I personally avoid holiday travel by visiting the family in between holidays. However, for those holiday masochists out there, CNN offers a few tips. When booking flights…

Generally I would say summer might be a good time to start thinking about holiday travel because the dates aren’t changing,” said Barbara Messing, a consumer travel expert with Hotwire.

If you don’t plan that far ahead, flexibility is key. Avoid the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after the holiday, Messing advised.

Or if you’re beating the security lines by driving…

Wednesday afternoon [before Thanksgiving] is going to be bad, Thursday morning is going to be bad. If you’re able to get out of there Wednesday morning, or better yet Tuesday night, you’re probably going to be beating the crowds.

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