As I prepare for my flight to Tirana this weekend, I’m reminded of the importance of a travel ‘buffer’.
Regular Travel Insider readers will remember that a few weeks back, when I last flew to the Albanian capital, I missed my flight following a perfect storm of train cancellations and road traffic. Although this was frustrating – not to mention expensive – I’d made sure I’d booked a flight to arrive more than 24 hours before I actually needed to be in the city.
