April Fool’s Day was yesterday. But some of these questions were no joke. For your Friday enjoyment, some questions that really push the “There are no stupid questions” envelope.
All are real travel questions asked within the last year in our office or at some of my fellow travel agents’ offices:
Will my flight be on time next week?
When will it stop snowing this winter in New York?
How long will it take to get my son a passport? We want to go to Hawaii this summer?.
Will Hawaii discount their rates at Easter because of the tsunami?
We want a Hawaii condo with a balcony, but can you find one where no lizards can get in?
Will you make sure we have a balcony cabin on a higher deck? We don’t want water splashing in.
“I have a full leg cast and can use the extra room, so would you tell the airline I need an exit row seat?” (I also got almost the same exit row request from a woman traveling with a lap baby and a two year old).
A friend at a different agency told me this one: Can you send me the itinerary again with an email in black ink?
And the one I really thought was an April Fool’s joke.
“Is there more than one airport in Philadelphia?” (Asked after I had booked a corporate traveler a ticket to Philadelphia per her request for a conference.) When I answered, no, why, she responded that she had wanted the one closest to the Pittsburgh Hilton.
No doubt Consumer Traveler readers, especially anyone who works in the industry, have heard things like this and more. Please feel free to amuse your fellow readers by adding them to comments.
Janice Hough is a California-based travel agent a travel blogger and a part-time comedy writer. A frequent flier herself, she’s been doing battle with airlines, hotels, and other travel companies for over three decades. Besides writing for Travelers United, Janice has a humor blog at Leftcoastsportsbabe.com (Warning, the political and sports humor therein does not represent the views of anyone but herself.)
