Some travel mistakes feel like trip-ruiners in the moment but end up kind of funny in retrospect. Like the time my friend locked himself out of his house at 5 a.m. with only a framed photo of Chuck Norris before leaving on a road trip. Or when my sister assumed I understood a text saying, "Do you want to come to Woodstock tomorrow?" implied an overnight to the Catskills and not a day trip. I showed up with nothing but my keys, phone and wallet.
TPG's Senior Hotels Reporter Tanner Saunders even managed to get to his destination eventually after making a self-described rookie mistake of confusing military time ("0130 is not 1:30 p.m.") and going to the wrong airport on the same trip years ago.
Ultimately, these are merely inconveniences that lead to silly "Oh nooo, I have to go shopping!" or "Whoopsie, I missed a flight but got on the next one!" scenarios. Mishaps like these cost, at most, a day or two of a trip. And maybe a little bit of your dignity, too.
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