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By Mark A. Lavery

Raise your hand if you enjoy traveling for holidays. No. I didn’t say if you enjoy going places for the holidays. I said traveling. Let’s try this again.

For many Americans, going over the river and through the woods is a time honored tradition and a chance to spend time with family and friends. The getting there, however, can often turn the most hardened traveler into a forlorn victim of circumstance.

There are ways to beat the system, but, let’s keep these just between you and me, okay?

  • How Will You Be Traveling?How Will You Be Traveling?

  • The airport will be nuts. There’s nothing you can do about that. But you may be able to reduce the stress by figuring out when everyone else will be traveling... and choosing a different time.

  • When driving home for the holidays, off-peak travel times are your friend.  Click through for strategies, games and a checklist of what you should always have in your car.

  • If you can travel the rails, it can be the most efficient way to get from A to B around the holidays. Click through for some things to remember.