The upcoming winter travel holidays — Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s — will be busy, according to booking numbers and customer surveys. Here’s how to travel without losing your mind.
It’s the complainers that make travelers such as Randall Kessler complain — specifically, the folks who shuffle around the airport waiting area, griping about something over which neither they nor their airline has any control.
It’s the season of the squeeze.
That should require absolutely no explanation, but just in case: Picture thousands of stressed-out holiday travelers in airport terminals, train stations and bus terminals, bundled up in winter clothing, all piling into a claustrophobia-inducing cattle-class cabin.
With luggage.
The flying experience is worse than it was five years ago, and the worst time of the year to fly is now, according to a new survey.
But you probably didn’t need a survey to tell you that. And yet, here we are with a new Morning Consult research, commissioned by the U.S. Travel Association, a trade association that almost never says a bad word about airlines.
Merry Christmas, indeed.
It’s that time of year when an already tight space on a plane, train or automobile seems even tighter, thanks to those extra holiday presents or layers of bulky winter clothing you’re wearing. Maybe it just feels worse because of the airspace intrusion of an oversized seatmate or a yapping emotional-support poodle.
When it comes to planning your holiday travel, sooner is better. Or is it?
