diff --git a/booking.travel.inc b/booking.travel.inc
index 5be9125..96eae2e 100644
--- a/booking.travel.inc
+++ b/booking.travel.inc
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ function travel_form($node, &$form_state, $inserting = FALSE, $nid = 0)
 	{
 		$booking_dietary = $person->booking_dietary;
 		$booking_medical_conditions = $person->booking_medical_conditions;
-		$booking_bf_gf_nid = $person->booking_bf_gf_nid;
+		//an empty value is zero in this case
+		$booking_bf_gf_nid = $person->booking_bf_gf_nid == 0 ? '' : $person->booking_bf_gf_nid;
 	}	
 	
 	$transport_type_options = array(
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ function travel_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 	global $event;
 	$values = $form_state['input'];
 	
-	watchdog('booking', 'Submitting travel form: @info', array('@info' => var_export($values, TRUE)));
+	//watchdog('booking', 'Submitting travel form: @info', array('@info' => var_export($values, TRUE)));
 	
 	//check that $values['personid'] is a number
 	if (! preg_match('/^[0-9]+$/', $values['personid'])) {
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ function travel_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 	$node->booking_medical_conditions = $values['booking_medical_conditions'];
 	$node->booking_bf_gf_nid = empty($values['booking_bf_gf_nid']) ? 0 : $values['booking_bf_gf_nid'];
 	
-	watchdog('booking', "<pre>Travel data to save:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $node, true)));	
+	//watchdog('booking', "<pre>Travel data to save:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $node, true)));	
 
 	//store the node
 	$foo = node_submit(&$node);
@@ -424,7 +425,8 @@ function travel_load($nodes) {
 
 function travel_insert($node) 
 {
-	watchdog('booking', 'Inserting travel form: @info', array('@info' => var_export($node, TRUE)));
+	//watchdog('booking', 'Inserting travel form: @info', array('@info' => var_export($node, TRUE)));
+	
 	db_insert('booking_travel')
 	  ->fields(array(		
 			'tid' => $node->nid, 
@@ -443,8 +445,6 @@ function travel_insert($node)
 	  ))
 	  ->execute();	
 	
-	watchdog('booking', 'booking_travel table completed.');
-	
 	//update the booking_person fields
 	db_update('booking_person')
 	  ->fields(array(
@@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ function travel_insert($node)
 		))
 	  ->condition('nid', $node->booking_person_nid)
 	  ->execute();	
-	
-	watchdog('booking', 'booking_person table completed.');
 }
 
 function travel_update($node)