- Book travel Christmas week, the week before, the week of or until after Jan 3rd.
- Book travel around Thanksgiving and Easter while you're at it.
- Book your connecting flight though somewhere with a high likelihood of snow/ice/cancelation.
- Book your flight without travel insurance incase something bad happens, particularly if you ignore the above advice
- Fly through Chicago unless you intend to visit Chicago- regardless of the season
- Expect to see your bags
- Plan on getting to your destination when your itinerary says you will
- Joke "we'll probably get snowed in there, but oh well" and get upset when you DO get snowed in there
- Fly on budget airlines who won't try to get you on another flight in the next 4 days, even if it's on another airline.
DO:
- Fly when others are back at work/school. Create your new family traditional holiday to celebrate with big meal, decorations, even presents if you must- just plan it around other already established holidays- say- the "it's not leap year" holiday or "leap year day" holiday.
- Avoid Chicago
- And while you're at it, try avoiding Michigan and Minnesota as well. oh- and LaGuardia.
- Plan on wearing the same clothes and underwear you carried onto the plane with you until you get to go shopping
- Buy travel insurance- if you have it, you probably won't need it and it's worth the $15 gamble
- Know that your grandchildren won't sleep until you arrive, even if it IS 5 days from now.
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