I’ll admit it. I can get impatient when it comes to travel.
The last thing I like doing is waiting around. When it comes to international
travel I just want to get through customs as quick as possible so I can get to
the airline lounge or to look around Duty Free.
Last year when taking a school group to China one of the
other teachers handed me departure cards for my group to fill out before we
left. It was something I hadn’t thought of in past.
Usually when filling out these cards happens just as you go
through the crying doors (departure doors) and once in there you find yourself
waiting for bench space. When you get a space you find that the pen attached to
the bench doesn’t work. So you then have to scramble around in your carry on
luggage looking for a pen.
Whilst all this is happening, you see the checkpoints
filling up with passengers and lines starting getting longer and longer. So you
then rush the card and make mistakes. If
you are travelling with kids you have the extra stress of keeping and eye on
them whilst you are filling out your card.
So before your next overseas trip, drop into a local travel
agency and ask if they have any departure cards, fill them in at your leisure
and save yourself a few minutes (and stress) when at the airport.
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