At about this time every year, I really want to tell everyone, “It’s easy: If you want to avoid all holiday travel mistakes and hassles, stay home.”

This is how to easily avoid common holiday travel mistakes

At about this time every year, radio and TV producers ask me to go on the air and dispense travel advice. They’ll ask me how to avoid the agony of holiday travel. And at about this time every year, I really want to tell them, “It’s easy: If you want to avoid all holiday travel mistakes and hassles, stay home.”