Can you figure out airline costs these days? Looking at the endless price and schedule lists, it’s like shopping at Sid the Sharpster’s used car lot. Caveat emptor, for sure!

For instance, while recently trying to book from New York’s JFK or Newark’s EWR nonstop to LAX in Los Angeles, there were great differences in prices. Depending on the day and time you fly, the cheapest coach round trip price ranged from $239 to $699.

You made your room registration long in advance, gave credit card info and the hotel confirmed. Then it happens! After a long, tiring flight, you arrive and the front desk clerk says there’s no room for you.

The lame excuses start. All booked up solid, and many people who were supposed to check out decided to stay another night. So sorry. However, we can get you a room at a hotel nearby. Of course, the rate is a bit higher ... etc... etc.

According to the survey company and British Airways, seniors now in their late 60s and early 70s say their biggest regret is missing out on roaming the world. Now entering sunset years, if they had to do it over, they would hit the road more often.

So, senior-stay-at-home, take the hint and start planning for travel while you’re still able to get around. Stroll the boulevards of Paris, cruise the Caribbean, climb to the top of Machu Picchu, bask in the sun at Waikiki and enjoy a Broadway musical. Get off that stuffy old couch and into new and exciting adventures that await you!

Just recently a flight scheduled to take off for Seattle from Mexico City, sat for 16 hours on the tarmac. When it finally did get into the air, because of thick fog, it landed in Portland at midnight.

Then, once the flight landed, the passengers were held aboard for another four hours. The airport claimed the flight was totally unexpected, and no customs agents there at that hour to check passengers from Mexico back into the U.S.