Reminders: Tips for travelling in future

• Don't book the 6pm flight to Barcelona via Ryanair - when you throw in the bus in from Girona, the inevitable hour delay at takeoff means you don't hit Barca until after midnight.


• Ryanair may look like the cheaper option most of the time, but you also have to factor in the €20 and extra hour you'll spend on the bus to/from the airport.


• Apparenly checking in over the internet works now with Ryanair going out of dublin, and it also bumps you to the top of the queue at boarding time. So, no need for the 2hrs hanging around the airport before you take off any more!


• You're allowed bring liquids again, so long as you're not going to/through the US or the UK. So no need to have to rely on borrowing toothpaste & shower gel from the ppl you're staying with!


• Don't put stuff in the seat back pocket and then fall asleep, as you'll inevitably forget it after you wake up. Last time, the camera, this time, a book. Thankfully, Ryanair are being rather helpful in this regard as in a lot of their planes now you don't have a pocket in the back of the plastic non-adjustable seat you get. (next helpful innovation from them will be removing the seat cushions so no loose change can get lost down between them)


• The bottle of Sangria that the pushy Indian dudes are charging you €11.95 for in the shops off La Rambla can be got in the airport shop for €4.