10 Things I Hate About Traveling

2. Checking In Luggage

To be honest, this is not part of my life as I travel in a very minimalistic way — roughly eight kilos including my laptop — but every time I have to check in my bags, I get annoyed!

I’ve had friends who had their luggage sent to a different country and had to spend a fair bit of money in order to have clean clothes for a few days. And every time I travel with people with checked bags, I have to wait for them as they have to collect their belongings from the luggage carousel — and sometimes it takes ages!

Also, if you’re traveling with low-cost companies, you’re probably going to pay an insane amount just to have your bags checked in — not for me.

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