6 Tips for Holiday Road Warriors

The Holiday Road Trip

As I packed up my birds’ food and treats last night, I began to dread the three (at least) hour drive are making today. I know choosing to move away makes holiday travel a necessary evil, but I’m still not a fan. Every year at Thanksgiving and Christmas there seems to be a lot of attention on focused on how to survive air travel. Yes I agree that the idea of being in an airport near the holiday season is a mess. Yes I would want tips on how to survive the madness that holiday air travel has become. I actually purposely planned my vacation so it happens in the usual lull between Thanksgiving and when the kids are let out of school for Christmas to avoid the crowds and the high airfares. However, I think the road warriors get a bit shafted. Yes we look at the gas prices and the increased number of accidents, but no one really gives us the time of day.

(more…)