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Melissa Sanchez

Melissa Sanchez

Co-host of the travel podcast Theme Parks and Passports and owner of Spellbound Vacations, a travel agency specializing in family and theme park vacations.

Sep 16, 2026

21:10
What are your best airport efficiency tips from the security lines to boarding to avoiding delays? What would be some tips that you would recommend for airport efficiency?
21:22
So I would say number one is stick to the two-hour and three-hour rule.
21:26
Two hours arriving at the airport, two hours before your domestic flight, arriving at the airport, three hours before your international flight.
21:34
Those are kind of the rules of thumb.
21:36
And I know a lot of people would be like, oh, my flight's at 5 a.m. And, you know, if we've learned nothing over the last few months between staff shortages and canceled flights and airlines shutting down, you know, two hours before your flight's supposed to take off, you want to make sure you give yourself plenty of time to think get through security, to get to your gate, to stop and have a cup of coffee if you're early.
22:03
I am always early to my flights.
22:07
Another thing is that TSA pre-check, clear global entry.

14 MINS LATER

36:14
What are they? Are they worth it? Like, can anybody go in? Like, how do they work? What is an airport lounge?

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