We’ll offer tons of honest advice and specific answers in an upcoming issue of the magazine. And here are some quick tips right now. At least one Ask Trip Coach question concerns the general craziness of airports and security checkpoints around the holidays. For domestic flights, I’d most certainly follow the official airline suggestion of arriving two hours before departure (add in time for parking if it applies to your situation); go a half-hour earlier than that if you’re the especially nervous type. Also, check out some very practical advice in 14 Ways to Survive a Holiday Flight , and for that matter, 10 more ways to make holiday travel as jolly as possible . As for finding a destination that’s uncrowded and cheap? Well, that’s really hard to pull off during the peak of peak season (anywhere from around December 18 to January 4 or so). But often, a week or so after New Year’s, spots that were just recently packed to the gills and charging top dollar can be relatively empty, and quite affordable.

Original Source Thanks for all of your Ask Trip Coach questions about holiday travel