Top 5 Worst Travel Disasters & How to Avoid Them - Tips & Hacks

Top 5 Worst Travel Mistakes Go to and/or use code EXPLORINGALTERNATIVES to get 75% off a 3-year plan.  Protect yourself online today! This video is all about the dark side of traveling that no one is talking about: stolen passports, lost luggage, food poisoning, natural disasters, missed flights, being turned away at the border, and more. We’re sharing tips to avoid (and cope with) bad luck when you’re on the trip of a lifetime. VIDEO: How to Travel with Carry-on Luggage: We’ve experienced quite a few travel disasters and travel mistakes over the years and after each one, we realized there were things we could have done to avoid the problem altogether, or to cope with it better when it did happen. Mat had his passport stolen in Rome, Danielle had food poisoning in Sydney, we missed a flight from Barcelona to Montreal, we had our luggage taken from the airport in Reykjavik Iceland, and we were turned away at the US border in our van and had to get a special visa that we’d never heard of to cross on our second attempt. We’ve also met lots of other travellers who’ve had horrible experiences, from being robbed and injured to surviving natural disasters, and more. While travel isn’t all bad, it’s important to prepare for the worst so you can enjoy your trip knowing that you’re ready for whatever happens. We hope you found the information, tips and experiences we shared in this video helpful, but please do your own research before embarking on a trip because we’re not experts and we don’t know all the best tips for travelling to new places. Thanks for watching! Mat & Danielle ------------------------------------------------------------- STAY IN TOUCH! ------------------------------------------------------------- Blog: Facebook: /exploringalternativesblog Instagram: @exploringalternatives ------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------- We want our channel and our comments section to be an inclusive space where everyone feels welcome to watch and to contribute. For this reason, comments that are inappropriate or hateful will be reported and/or deleted. Please discuss and debate with respect, and report inappropriate or hateful comments directly to YouTube. ------------------------------------------------------------- SUBTITLES AND CLOSED CAPTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------- A very special thank you to our subtitle and closed captions contributors! If you would like to contribute subtitles or closed captions to an Exploring Alternatives video, please click here to see which ones need your help: ------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORS ------------------------------------------------------------- We occasionally include paid sponsor messages/integrations in our videos to help fund the channel. We do our best to work with companies and organizations that offer products or services that are in line with our values, and that we think would be interesting and useful to our viewers. We will always disclose if we’re promoting products that were given to us for free, or if we’re including a sponsored message in our video. For business or sponsorship inquiries, please email us at @ ------------------------------------------------------------- VIDEO CREDITS ------------------------------------------------------------- Music & Song Credits: All music in this video was composed, performed, and recorded by Mat of Exploring Alternatives. Editing Credits: Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives Filming Credits: Mat of Exploring Alternatives