Election Day sneaks up on no one. If you want to go away on vacation, plan it around the day set aside to exercise your constitutional right...or don’t.
In VA, if you have to vote absentee for medical reasons you have to show proof. Usually if you have some medical justification, you have some documentation. It shouldn’t be onerous but just enough to keep it from rampant abuse.
We didn't have a family reunion. Didn't you read that we flew to Upstate New York for a family reunion?