My favorite travel tip that I rarely advertise is to tell people you're leaving a day prior to your actual departure. And tell them you're coming back a day after you actually return. That way, you avoid all those last-minute crises as well as returning home and being slammed by a few weeks of backed-up panicky messages.I think everyone's figured it out by now and after getting in late last night, today is my day to put out the fires that erupted while I was gone, so to speak....