Like many people, I had become fearful of flying out of the UK following reports of huge delays, cancellations and missed flights. Luckily, I wasn't flying out of Manchester Airport and I wasn't going to one of the main foreign tourist hotspots - although Budapest is well worth a visit any time of the year.
With my family's trip to Hungary booked for an easyJet flight from Gatwick at 11.55am on Sunday (April 10), we were prepared to get to the airport in plenty of time. In the end, we thought getting there the day before should just give us enough time for any road/airport chaos.
So, together with my wife and two children, I booked into the Travelodge at the airport (just five minutes from the car park) and had valet parking booked so it was just a five minute walk to check-in. We had plenty of time so we thought we had done all we could have done.
