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Top ten tips for surviving the chaos of today's travels

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There is chaos out there for travelers, but there are ways you can prepare. Photo: Jason South An hour and a half. That’s how long it took me to leave Sydney Airport a few weeks ago. One and a half hour. Ninety minutes. To go. Not to check in and go through security and board the plane. Just to grab my bag and jump in the car and leave. It was raining, so my plan to escape with my kids from the back row of the plane straight out the back door was thwarted. We were the last to get off. Then we had to wait for our baggage (which, in Virgin Australia’s judgment, finally turned up). And then we step outside to the mother of all traffic jams, absolute traffic jams, which doesn’t move a centimeter for good. Nightmare. Happy traveling in the post-middle era of this pandemic. It’s wild out there. Difficult. Airlines are struggling, going through a mix of bad luck and bad decisions. Airports are crazy. Luggage is missing. Flight is being cancelled. The queue is ridi

Why Kristy takes her baby to work, travels to Australia while shooting TV show - ABC Everyday

On the eve of the birth of her first son, 33-year-old Kristy O’Brien thought her career would take a hit. I think I’ll do some shit work on both [work and parenting], I will step down in my career; accepted some mediocre positions working around children,” said the journalist for ABC Rural. The last thing Darwinians hope for a few months after maternity leave is to be offered the show of their dreams; traveled around Australia to film the first season of Movin’ to the Country. “I told my family: ‘I need to do this. I really want to,'” Kristy said. “I don’t want to lose my career which is part of my identity.” So he took five-month-old Hudson on the road with him. Since then, Kristy has been shooting season two while pregnant with her son Nash, who was born 10 weeks ago. We talked to working moms about the challenges of getting work done with a baby in tow—and why it’s all worth it. Challenging moments that he will always cherish I got a call from the executive producer who said,