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from: P l a n e t t r a v e l e rF o r a n y o n e w h o h a s n o t f l o w n b e f o r e , t h e i r f i r s t t i m e t h r o u g h t h e a i r p o r t c a n b e a c o n f u s i n g , s t r e s s f u l e x p e r i e n c e . T h e r e a r e s t r i c t r u l e s t o f o l l o w , l i n e s t o s t a n d i n , a n d p l e n t y o f p e o p l e t o m o v e a r o u n d . I f t h i s i s y o u r f i r s t t i m e f l y i n g , s o m e b a s i c a i r t r a v e l t i p s w i l l m a k e t h e e x p e r i e n c e s a f e r f o r y o u , l e s s s t r e s s f u l , a n d w i l l h e l p y o u t o g e t f r o m y o u r h o m e t o y o u r d e s t i n a t i o n w i t h o u t a h i t c h .
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O n e o f t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t a i r t r a v e l t i p s , t h e o n e t h a t w i l l h e l p t o m a k e u p f o r a n y o t h e r p r o b l e m s a l o n g t h e w a y , i s t o g e t t o t h e a i r p o r t e a r l y . M o s t a i r p o r t s w o n t l e t y o u g e t a b o a r d i n g p a s s u n l e s s y o u a r r i v e a t l e a s t 3 0 m i n u t e s p r i o r t o y o u r f l i g h t , b u t y o u w i l l a l s o h a v e t o g o t h r o u g h t h e s e c u r i t y c h e c k p o i n t . M o s t p e o p l e w h o f l y s u g g e s t a r r i v i n g a t l e a s t t w o h o u r s p r i o r t o y o u r f l i g h t s d e p a r t u r e t i m e , w h i c h i s g o o d n u m b e r . Y o u d o n t w a n t t o g e t s t u c k i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e s e c u r i t y l i n e w h e n y o u r p l a n e l e a v e s t h e g a t e !
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W h i l e e v e r y p e r s o n s d e f i n i t i o n o f p a c k i n g l i g h t i s s u b j e c t i v e , t h i s i s a n o t h e r o n e o f t h e a i r t r a v e l t i p s t h a t w i l l m a k e y o u r f l y i n g e x p e r i e n c e e a s i e r . R a t h e r t h a n t r y t o m a n a g e t h e l a r g e s t c a r r y o n b a g t h a t y o u c a n g e t a w a y w i t h , p a c k a s m a l l b a g w i t h a b o o k , s o m e m a g a z i n e s , o r w h a t e v e r w i l l g e t y o u t h r o u g h y o u r f l i g h t , a n d p a c k a s e c o n d b a g t h a t y o u c a n c h e c k . I f y o u r b a g i s s m a l l e n o u g h , y o u c a n e a s i l y f i t i t u n d e r t h e s e a t i n f r o n t o f y o u , w h i c h m a k e s g e t t i n g o n a n d o f f t h e p l a n e e a s i e r .
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I n t h i s s e t o f t i p s f o r a i r t r a v e l , t h i s i s o n e t h a t y o u r w a l l e t w i l l a p p r e c i a t e m o s t . E a t b e f o r e y o u g o t o t h e a i r p o r t . M a n y a i r p o r t s h a v e a w o n d e r f u l v a r i e t y o f b u s i n e s s e s i n t h e i r t e r m i n a l s s o y o u c a n g r a b a b i t e t o e a t w h i l e w a i t i n g f o r y o u r f l i g h t . H o w e v e r , m o s t o f i t i s f a s t f o o d , w h i c h i s s a l t y a n d g r e a s y a n d i s u s u a l l y v e r y o v e r p r i c e d . R a t h e r t h a n s p e n d t w o b u c k s o n a b o t t l e o f s o d a t h a t c o s t s h a l f t h a t a n y w h e r e e l s e , g r a b a b i t e t o e a t b e f o r e y o u g e t t o t h e a i r p o r t .
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O f c o u r s e , a b o v e a l l o t h e r a i r t r a v e l t i p s i s t h e a d v i c e t h a t y o u s h o u l d r e l a x w h e n f l y i n g . A l l t h e h o o p s y o u h a v e t o j u m p t h r o u g h a t t h e a i r p o r t , t h e c h e c k - i n p r o c e s s , t h e l o n g s e c u r i t y l i n e s , a n d s o o n , a d d u p t o a f l y i n g e x p e r i e n c e t h a t i s s a f e r t h a n e v e r b e f o r e . A i r l i n e e m p l o y e e s a n d a i r p o r t s t a f f d o e v e r y t h i n g t h e y c a n t o t a k e t h e s t r e s s o u t o f a r a t h e r b u s y e x p e r i e n c e , s o r e s t a s s u r e d t h a t m i s h a p s w i l l b e m i n i m i z e d . S o r e l a x , a n d e n j o y y o u r f i r s t f l y i n g e x p e r i e n c e !
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Holiday revelers put limits on travel (Macomb Daily)
The big travel news this holiday weekend will be easy to spot in the clear, blue sky because 8.1 percent fewer people plan to board an airplane for Labor Day travel.
Read more...Travel news in brief (San Jose Mercury News)
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Read more...Airlines Keep Treating Us Like Cattle (ABC News)
Now even business travelers are being squeezed for every spare buck as they fly.
Read more...Off-Season Rates At The Ritz Make Extravagance Affordable (NY1 News)
Especially now with the state of the economy, most New Yorkers would never think that they could afford to stay at a hotel chain like the Ritz Carlton. However, as NY1's Valarie D'Elia explains in the following Travel With Val report, some special fall deals make that vacation possible.
Read more...Delta to cut non-stop flights (Tallahassee Democrat)
Delta Air Lines will no longer offer non-stop service from Tallahassee to Orlando, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale, effective Oct. 1.
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