Weekend Blues

We just had the Labor Day weekend here in America. Indeed, it's wonderful to have three days off from work. But what do you do... most of America travels on long weekends. So it may be by natural instincts that one may plan his trip on the three days as well.

But travelling on the long weekend can get quite tricky and sometimes disastrous. For one, as I said, most people plan to travel on their three-day breaks. The result -- over filled airports, too much traffic on roads, and trains have no seating space. Not only that, most hotels offer rooms at double or may be triple the price on such days. And so are the travel costs - flights to be precise.

I planned to go see the Niagara falls this weekend... but looking at the hotel prices, I decided otherwise. A room, that costs about $70 on any other Saturday was priced at $200 for this week! Most hotels and B&Bs were even sold out. So if so many people were going to one place, then one can imagine how crowded it would be there! Just taking the Maid of the Mist would have been a task. And driving to the falls would have been a nightmare, with all the traffic directed in the same direction.

Also, by my earlier experience in New York City, long weekends are big for tourists, who throng all such places to make the most of their holiday. Often, it is impossible to set your foot in NYC on these big weekends.
My take : Relax at home... or chill out at near by places on a big weekend and travel during the off season. It is much more easier and more value for money.