Romanians are the most stressed European tourists when planning a trip

One reason that puts our country at the top of the ranking is the accuracy of reservations: 41% of Romanians wonder during a trip if they made all the reservations correctly. The respondents from Sweden were also very close to us (40%), and at the opposite pole are the participants from Germany (24%). Those who did the study claim that the most fearful tourists are those over 50 years old. Experts have also identified the most common mistakes in travel planning, but here are some tips to avoid them.

1. Incorrect entry of travel data.

Many travelers make mistakes when booking flights or accommodation by entering a different calendar month. The most common errors are selecting June instead of July (or vice versa) or entering the corresponding month number: 6th month instead of 7th month (or vice versa). I recommend double-checking the selected dates or even double-checking by another person before making the payment, because changing travel dates later for a low-cost flight can be more expensive than purchasing a new ticket.

2. Incorrect/incomplete entry of data touch with.

Schedule changes are common, especially when traveling by plane, and they are usually sent via SMS/email to all travelers. Incorrectly entering contact details can prevent you from finding out information about canceled or rescheduled flights, which will affect your entire vacation. In addition to double-checking the data entered, a preventive measure can be to check the previous flight of an aircraft, as if there were delays in previous flight segments, there is a chance that they will impact the following flights. You can check this on flight monitoring sites (an example is <https://www.flightradar24.com/>).

3. Incorrect entry of flight segments.

Especially in the case of tickets for connecting flights purchased separately, it is common to confuse flight segments by wrongly selecting the departure or destination cities (they can be selected in reverse order) or by selecting the wrong flight dates when a flight segment takes place during midnight. Some travelers may skip this aspect and purchase the flight ticket for a different date than the one required (either the next day or the previous day). Again, rechecking flight dates and times is recommended to avoid any inconvenience.

4. Failure to use a flight segment.

In case of non-use of a flight segment, most companies take into account the non-use of the entire travel chain that would follow that segment, so there is the possibility of reselling the respective seats. For example, a Bucharest – Amsterdam – Bangkok flight for which the Bucharest – Amsterdam segment was not used, will have the possibility of the passenger not appearing on the Amsterdam – Bangkok segment reported. Of course, the company will find a solution to compensate for this in the case of registration for the second flight segment, but these solutions may also include rescheduling the respective flight, so it is recommended to report the continuation of the trip in this case, to avoid reorganizing the excursions.