Summer travel tips: Being flexible, traveling on holidays among top expert tips [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Getting away for a vacation is on a lot of people’s minds this summer, but experts say this summer could be nothing short of a travel nightmare, especially when it comes to flying the friendly skies.

Kimberly Caldwell and her family love to travel and are heading to the west coast this summer for their first trip together since the pandemic hit.

“I am a little nervous, but I definitely know that it’s time to get back out there because the kids have been in the house for two years,” Caldwell said.

Travel expert and writer Christopher Elliot says that the U.S. hasn’t seen a summer like this since 2019.

“It’s going to be absolute chaos. We haven’t seen a summer like this since 2019, which was for a lot of places, the busiest summer on record,” Elliott said.

He adds the Caldwells are in good …