Introduction
Back in the days when people would venture overseas via luxury liner or traverse cross-country in a sumptuous railway car,
travel was actually a glamorous proposition. Today … well, not so much. Instead of sleeper cars, we’re wedged into tiny seats with a perfectly acceptable amount of legroom if you happen to be under three-feet tall. The rest of us contort ourselves into pretzels and pray the guy in front of us doesn’t feel like reclining. Though flying can be an excruciating process, the discomforts of flight can be the least of the traveler’s problems. There’s packing, parking, and the much-dreaded security line....