Top 20 Medearis Family Travel Tips. It’s June. That time of year many of us take to the highways and airways in search of a week or two of hiking, sun bathing, or some other source of R&R. So, just for fun, I thought I’d share some my family’s hard-earned travel-tips. You can thank me later. J #1. Never check a bag. Never. . #2: Wing it. . #3: Be happy! #4: Fly the same airlines at all cost. . #5: Buy clothes that don’t wrinkle. . #6: Rent the cheapest car available online and when you get to the counter, work on an upgrade.
. #7: Get to the airport LATE. . #8: Buy your international tickets far enough in advance to get free upgrades using your miles. . #9: Be very nice to the person behind the airline check-in counter. . #10: Download “Seat Guru” to help you choose seats and “FlightBoard” to keep track of everything. . #11: The best ways to fight jet-lag are: Don’t eat the airplane food (or eat very lightly) . #13: Look for airline sponsored credit cards that give you at least 50,000 miles on that airline.