âI Should Have Known Betterâ
Or perhaps not. We are navigating a new world of travel where planning for the unpredictable, more than ever, is part of the itinerary.
Now vaccinated, Wendy Perrin nevertheless continues to try to stay out of convenience stores attached to gas stations, calling them âthe scariest places on the highway.â Credit.Tom Sibley for The New York Times
By Julie Besonen
May 13, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Tammy Barbieâs first family trip since the onset of the pandemic began with a strategic error.
Rushing to get to the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport for a flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the former flight attendant didnât have time to pack food for herself, her mother, her husband and their three daughters. Certainly they could purchase something, she assumed, to ward away anyoneâs hunger pains. But the family found next to nothing open at the airport, and on board, only meager bags of bottled water, almonds and cookies were dol