Travel Tips

This is my top ten list of travel trips. It's developed after my somewhat problematic travel experience to and from the US and Germany over the last week and a half involving one canceled flight, weather problems resulting in diverting to Lexington then back to Cincinnati then one missed flight and a 24 hour stay in Cincinnati (or actually, northern Kentucky).

1. Put a change of underwear in your carry-on. Wearing the same underwear for 48 hours is not fun!
2. Don't finish your only book on the short domestic flight leaving you nothing to read for the rest of the time.
3. There are no direct flights from Lexington to Frankfurt, Germany (this wasn't much of a surprise for me).
4. If you just went to a wedding and have hundreds of pictures to download to your computer, remember the computer, camera AND the cord that connects the two!
5. Refer to comment one but insert "socks" instead.
6. If your cell phone doesn't work in the US, always remember to have a calling card (This I did thankfully have).
7. Be sure to always have money/credit card with you. The airlines are nice enough to pay for part of your hotel, but not the entire hotel and likely you'll want to eat at some point.
8. Delta gives a really cut overnight kit, complete w/ an XL t-shirt, so you don't need to sleep in your clothes. However, wearing the t-shirt on your next flight is probably poor form!
9. Make friends, even if temporarily, with others in the same situation as you (especially if you're walking across a dark street to a gas station to get food).
10. Be nice to the employees trying to help you: it's not their fault and they can't fly the plane!