You feel like you have discovered a gold mine!
You may not have found actual gold coins that you can take to the bank, but on the latest vacation with your family your travel agent booked your flights through two different West Virginia airports and you have discovered the ease of travel. In the past, your flight for vacations to the east coast have been through much larger airports, but on this occasion you wanted to make sure that you stopped to visit a high school friend and her family who has recently moved. The smaller West Virginia airports were part of the flight plan and you have since decided that this is a more convenient and relaxing route. Because the terminals that you flew in and out of were not part of an international airport, the security lines were shorter and for some reason the rental car process was much simpler.
You were still able to easily get to the east coast destinations that you have visited in the past, but the hassle of a large airport was eliminated.
Sometimes the Secret to Convenient Travel Is Connecting Through Smaller Airports
No matter where you are going for family vacation this summer, you owe it to yourself to make sure that you explore all of the available travel options. And while it can sometimes be a little more expensive to fly through a smaller airport, the convenience of shorter security lines and less crowded car rental counters can be worth the money. Knowing, for instance, that you do not have to board and unboard a shuttle with all of your luggage to travel to an offsite rental car lot, in fact, may be enough to help you change your mind about flying into a large terminal.
Research from the year 2016 indicates that U.S. travelers went on 458.9 million domestic business trips that year. This number, however, is forecasted to increase to 478.2 million by the year 2020. More travelers can mean more delays at some of the larger airports. For this reason, a number of travelers are realizing the benefits of flying in and out of smaller airports. Given that as many as 79% of domestic trips are for leisure purposes, many vacationing families are open to flying into a different location and taking in a few extra local scenes.
