No, I was not actually being attacked a giant bioluminescent jellyfish in McCarran International Airport…
1) Always print your boarding pass at the hotel. Sure, it may seem like you’re being robbed when the business center wants to charge you $5 to print your boarding pass, which is free at the airport, but believe me, it’s worth it, because…
2) There will always be a glitch. Just like Tom Hanks said in Apollo 13, there’s always going to be one glitch on every mission. In my case, all of the self-service kiosks for passengers with no bags to check were down, except for one. One that was being used by a couple who were doing international travel. With bags. Who, even when told they’d still have to get in a line to get their bags checked, they insisted on finishing up their check-in at the kiosk because (in their words), “We’re almost done…”
*head slap!*
3) This is going to be a bit controversial, but in my eyes, I enjoy people-watching in this airport more than I did on the Strip. People who are primped up and out and about looking for fun ‘n games in Vegas exude a sort of artificially amped up vibe that just isn’t there in the mundane setting of an airport. Don’t get me wrong — I personally have more fun personally when I’m out and about on the Strip, but it’s kind of cool to see people in a more natural state in an airport.
One bonus: I heard what is probably the best marriage proposal story ever. The short form — proposed on the first date, after a 25 year hiatus apart from each other. Wow!
