Do I need to show flight tickets for an UK tourist visa?

Ugh, the UK visa process, right? So stressful! Do I really need to show flight tickets? That's what's been keeping me up at night, honestly. I mean, I'm planning this amazing trip, but the whole visa thing is just...a nightmare.

Turns out, yeah, for a tourist visa, they want to see those flight tickets. It's a must-have, apparently. My friend Sarah almost got hers rejected because she didn't include them – can you believe it? She was so upset; it was a whole thing with resubmitting everything. I learned my lesson from her disaster.

Now, I heard something different about business visas, though. For those, it seems like pre-booked flights aren't necessary. Go figure! That sounds almost too good to be true, doesn't it? Makes you wonder what the logic is, huh?

But for us poor tourists, yep, those flight itineraries are mandatory. They want to see that you have a concrete plan, I guess. Without them, your application is incomplete – and that's a recipe for a whole lot of extra stress. So, lesson learned, I'm booking those flights ASAP, even if it feels a little premature. Better safe than sorry, and all that jazz.