Quote Originally Posted by bouncybouncy
...are you sure that is the worst thing???
From what the explanatory notes say and from what all doctors have told me (I travel a bit too) over the past 10 years I've spent on the pill, taking ONE 12 hours late in a month will make NO difference (and if you do get pregnant if you do that only once, you'll at least you case cited in the Reproductive Medicine Journal and achieve fame that way!! ). Both the Marvelon and Alesse (from a couple of years ago for Alesse, haven't checked recently) info sheets make it quite clear that taking even one one day late is not a problem, whereas you should use an alternative contraception mode if you forget more than one. Usually the info sheets are on the safe side...

However, I have had some spotting (light bleeding) a week early from taking a low-dose pill as little as 6 hours late.

You may want to play it extra-safe (or make it an occasion to try alternative contraception modes) but I don't think anyone should loose sleep (literally!) over a single event like that...