• Holiday Tips

    Europe has its worst travel day ever–and our family was right there in the thick of it

    3 p.m. This story starts with a phone call to Virgin Atlantic Airlines. “Hello, is the 5:50 p.m. flight to London delayed or canceled?” “No, still on schedule.” “But I’ve heard that all flights out of SFO are delayed three hours due to weather and Heathrow is also experiencing major delays.” “On schedule. You better get to the airport.” 3:10 p.m. My husband calls Yellow Cab. 3:20 p.m. Call Yellow Cab again and learn they took down the wrong address. 3:30 p.m. Call Yellow Cab again as we’re nervous about arriving at the airport on time. 3:40 p.m. We call DeSoto Cab Co. No answer after listening to the phone…