Sara Martin

So, these 75% who check their documents in advance, do you think that really makes a difference at the airport? I appreciate that you point out that a Forms survey isn't enough to prove much; it's a good reminder.

Honestly, the idea that a travel guide changes the game for validating a destination is mostly marketing. The reality is that people consult them to dream, not to make concrete decisions based on offline information. What really matters is the family budget, the available days off, and what the family can afford; a guide won't create more money or free time. Here in Spain, we know well that seasonality is determined by price: if it's expensive, we don't go, regardless of the local events described on a glossy page.

Relying solely on a Google Forms survey to understand the deep motivations behind document checks is to ignore a whole aspect of lived experience.
We cannot reduce this complex behavior to a simple dichotomy between "early" or "late" related to stress; there is often a stronger cultural and administrative logic at play.
Instead of seeing this as direct evidence, we should consider these figures as a starting point to explore a third way by integrating qualitative interviews.
For example, in Morocco, many anticipate because they know the administrative delays of embassies, not just due to travel anxiety, which completely changes the interpretation of the result.