Tried-and-tested hacks for stress-free travelling

The urge to make up for lost holidays and reunions with the family has brought upon the sort of airport mayhem that holiday-goers generally like to avoid. But ask any savvy traveller and they will tell you that the solution is not to dread the chaos but to be smart about it. This means you should exercise the safety precautions that every embassy has put forth: stay on the cutting edge of technology and anticipate the unpredictable, especially when hermetically sealed countries (we are looking at you, Japan) are still piecing together rules and policies. After all, informed travellers make better global citizens.