Spending time at an airport can be fun, romantic, educational, acceptable or downright frustrating.

And perhaps, like us, you’ve been frustrated or even reduced to tears by an airport experience once or twice.

But there are ways to make your airport experience more enjoyable – or at least less exasperating.

This site, Stuck at the Airport, is all about that.

If you’re a regular subscriber, you know that. If you’re brand new here, perhaps signing up after reading this NYT Times article, welcome!

We contributed a few tips to the article about saving time and money at airports. If you can’t open the article from our shared link, here are some of our tips:

Save on food at the airport

Buying a meal, or even a coffee and a muffin, at an airport can get pricey. Fast.

Bringing your sandwiches and snacks from home is always an option. Just be sure what you pack is TSA-compliant.

If you can’t bring your own, however, one strategy we use to keep prices down is creating a meal out of appetizers, or kid-sized meals and portions purchased in food courts.

Get power. Or bring it.

Power outlets and charging stations are far more available at airports than they used to be. Thank goodness for that.

But chances are there won’t be a plug available when you really need it. We carry a small multi-outlet cord so we can ask to share an outlet another traveler may be using. That cord often comes in handy in hotel rooms without adequate outlets as well.

And, we’ve learned to always check that those powered banks of airport seats are plugged in before settling in to work.

Pack some mad money

When times get tough at the airport, a treat can help.

For those occasions, we keep $30 cash ( it used to be $20…) tucked in the ‘secret’ part of our wallet to buy a decadent dessert, a cocktail, a book or a silly souvenir.

Doing it with cash is key. The treat can go a long way to making you feel better in the moment and won’t show up on the credit card bill later to remind you of that stressful time.

Stay tuned to Stuck at the Airport for more tips and news about airports and other adventures.

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