Meals may be hard to come by.

Flight delays, cancelations, missed, sprint or marathon connections cause havoc for travelers. Always keep a supply of snacks with you. When you arrive so late that airport concession stands, hotel room service, and restaurants are closed, you will be glad to have something to eat in your hotel room.

I'll never forget traveling with the CEO of my company when flight delays resulted in a 1:00 a.m. arrival time at our destination. Connections, flight times and delays caused us to miss all meals on a cross-country flight. At the hotel he discovered the mini-bar missing from his room. My room's mini-bar was empty. So he persuaded the night clerk to open the hotel gift shop only to find a package of peanuts and some breath mints. Helene Y, Portland, OR.