My niece is getting married in May, and I am looking forward to attending the wedding, and visiting with family. I am thinking that I will fly to New England and rent a car to get to the site and ceremonies (wedding, reception). In many respects, this works better for me in terms of getting to where I need to go on time. I allow some leeway in traveling, so if there are missed connections or other travel delays, I can accommodate. And, when I return home, I allow the same flexibilities in my travel.
I would much rather travel cross country by car. But the gasoline prices are so high, the amount of time of reaching destinations can vary, and involves as many days of travel as of visiting. The advantage of the cross country drive is that various sight seeing activities can be built in, either on the trip to the destination, on the trip to home, or both.
Traveling has its own set of tension: In the airport, going through the security check. Making connections. Did the luggage get transferred as it should have, and arrive with the passenger? Although I have a reservation, will it be honored (I have had problems with this over the years.) When I get a rental car, are my maps adequate? Are the directions accurate? Am I comfortable driving this car?
Mostly, when I travel, I work to have a positive mindset about the event. But there sure are a lot of possible negative problems that could occur.
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