A new Flight Centre survey shows that flight delays and cancellations top the list of travel pet peeves for Canadians (58%), followed by lost luggage (52%) and disruptive passengers (41%). The findings also reveal generational divides: Gen Z is the most frustrated by lack of Wi-Fi (me, too) and talkative seatmates, while Baby Boomers cite middle-seat discomfort (ugh) and flight delays as their biggest pain points. Here’s a list of the biggest flight bugaboos, as found in the Flight Centre survey conducted by YouGov: Flight delays or cancellations – 58% Lost luggage or baggage concerns – 52% Disruptive passengers (e.g. Read more
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Snoring passengers, cancelled flights and price gouging by airlines are the three biggest pet peeves of today’s traveler, a new study says. A survey of 4,000 American travelers in March by Destination Analysts found that 39.7% of respondents listed flight delays and cancellations as their biggest beef with travel today. That’s not surprising given the mess we saw this winter with Southwest Airlines and others. Next in the list of top irritants was price gouging by airlines at 37.4%. That was followed by snoring passengers at 37%. Other top ten peeves listed were dirty hotel rooms, people talking too loud Read more
Messy, smelly rooms, thin toilet paper and outrageous parking charges are some of the things that drive us crazy about hotel stays. A company called PhotoAiD surveyed more than 1,000 travellers to find out what drives them crazy about hotels. The biggest pet peeve for hotel visitors was an unclean room, cited by 48.85% of respondents. Closely behind, and directly related, was a hotel room with a bad smell (48.65%). (Our kids still laugh at the time we were driving home to Toronto from a March break visit to Florida and stopped at an inexpensive chain hotel for the night. Read more
