Smart Rules for Sane Travel
I thought I would share with you Karen’s rules for a more sane holiday airline travel experience.
1. Never check luggage. Hoping that it arrives or waiting for it at a crowed carrousel will age you five years.
2. Always do the electronic check in before going to the airport. If you wait until you get there, you will probably stand in line behind a family with three kids and a stroller that does not know how to work the kiosk.
3. Make sure you have your liquids in the appropriate small clear baggy. It is ok not to bring all you favorite shower supplies. Unless you are going to the jungles of Cambodia, they will have stores to buy something that you can use at your destination.
4. Buy noise canceling ear phones. Do I need to explain?
5. Get to the airport early. Running through the airport to get to your gate should not be part of your exercise routine.
6. Bring your iPad, iPhone and any other entertainment devise fully charged. Getting to an outlet to charge your equipment at an airport is like a scavenger hunt. In most cases, you will not be the winner.
7. Please be nice to the airline staff and flight attendants. They deserve respect and will make your experience easier. Yelling at them will not make the plane arrive any earlier. Believe me, they want folks out of the gate as soon as possible also.
8. Bring your snacks and meal bars with you. Eating airport food will only get you stuck in the airport bathroom line.
9. If you have to change planes, check and reaffirm the gate number several times. The airline are notorious about changing gates and you can’t hear it in with all the background noise. See rule four.
10. Finally, this is the holiday season, so treat yourself. Buy a one day pass to the business lounge. You really don’t want to be sitting at a gate for extended periods of time. There is not enough hand sanitizer in the world to keep you from all those germs!
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