12 insider tips to make travel less stressful

‘在一个陌生的小镇上，一个人醒来是世界上最愉快的感觉之一。您被冒险所包围。

探索世界是您作为一个家庭可以一起做的最令人惊叹，最有意义和令人兴奋的事情之一。不幸的是，坦率地说，到达目的地，尤其是与幼儿的后勤工作。但是几乎没有方法可以减轻压力。秘密提示和窍门使您的过境变得更加顺畅。在mummyslittlemonkey.com上写博客的雅克·帕特森（Jacqui Paterson）扭曲了一些行业专业人士的胳膊，以揭示他们最方便的提示。

我们的内部人士阿联酋航空公司has these tips for travelling with children:

Don’t opt for a late flight on the premise your kids will sleep through and arrive relaxed and refreshed. Murphy’s Law pretty much guarantees they won’t sleep a wink, and you’ll arrive exhausted, quivering messes.

Many airlines give families with young children the option to board first, but think twice before you take them up on the offer: it’s hard enough to keep young children occupied on a long flight, why increase the time they’re on board?

Instead, allow them to burn off energy for as long as possible in the airport lounge. Then, fingers crossed, when you do board they’ll have worn themselves out. And, if you give them sweets to relieve their ear pressure on take off, make sure they’re sugar free so you’re not wrangling hyperactive kids in mid air.

The team atLastMinute.comhave lifted the lid on this little-known advice:

每天早晨，一直搁置的航班将首先释放。凌晨1点左右在线跳跃，您可以解决真正的讨价还价。

如果您可以处理凌晨的航班，则有两个好处。它们通常更便宜，并且遭受延误的可能性要小得多，因为不会有积压。

Package it up! It might surprise you to find out that when you purchase a flight and hotel together, premium economy seats can sometimes be snapped up for around the same price as economy. So make sure you check both options before confirming your booking – you could nab yourself a free upgrade.

Gillian Tans is the COO and President ofbooking.com并为那些不熟悉行业行话的人提出了关注。

她问：“您知道“直接”和“不间断”飞行之间有区别吗？”她问。‘直接飞行听起来很棒，但仍然可以停止（在其他目的地），这只是意味着您必须坐在飞机上，而不是换飞机。’

本质上，您将被困在座位上，直到飞机再次起飞，为您的旅程增加了额外的旅行时间。因此，除非您想冒险被困在本质上是机载的巴士上，否则请选择不间断。

No one wants to spend any more time in the airport than they have to, and one way to cut down on the flight faff is to only take cabin luggage. But if you board late you can’t guarantee a spot in the overhead bins, forcing you to check your bags in anyway.叹。

Gillian has a simple but effective way around the problem:

她建议：“与其采用标准的机舱大小，刚性手提箱和笔记本电脑盒，还请拿起两个同等规模的袋子（首先与您的航空公司联系）。”

‘一个应该是您在座椅下方的最大尺寸。另一个应该是一个非刚毛的帆布袋，可以将其插入高架垃圾箱中大的手提箱之间的任何奇数空间。’

如果您不介意放弃鸡肉或鱼类，请在离开之前预订素食（或其他餐点选项 - 您会在运营商网站上找到清单）。

吉莉安解释说：“一顿特殊的​​饭菜总是意味着您将首先得到服务。”‘这意味着您可以放松或入睡，而其他所有人仍在提供食物。”

最后，如果道路的严格开始爬上大脑，吉利安（Gillian）有这个天才的尖端 - 快速拍摄门的照片，这样您就不会忘记房间号码。

Ever wondered how to increase your chance of a hotel upgrade? Take on board these tips, from Elliot Adams, director of International Public Relations atHoteltonightand you might just find yourself enjoying the VIP treatment.

‘While there is no guaranteed route to snaring an upgrade at a hotel, being pleasant, presentable and not being too proud to actually ask for the upgrade will go a long way,’ he reveals. ‘You’d be surprised how many people trip up on one or more of these fundamentals… B-list celebs in particular.’

也许令人惊讶的是，如果您迟到了，您将有更高的机会到达这些顶层。酒店倾向于首先分配标准房间，艾略特（Elliot）抬头并阻止Swisher套房，以便他们可以选择销售。

如果一天正在逐渐减少，而他们仍然站着，那么您可能会从中受益。您会得到一个更好的房间，并且酒店得到了一位感恩的客人，他们迫不及待想再次回来。这是双赢！

The last tip isn’t a secret, more a handy hint to help smooth the travel planning process. Airport Parking and Hotels have compiled a handy tool that helps you work out what and how much baggage you can take on your flight.

Just enter your airport and airline, and the APH Baggage Allowance Finder (http://www.aph.com/community/baggage-allowances/）将提取您需要的所有最新信息。您再也不会因超额行李而被罚款。

一路顺风！

Biog:

雅克·帕特森（Jacqui Paterson）is a features and travel journalist and mum of two, and blogs atwww.mummyslittlemonkey.com