A good friend of mine from New York City recently went on a glamorous work trip to Europe—his first experience with international travel since the covid pandemic—and when I asked him how it was, he summed it up like this: “Being there was fantastic, but getting there and back was the worst.” Travel horror stories are nothing new these days, as endless delays, flight cancellations, agonizingly long lines and out of control restrictions—not to mention wildly expensive airfares, no matter how far in advance you book—are making traveling less and less appealing, especially from the greater New York area. Maybe…
