If you’re reading this, then I think you have never flown, or your first travel experience is not good. If you’ve never flow, then I highly suggest you gain knowledge by seeing people experience.
Another best way is by doing an internet search or asks friends for advice. Or any of your family members who already travel, able to provide you with helpful information about the do’s and don’ts of your chosen mode of travel as well as destination advice.
Also, booking your flight is another major factor that you need to understand. Usually, there are various mediums from which you can book your flight. Thanks to the modern era, now you can even book flights right on your smartphone.
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Once you’ve booked your flight and hotel, you’re good to go on your adventure. So, as a first-time flyer, what are those things that you need to keep in mind:
Days Before Your Flight
Don’t delay your packing to last minute.
Create a list of things which you want to take with you, it helps you in packing your luggage; and do this day or two before your flight. If you follow this, you’ll feel relax and you have everything you need.
Put your name as a Label on your luggage, also add your email or phone number with your name. Just in case you get separated, you can be reached at while on the road.
Gather Important Document
It happens with many first time flyers, in a hurry to reach the airport, sometimes they forgot to bring require documents to board their flight. If this happens, then this can be a nervy first trip to the airport.
So, gather your important document which is your passport, make sure that it’s updated and if you are traveling abroad than it has at least three months to go before its expiry.
These days many airlines provide e-tickets that you easily get on your smartphone or tablet.
In case you have booked online and waiting for a paper ticket to arrive in the post, then don’t panic. Usually, in your confirmation email, you will be issued with all the necessary information that you need to show to staff at the airport.
And this confirmation email comes from the airline you’re flying or from a third-party which you use to book your tickets and email is completely valid.
Manage your Airline luggage according to Luggage Regulations
After booking your ticket, always check your airline’s sizing rules for luggage. It gives you an idea of what type of suitcase you can choose to start packing. Most of the time, you’ll see size limit of 24 inches x 17 inches x 10 inches, with handles and wheels, is fairly typical.
Make sure that you’re not packing anything that’s prohibited. Also, go through the liquids rules.
In case, you end up checking a suitcase, then a maximum size of 62 linear inches and a weight limit of 50 pounds/22kg is standard, and there are some airlines which allow passengers to carry 70-pound/32kg with a premium ticket.
Reach Airport
Know your way around?
If you are traveling on a domestic flight then it is good for you if you reach the airport 1 hour earlier and 3 hours earlier if you travel on an international flight.
Book cab for the airport: If you booked the cab for the airport, then make sure that you ask a cab driver to come little earlier because you can’t risk your flight with traffic jams or a car breakdown.
Once you are in your cab, verify the terminal on your ticket and inform the driver accordingly. Most of the time at this stage, confusion occurs, and it ends up being missing your flight.
Reaching ahead of time is good for you because when boarding starts, you can easily get on your flights. If you reach earlier, you can explore the airport–nowadays airports are a fascinating place, with multiple shops and browsing opportunities.
Various offer lounges are there, where you can relax before your flight.
Carry your ID with you
Keep your ID card, driver’s license, or passport handy it Saves your time as you step into the airport.
Till the time of boarding, you’ll need your ID card while checking bags and going through security, and I think you don’t want to hold up the line while searching your ID in your wallet.
Camly Pass Security Checkpoint
While you check-in you need your ID, and later you require your ID card and boarding pass at a security checkpoint.
After that, you need to put all your luggage, with your outerwear, footwear, and your pockets items, in bins which later pass through an X-ray machine.
When your luggage passes through X-ray screening, you too have to walk through a screening machine. Once you and your luggage screening get done, then collect your baggage from the other side of the screening machine. In case, X-ray screening detects anything suspicious. Then you and your luggage may have to pass through extra screening measures.
Wait to get Board
Once you successfully pass the security check, you’ll reach in the departure terminal.
Now, check everything once again like you’ve your boarding pass, passport, or ID with you. Then check your boarding pass for the gate number from which your Plane will leave.
Every airport has a large screen display where you can see flight departure times and gates. If there are any changes to your flight you track it by the screen.
Almost every flight provides extra assistance while boarding, for ex- in case you’re traveling with small children or on a wheelchair flight attendant will let you board early.
What to do, once you’re on the Plane!
Once you board the Plane, head towards seat number which is allotted to you, then, place your carry bag or hand baggage in the overhead bin above your seat.
Even you can place your handbag under the seat in front of you.
After you place your baggage, now its time for you to settle in, put your seat belt, turn off your cell phone or put it on airplane mode.
Listen carefully to the instructions of the flight attendant. Now, enjoy the flight.
Prepare for Destination
So, you’ve finally reached your destination!
As you enjoy being in a new city, you can also download numbers of apps that you can download to make your life easier in the new city.
You can get every information from currency conversion to foreign language translations and directions around the city right on your smartphone.
You will know which clothes to get off the Plane in – shorts and a t-shirt may prove grossly inadequate if you show up on a freezing winter night in a new land!
Quick Tips
- As it is your first-time travel, I prefer you to take Noise Cancelling Earphones / Headphones with you. You never know who is sitting next to, if it is family with small children, then you will understand why Noise canceling earphones/headphones.
- Keep Offline Music Available On Your Phone, sometimes the internet is not available, so offline music will help you out.
- Flights not always have what you love to it. So, having some snacks with you keeps your taste buds happy.
- Keep wet wipes and sanitizing hand gel with you; it will help you feel refreshed after sleeping or finishing your meal.
- “The more you sleep, the faster time flies,” for a good sleep a comfortable Travel Pillow is the best option.
- It is best to take a sleep mask with you. Because the Plane’s lights are turned off for some duration, but you never know the person sitting next to you is in the mood of reading. In such situations, SleepMask works best.
