop keeper to charge my card for cash - he charged me $80 and gave me $30.

CalmAsYouAre , Liza Summer Report

Final score:

14points

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David 1 year ago

Well some shopkeeper made himself a nice profit. Not saying I approve of taking advantage of people like that, though.

4points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#40

My first ever international trip was Thailand.

I went to an ATM and put my bank card in (RBC, a Canadian "big five" bank), the machine wouldn't accept it and kept giving me an error message.

I assumed my bank card wouldn't work, so I put my visa in to try a cash advance since I needed cash. It worked.

I spent the next three weeks doing cash advances on my credit card. On our last stop before heading home my friend and I stopped at a bank machine. She went first and put her RBC bank card in. Confused I told her mine didn't work. She said did I try other machines because she's been using hers all over Thailand without an issue.

I tried my bank card and it worked.

I did cash advances for weeks when I didn't need to

shanerr Report

Final score:

14points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

That's another one of my mistakes, similarly. Next time, I'm opening a travellers account, so I can put away money and have it pre-converted to the currency of the country I'm going to. Won't have to guess how much I'm spending CDN vs GBP then.

3points

#41

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Learned the hard way that they cancel the return flight if you no-show on an international departure. Unfortunately, I didn’t find this out until I tried to check in 24-hours before the return flight. That was a costly and exhausting mistake.

theisenb , Monstera Report

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13points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

Not only are Tasmania and New Zealand missing from that map (as always), but so is Japan, all of South East Asia, UK, Ireland...

8points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#42

1) I had a flight to catch at 8 in the morning, on a Sunday, so I set the alarm to 5 am...but I didn't realize the alarm was set for working days. Luckily a friend of mine came to bang on my door and woke me up, or I'd have missed the flight.

2) I booked a hotel room for the right day and the right month, but somehow the wrong year... I found out once there!

msquared_ita Report

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13points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Always book things for the year you are traveling in.

4points

#43

I ate a meal with raw vegetables at a gas station on the bus from Kathmandu to Delhi. Big mistake, was ill the remainder of the trip.

Kaste Report

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12points

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Der Kommissar 1 year ago

dysentery from vegetables washed in dirty water. Having spent over a decade in S.E. Asia, I can promise you that this is unavoidable.

6points

#44

Not paying the train fare in Munich and getting busted by the secret ticket inspectors

Mutombo_says_NO Report

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11points

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RMA 1 year ago

How unfair that you were caught for stealing.

5points

#45

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered Hour layover at CDG

DeadliftsnDonuts , Tom Cattini Report

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8points

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Nerd Groupie 1 year ago

Paris. Amsterdam. Chicago. (And more, those are just of the top of my head) You need the longer layover.

3points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#46

Someone Asked “What Is The Dumbest Travel Mistake You’ve Made?”, 30 Folks Delivered I booked flights with kiwi.com

Santikarlo , Andrew Neel Report

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6points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

I had never heard of it, so I looked at productreview.com.au and wow, it certainly pays to do your research first. The only reason it has so many one star reviews is that they don't allow zero star reviews

12points

#47

I think there was someone who literally went to the wrong country. Instead if booking Puerto Rico he went to costa rica or aomething like that.
As for my self not a mistake but really sucked getting covid overseas and be isolated in a foreign country and couldn’t get back home.

rojocapo610 Report

Final score:

2points

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Nerd Groupie 1 year ago

I'm a travel advisor. This list gave me horrible anxiety 🤣

5points

adnap derob 1 year ago

I'm NOT a travel advisor. This list gave me horrible anxiety 🤣😂🤣

5points

Ueda 1 year ago

I once had the brilliant idea to wear my backpack on my back in Florence. I was young and hadn't travelled much. Learnt how to cancel a debit card in Italian that day.

3points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago (edited)

Sort of a travel mistake. I got an email from Bands In Town telling me my favorite metal band was playing our local arena, which is a mile from my house. Jumped online and bought two tickets. A few days later, I looked at the tickets and was confused that they said the show was in a town a few hours away. Went back to my bands in town email and it still showed it in my town. Checked the band's website and it is in deed in a town a few hours away. So now two concert tickets turned into a hotel room, gas, and meals.

3points

Brainmas 1 year ago

Drove all night to Vegas for a wedding that was late morning or early afternoon. Got there in time and after the quick wedding decided to take a nap in our motel and go out after dark. Woke up at 7 the next morning and had to drive back because I had to work, and did not make it in time for my shift.

3points

LH25 1 year ago (edited)

I had a friend who was taking a train trip to visit his wife who was on a jobsite to Vancouver. He was in the Seattle area at the time, there is a Vancouver to the north in BC Canada and one to the south near Portland OR. He got on the train, it took him over an hour to realize they were heading south, not north as he wanted. Yes, he bought his ticket for the southern city, not the northern. Not sure why it took so long, he'd grown up in the area and should have realized after the first couple of stops.

3points

Thor Haugen 1 year ago

Wasn't a huge deal, but I once booked a cruise for the wrong year. Fortunately I realized it before booking flights, etc. I just ended up booking another cruise for that winter and went on the other cruise the next.

3points

CT 1 year ago (edited)

My dumbest travel mistake was traveling with my (since ex) boyfriend

3points

Donald 1 year ago

I went on a trip with an ex shortly after starting a relationship. She lied about booking the rental car and the hotel room after assuring me she would handle everything. Of course I learned about this as we land at our destination. Not booking in advance cost around 1500 USD extra and she refused to even split the difference. I had a great week in the Keys and she had a very awkward flight home at the end of the week.

4points

Shawn Barry 1 year ago

my travel mistake was taking an unofficial taxi from Domodyedevo airport in Moscow RU. $150 USD. (it was from the far south side of Moscow to north of the Ring 2). My Russian being very poor didn't help. 2nd trip I discovered at Sheremetyevo the Airports have a dedicated train into Moscow stopping at a train station that have a direct connection to the Metro. train and Metro got me to my hotel for $9 USD.

2points

Ken Beattie 1 year ago

1. My worst mistake was not catastrophic but still a learning experience. At one point when younger I booked the cheapest possible flights to visit my Dad in Thailand. That meant a stop for about 10 hours in Singapore. Not really long enough to leave the airport, especially when the flight arrived at about 10pm. Singapore airport is awesome but it does mostly close down over night. So instead of being able to wander round and look at the cool stuff, get some duty free and a meal then grab a few hours sleep, spent almost the entire 10 hours me kicking myself because everything was shut. Managed to get breakfast at the airport Maccas because it was the only thing open before my flight. Dozed on and off, getting about an hour sleep total because I was worried about missing the connecting flight and the chairs were uncomfortable. Just to rub salt in the wound, as I made my way to the gate I needed found a small lounge that had huge massage recliners that I could have slept on. More...

2points

Ken Beattie 1 year ago

2. By the time I reached Bangkok and met my Dad I'd been awake for something like 36 hours, minus that one crappy hour of sleep at the airport. Was pretty much wrecked and still needed to travel a couple hours to get back to where he was living. So yeah I learned that you either book direct flights or you make the stopover long enough to actually get out of the airport and stay in a proper hotel for a night (or more).

2points

Shellita 1 year ago

I can’t believe how stupid everyone is.

2points

Elizabeth Basinger 1 year ago

Went on an overnight cruise to the Bahamas to then stay for a week and cruise back. Our luggage was collected from our ship, which was then transported to customs. Unbeknownst to us, we were supposed to collect our luggage as we passed through customs. We arrived at the resort, but our luggage was never brought to our room. That when we were informed of the proper procedure. What really messed us up was that we arrived on Easter Sunday. The port had already closed and was closed the next day for Easter Monday. We had to buy clothes,personal items, everything to last 2 days. On top of that, the island was recovering from a devastating hurricane the year before, so there was basically no town, no grocery store, and no shopping except for the local vendors in the market. We actually got some cute outfits, and the people were very kind. Overall, the trip was wonderful. We just laughed and took it in stride.

2points

Petra Schaap 1 year ago (edited)

we once missed the Eurostar because i messed up by taking the wrong train from home, getting out of the wrong trainstation in Brussels, and then taking the wrong corridor in the right station. Arrived 3 minutes after check in closed. They did put us on the next train without extra cost, but had to wait 4 hrs and it was very frustrating knowing that the train was still there and that we could have easily made it -_- edit: stupiest thing was probably losing my passport in a bathroom stall at JFK. I put it on the TP holder and forgot it. It was found by a German woman who went the extra mile to find the right owner. Forever grateful!! (esp as i was on my own) Lession learned!

2points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

Three of us rent a house in Florida every Spring. We make sure it's a nice house, with a pool, not tub, chef's kitchen, lots of bedrooms and bathrooms. Once we book it, we ask different friends to join us. The deal is that we all split the house, the food and beverage bill equally. The house part is paid within a week of them agreeing to go. When we arrive, a few take a list of food, beverage, booze and beer and go shopping. At the end of the trip, we tally up the food and beverage and split it evenly. We usually stay for six nights and the food/beverage bill has never cost each of us more than $100, which is totally reasonable. This has never been a problem. Never. One year, we invite a brother and sister who are good friends of ours. They agree to share a bedroom (two queen beds) and they each only had to pay half for the house than the rest of us because they were sharing a room. They agreed to the food/beverage deal as well. I should add, that neither of these two people make

2points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

a lot of money. And they told us they probably wouldn't join us at the bars and the meals we ate in restaurants. Which was fine. The house was beautiful, had a huge tv, full cable, huge pool and hot tub. Outdoor kitchen and we were stocked on food, beer and booze. When it came time to divide up the food bill, each of us owed $75. That was it. One guest was a chef so we ate like kings that week. They threw a fit about the food bill. Didn't help us clean and bitched the whole way to the airport. At the airport I felt like a mom, I sat them both down, told them to grow up and stop throwing tantrums and reminded them of the agreement and showed them the email. I told them if they didn't pay their share of the bill in a week, I'd blow them up on social media. They paid me on the spot, as each of them had a few hundred in cash on them. Oh they also bitched at us every time we went to a bar or restaurant. We aren't friends with them anymore.

5points

David A Paterson 1 year ago

Lots of mistakes. A memorable one was not setting my alarm for a PM flight from Korea to Japan the next day. Jet lag kicked in and I slept for 15 hours straight. Missed the flight.

2points

Der Kommissar 1 year ago (edited)

1.Taking the bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka, I threw away our tickets while on the train, not knowing that you had to use them to exit the station. The train employees assumed we snuck on. We were hassled but eventually released. 2. ordering Turkish coffee in Athens. 3. Ordering rice soup with egg in Bangkok (I think I can speak some Thai, but the tone was wrong on the egg so I ordered testicle in error.)

2points

Rose the Cook 1 year ago

Some people should not be allowed out alone.

1point

ric carter 1 year ago

We do not suffer travel 'mistakes'. Everywhere new is an adventure. Savor it... unless it's too costly. Then moan, groan, and go elsewhere. 8-)

0points

Entropy Clean 1 year ago

I remember a time when I got stuck in Portland Maine for 13 hours and then had to take a 2 hour cab ride to Boston and then wake up again at 3am to get molested by TSA because of my belt. There was another time when I got my palm read on L*D and Molly came around. Lord, I had to lock myself in my brother's vehicle for a couple of hours to calm down

0points

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Nerd Groupie 1 year ago

I'm a travel advisor. This list gave me horrible anxiety 🤣

5points

adnap derob 1 year ago

I'm NOT a travel advisor. This list gave me horrible anxiety 🤣😂🤣

5points

Ueda 1 year ago

I once had the brilliant idea to wear my backpack on my back in Florence. I was young and hadn't travelled much. Learnt how to cancel a debit card in Italian that day.

3points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago (edited)

3points

Brainmas 1 year ago

3points

LH25 1 year ago (edited)

3points

Thor Haugen 1 year ago

3points

CT 1 year ago (edited)

My dumbest travel mistake was traveling with my (since ex) boyfriend

3points

Donald 1 year ago

4points

Shawn Barry 1 year ago

2points

Ken Beattie 1 year ago

2points

Ken Beattie 1 year ago

2points

Shellita 1 year ago

I can’t believe how stupid everyone is.

2points

Elizabeth Basinger 1 year ago

2points

Petra Schaap 1 year ago (edited)

2points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

2points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

5points