How To Right A Trip When It Goes Wrong

I’ve been a travel writer for 30 years. Last year alone I logged 102,825 miles – a distance of 4.1 times around the world, according to my Flighty app. I count myself lucky to be on a plane three times a month. 

But the frequency of my trips also means that I’ve encountered more in-transit hiccups than the average traveler – from arriving at the airport without the required visa for my destination, to checking in to a hotel room with a headboard that had been “decorated” with wads of chewed gum by a previous guest. 

So over the years I’ve developed some road-tested strategies, not only for righting a trip when it looks like it’s veering off the rails, but also for adjusting my attitude when it already has. And I'm sharing them in my latest feature for Canada's Globe And Mail newspaper, linked here.