This weekend officially kicks off the summer travel season with the Memorial Day Holiday. What does that mean for your travel plans? In some cases it means that if you aren’t prepared you could be faced with travel delays, missed connections, and other headaches that come with the territory of trip interruptions.
When faced with the possibility of a travel delay please keep in mind that one quick phone call to me, or whomever you are working with at Slaydon’s Travel can go a long way towards getting you to your destination faster. Last week we spent a great deal of time re-routing passengers. Some due to flights cancelled by east coast thunderstorms, others by snow in the Rockies. In each case, the clients had the foresight to reach out to us directly.
With summer thunderstorms flight delays are increasingly common in the afternoon. If at any time you are uncertain of your connecting flight, or even whether your nonstop flight is going to get you to your destination, that is the time to contact me. With the cutback in the number of flights the airlines are operating there is rarely an empty seat on a plane. When flights get cancelled, or connections are missed, it’s not as easy as putting you on the next flight. The next flight with seats available may be several days out, depending on the route.
Many times I’m asked, “Why do I need to bother you if I’m already at the airport? I’m still going to have to stand in line to get a new ticket, right?” Yes, you are going to have to stand in line to get your ticket re-issued, but normally, in the time it takes you to get to the front of that line, we can have you rebooked on that new flight. Perhaps there are only a few seats left on the next flight and there are 30 people in front of you, if you call me I can grab those seats. However, if you wait in the line without calling, those seats will certainly be gone by the time you get to the front.
Ideally, flights would operate as scheduled and your vacation will go off without a hitch, that’s what we all hope. However, when cancellations do arise isn’t it nice to know that you can pick up the phone and get assistance? That’s what we’re here for. While we can’t promise to get you on the next flight and that you’ll not miss any vacation time, we can promise to do our best to make your trip as stress free as possible.