My husband and I have reached the point where we don’t want to check our bags. Logan Airport in Boston is the worst. We’ve waited close to an hour to retrieve bags. It’s not worth it.
We just spent a week in Fort Lauderdale with all our kids and grandkids and picked up everything on that end. The hotel gave every family a fridge and everyone stocked it with milk, juice and soft drinks. Saved a fortune. There’s no need to spend alot of money for meals when there are 5 kids 6 and under.
Most of my travel is business, so meals will be reimbursed but I need the receipt and it needs to be under the per-diem limit. Much easier to hit a grocery store and get 90% of my food on one receipt, most of the decent hotel rooms have a fridge/freezer and a microwave so it’s pretty easy. Sure I don’t eat the most awesome food available, but that’s not what I’m there for, and one day’s per-diem can give me food for a week. I don’t think the company appreciates the savings but I appreciate the simpler paperwork and spotting the company less money.
Logan, is by far, the worst airport in the country (though LAX is pretty bad too). Not only does baggage retrieval suck, the security check areas are have very few scanners/detectors (thus ensuring very long lines and wait times).