Survey: Lost Luggage is the Biggest Fear of Greeks When Traveling

The biggest fear of Greeks when travelling is having their luggage lost or stolen, as it was revealed by a new travel research report by Revolut, a licensed European bank.

The Revolut Travel Research survey was assigned and executed by Dynata research company. The sample included 15.000 people in 15 countries, including 1.000 people in Greece.

Luggage lost: Greeks’ biggest fear 

When asked about risks related to traveling, most Greek respondents pointed at the fear of having their luggage stolen, damaged or lost (47% of responses) for example at the airport.

Greek women are more concerned than Greek men (50 percent vs 41 percent) but despite the gender, this is the biggest fear for both. In Europe, the most scared of damages to their luggage are Spaniards (51 percent) while the least worried are Lithuanians (23 percent).

Greeks worry about delayed flights and bad weather

A canceled or delayed flight doesn’t raise such concerns since only two Greeks out of ten (21 percent) are worried about it.

The second concern for Greeks is disruptions caused by bad weather and natural hazards, such as storms or wildfires, which can completely ruin the holiday (41 percent).

Among others in Europe, Romanians (43 percent) and Croatians (48 percent) worry the most about these factors, while the Swiss (27 percent) and Spaniards (29 percent) are least concerned.

Beware of scammers offering accommodation deals

The third main concern is the risk of fraud, for example when the paid apartment looks worse than in the offer or does not exist at all.

According to Revolut, 33 percent of surveyed Greeks are afraid of this, although slightly more women (34 percent) than men (31 percent) and more young Greek people aged 25-34 (45 percent) than seniors 55+ (26 percent).

Concerns about illness and accidents

Respondents in Greece also worry that in the event of an accident or illness, the insurer will refuse to help them (28 percent). Much fewer Greek are afraid of losing their card data and that a thief might empty their account (21 percent of responses).

The survey also revealed that only 9 percent of Greeks are not afraid of anything, because traveling is all about adventure. These fearless people are mainly men (10 percent) and seniors aged 65+ (15 percent).

Being connected while traveling

In case of unexpected events while traveling, it is worth being in contact with family in the country, the travel agency resident, the embassy, having access to the internet and good data transfer.

When asked if they have ever had a problem with their phone/internet while traveling abroad, many Greeks answered yes. They admitted that their data transfer was slow/limited while on holiday (12 percent) or on a business trip (3 percent) abroad, and that their GPS signal was lost while on holiday (8 percent) or on a business trip (2 percent) abroad.

Additionally, 11 percent of Greeks admitted that using the telephone/Internet abroad cost them a fortune, and 1 percent admitted that their device was damaged or stolen during their trip.

How Greeks deal with connectivity issues

To avoid problems with their telephone or internet while traveling abroad, Greeks have their own methods: 22 percent indicated that they buy roaming from a telecom company, 10 percent that they travel mainly within the European Union, where roaming is less expensive, 1 percent use a mobile WiFi router, and 2 percent buy a digital eSIM card and use it abroad.