This is the least stressful day of the week to go to the airport - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Travel This is the least stressful day of the week to go to the airport By You Magazine - September 10, 2019 Going on holiday might be a luxury, but getting to and from your destination often feels like anything but. From busy car parks to queues at security and chockablock check-in desks, visiting an airport can be a pretty stressful experience. But according to new research from customer satisfaction service HappyOrNot and discount travel website HolidayPirates, reducing pre-flight pressure could be as simple as switching the day you fly. Getty Images As reported by The Mirror, the brands took into account 52,000,000 data reports from the smiley face feedback points you’ve probably seen in terminals across the country, and found that most visitors (76.7 per cent) felt happiest at every point of their journey when completing it on a Wednesday. And that’s not all – setting an early morning alarm could help soothe your airport woes even further, as the most positive reactions were also given around 7am. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the worst times to fly were late nights, particularly on Saturdays, which were shown to be the least happy day of the week (likely because of the peak nature of weekend travel). Getty Images However, no matter what date or time you book your flight for, you should also make sure that you’re not inadvertently causing any extra problems or delays yourself. According to a recent interview with former EasyJet staff member known simply as ‘Matt’, who worked for the budget airline between 2016 and 2018, one of the biggest mistakes we all make when travelling is overpacking, to the point where it could even hold up the plane. ‘‘Cabin crew are not there to lift hand luggage into the overhead locker,’ he explained. ‘Whilst crew will help to avoid delays, if you have packed everything but the kitchen sink into your hand luggage and then wait for the crew to lift it into the overhead, don’t be surprised if it gets tagged and put in the hold.’ RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Hotel review Wyndham Residences Costa Adeje National Trust is giving away free tickets this autumn Hotel review Una St Ives Cornwall DON' T MISS Fiona Bruce Sometimes I struggle not to cry November 14, 2021 17 beautiful 2021 diaries to help you to look forward to December 4, 2020 Why women leave men for women What’ s fuelling the rise of April 28, 2019 Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery friendship and her stellar July 3, 2017 You can shop the khaki jumpsuit from Holly Willoughby’ s new M& S July 17, 2019 The secrets and lies behind this happy family photo April 11, 2021 It’ s cocktail hour Olly Smith’ s cocktail recipes and Eleanor Maidment s canapé November 14, 2021 BBC One has revealed its Christmas TV schedule and there’ s lots December 2, 2020 YOU Beauty Box August Reviews August 1, 2017 Rome has been named the cheapest major city to visit in August 7, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved