With Aussie travellers raring to take off on new adventures, Agoda has unveiled a candid exploration of the much less glamorous facet of air journey.
From rest room hoggers to overly chatty neighbours, Agoda’s Travel Bugbears Survey 2023 delves into the realm of in-flight annoyances, highlighting even the smoothest flight can have its bumps.
Australian bugbears
Australian travellers ranked invasion of their private area, passing wind and kicking off footwear to disclose wafty socks, their primary in-flight frustrations.
It’s adopted by flight delays and the dread of sitting close to a crying child.
Across 10 international locations Aussies ranked least delicate to rowdy passengers.
Asia Pacific bugbears
Covering 10 Asia-Pacific markets, the survey discovered discourteous invasion of non-public area the primary pet peeve for fliers.
Flight delays rank excessive throughout the board, coming in second on the checklist of passengers’ grievances.
The third greatest in-flight annoyance is loud passengers – overly chatty ‘seatmates’, {couples} airing their soiled laundry in public, or raucous teams broadcasting their music or video games throughout the whole flight.
Unlike Aussies, travellers from Taiwan, South Korean and Japan respect a extra peaceable flying expertise.
Japanese are the one market to specific an intolerance for disruptive passengers who’re impolite to cabin crew as their prime grievance.
“For many of us, the holiday fun starts the moment we board a plane,” stated Liyana Jamil, vice chairman of Global Partner Services, Agoda.
“But while flying is generally an enjoyable experience, it sometimes comes with minor grievances. There are over 130,000 bookable flight routes on Agoda, and I hope that the findings of this light-hearted survey create awareness, increase consideration, and make the in-flight experience on any of these routes even more enjoyable.”
Agoda constructed its international status as a web based reserving platform for lodges and trip properties however has seen flight bookings develop in style because the introduction of flights on the platform in 2019.
