1. Always apply for your passport early.
2. Air travel isn't as bad as they say. It's probably worse.
3. The grass isn't greener over there, especially if "over there" is Europe.
4. The roads may be safer than ever, but mind the bridges.
5. The "S" in TSA doesn't stand for security.
6. It takes more than high gas prices to ruin a vacation.
7. The weather is a great excuse for ... anything.
travel companies -- especially airlines -- love to invoke weather as an excuse for their shortcomings.
Congratulations, you've survived the summer of 2007 -- the worst summer for travel in modern history. No, wait, make that since the invention of the wheel.
clipped from: www.cnn.com