Made any travel mistakes lately?

[DejaBrew]

Amazing that you were able to do that @DejaBrew
I think I would have resorted to a taxi and chase the bus.
A gear outcome nonetheless - enjoy your trip.

Cheers! I was just SUPER lucky that the bus I took broadly followed the same Metro line. Would have been disastrous for almost any other bus route I would normally take.

 

[tassie6]

If by “lately” were including right now? Then sure!

On my way to SYD using bus/Metro/train. Got off the bus at the Metro station, got down to the platform and realised $@&#%¥ I left my laptop bag on the bus (complete with laptop, iPad, AirPods and oh yeah, my bloody passport!!!).

Thankfully was able to leave DejaBrew+1 at the station and hop another Metro a couple of stops away to leapfrog the bus and meet up with it again to retrieve my bag (which thankfully had not been touched). Crisis averted

Back enroute to the airport now hoping that that’s the last of the dramas for this trip

This is my nightmare!!

 

[Flyfrequently]

Cheers! I was just SUPER lucky that the bus I took broadly followed the same Metro line. Would have been disastrous for almost any other bus route I would normally take.

Lesson learned @DejaBrew
Do what @Seat0B and I do, "Count Our Bags/belongings" whenever leaving taxi/PT/hotel/plane etc
Enjoy your trip

 

[Beano]

Lesson learned @DejaBrew
Do what @Seat0B and I do, "Count Our Bags/belongings" whenever leaving taxi/PT/hotel/plane etc
Enjoy your trip

...and always look back!

 

[Seat0B]

If by “lately” were including right now? Then sure!

On my way to SYD using bus/Metro/train. Got off the bus at the Metro station, got down to the platform and realised $@&#%¥ I left my laptop bag on the bus (complete with laptop, iPad, AirPods and oh yeah, my bloody passport!!!).

Thankfully was able to leave DejaBrew+1 at the station and hop another Metro a couple of stops away to leapfrog the bus and meet up with it again to retrieve my bag (which thankfully had not been touched). Crisis averted

Back enroute to the airport now hoping that that’s the last of the dramas for this trip

OMG that’s the stuff of my nightmares right there @DejaBrew

Edit to add: and reading on in the thread, seems I’m not alone

 

[kookaburra75]

If by “lately” were including right now? Then sure!

On my way to SYD using bus/Metro/train. Got off the bus at the Metro station, got down to the platform and realised $@&#%¥ I left my laptop bag on the bus (complete with laptop, iPad, AirPods and oh yeah, my bloody passport!!!).

Thankfully was able to leave DejaBrew+1 at the station and hop another Metro a couple of stops away to leapfrog the bus and meet up with it again to retrieve my bag (which thankfully had not been touched). Crisis averted

Back enroute to the airport now hoping that that’s the last of the dramas for this trip

There are two lots of travellers in the world; those that have, and those who are about to...

 

[Big John]

If by “lately” were including right now? Then sure!

On my way to SYD using bus/Metro/train. Got off the bus at the Metro station, got down to the platform and realised $@&#%¥ I left my laptop bag on the bus (complete with laptop, iPad, AirPods and oh yeah, my bloody passport!!!).

Thankfully was able to leave DejaBrew+1 at the station and hop another Metro a couple of stops away to leapfrog the bus and meet up with it again to retrieve my bag (which thankfully had not been touched). Crisis averted

Back enroute to the airport now hoping that that’s the last of the dramas for this trip

All's well that ends well !

Reminds me of the time before Ubers. I caught a cab from SYD and left my bag in the footwell of the front seat. Was eventually reunited with it a few week later.

These days, it would be a simple matter of contacting the Uber driver.

 

[Dmac59]

All's well that ends well !

Reminds me of the time before Ubers. I caught a cab from SYD and left my bag in the footwell of the front seat. Was eventually reunited with it a few week later.

These days, it would be a simple matter of contacting the Uber driver.

You’d think the cab driver would see a bag in the front

 

[pagingjoan]

You’d think the cab driver would see a bag in the front

You would think the passenger would too.
But, as we know, things don’t always go as they should.