Triphap - Funny Travel Stories and Travel Horror Stories

Traveling, and I mean traveling a lot, is a normal part of my life. It is just a by-product of having my family spread across the entire country. I’ve done it so much that I truly think that I could pack in my sleep. But my latest trip turned out to be a bit more problematic.

For starters, this would be my first trip traveling on my own with my almost 2-year-old daughter. She’s a veteran, but trying to predict a 2-year-old is like trying to predict the weather. For example, I could not have predicted that a mere 48 hours before our flight my daughter would wake me up with a full out stomach flu. Nor could I predict that my husband would catch the same thing. Dealing with this along with trying to pack and wrap up some loose ends at work made for quite the hectic countdown to takeoff.

So when we reached the airport and they had no record of my reservation I thought that it was just par for the course. I mean, after the week I’ve had, why would they have my reservation ready and waiting for me?

Then it dawned on me.

This ticket was purchased for me as a gift, by a person who would think (and rightly so) that after close to three years of marriage that I would have legally changed all of my identification to my married name. Yeah….I hadn’t. It’s a long story and one that is closely tied with how much traveling we do. As in, since we always have something booked I’ve been afraid of finding myself in this very situation.

And FYI? TSA does not like it when the name on your ticket and the name on your driver’s license do not match. I’m just saying.

The only thing that I had that showed my married name was my insurance card and that was spelled wrong!

But believe it or not my story does have a happy ending. While the ticketing agent almost had a full out conniption right there at the counter, security didn’t really have a problem at all. I actually got through in record time!