Holiday Travel
November 13, 2006 by Greg
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.
Read the full article here.
I know someone with a Kitchen Aide Mixer… It’s real nice.
The only travelling I like doing around the holidays is from the liquor store to my living room.
Yes, wouldn’t we all prefer those travel arrangements, but sometimes the demands of family, especially loving but demanding grandmothers, requires a bit more. Can’t say the article was super insightful, but hey, I’ll take every tip I can get before this Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons roll around.
Good point scott. Maybe I shouldn’t be rubbing it in…