Your flights booked, and now it's airport time. Airport's can be stressful places nowadays, and these tips are designed for stress reduction...
* Leave home early
Airport stress starts the moment you leave home. Don't sit in traffic watching minutes tick away. Aim to arrive at the airport two hours early (usually required for International flights). Then if there's traffic delays, you've still got plenty of time.
* The check-in Line
Now you've arrived, next step's check-in. Usually, there's multiple lines you can choose from. Which looks quickest ? Maybe the longest line is quickest ? Here's a couple tips. If you see lots of families and children in a line, avoid it. By the time they've found all their tickets, and sorted their luggage jumble, they've taken twice the time of a couple or single person.
Look for a short check-in line that's not easy to see. Look at each end of the check-in aisles, and maybe there's a valid check-in hidden by a pillar, that few people see. Happened to me just recently, and cut a half hour off my check-in time - a half hour I spent relaxing in the bar.
* How long to walk from lounge to gate ?
Maybe I should publish a guide to 'walk-time' at different airports ! I've walked anything from 2 minutes to 20 minutes after a call to Gate.
Ask at check-in. It's an important question. When that screen flashes 'Go to Gate', it's much less stressful if you know how long you'll take to walk there. All your good work of stress-reduction goes down the tubes if you walk 5 minutes and then realize your gate is way the other side of the airport terminal.
Airport Travel Tips: Reducing Waiting Times Key Travel Tips
Following these tips will help you reduce your wait time at the security checkpoint.
Before you go to the Airport
Do not pack or bring Prohibited Items to the airport.
Place valuables such as jewelry, cash and laptop computers in carry-on baggage only.
Tape your business card to the bottom of your laptop.
Avoid wearing clothing, jewelry and accessories that contain metal. Metal items may set off the alarm on the metal detector.
Avoid wearing shoes that contain metal or have thick soles or heels. Many types of footwear will require additional screening even if ..
Sometimes you even have to go through more security, or another passport check, and find a line waiting there. I once travelled out of Spain, and this exact same thing happened. A long passport control line stood between me and my gate, where departure was scheduled just 15 minutes later. Luckily myself and 5 others decided to go right to the front and explain the situation - no one objected to us going thro first.
But try to avoid this un-necessary stress by checking in advance.
* Invest in the Executive Lounge
If you travel often you might get free entry to an airport executive lounge. If not, you can often pay a small amount to use it. The ideal low-stress airport experience begins in the executive lounge. Away from all the airport hustle & bustle, relax with free drinks and nibbles. Read a newspaper or magazine and you're soon in just the right, relaxed frame of mind for your journey.
* Nervous ?
Don't feel embarrassed to be nervous. A lot of people are nervous of flying, but you know it's much safer than your car journey to the airport. If you can't use an executive lounge, then there's a couple other options to reduce your stress. Try shopping ! Yes, retail therapy can help take your mind off your nervousness and stress. No need to buy anything - just wander around looking...
Follow the above tips and you'll have a relaxed and stress free airport experience, all ready to enjoy your vacation or business trip.
by Neil Stelling B.Sc, MBA
Marketing Manager, DigiLectual Inc.
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Fliying to Barcelona Airport? Please get me out of here There are a few ways you can get from Barcelona Airport to the city centre, lets have a look at them so you can go by;
There is only one airport in Barcelona city, commonly known by the locals as LAeroport del Prat.
Barcelona Airport is located 12 kilometres south-east of Barcelona city centre and 3km from Barcelonas harbour (one of the most important in the Mediterranean Sea).
There are a few ways you can get from Barcelona Airport to the city centre, lets have a look at them so you can go by;
Taxi
AeroBus
Night Bus
Train
Car
By Taxi
By Taxi is without doubt the fastes ..
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Neil Stelling is Marketing Manager of New York based, DigiLectual Inc. He travels extensively, and shares his travel experiences in a series of helpful air travel articles.
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