FINDING SOLUTIONS: Guest Blogger, Victor Cox

Thanks to Victor for his great story about finding solutions to cancelled flights. What an inspiration! Going to Las Vegas for a Bachelor Party, I also booked a PalmDesert vacation for my wife who would not be left out of going somewhere. After a fun Vegas Bachelor Party I was waiting for my 10:30am flight to PalmDesert to join my wife. And left waiting…and waiting until told that the scheduled plane had mechanical problems. I grabbed my laptop and mapped the drive from Vegas to PalmDesert then announced to the other waiting passengers that I was going to drive to PalmDesert and wanted to know if anyone would like to join me. Immediately most of the passengers volunteered for the carpool to PalmDesert and we were on our way to rent some vans. We appointed drivers who were familiar with the drive, gathered our belongings, and the 20-24 passengers from the cancelled flight headed west. Overall, it took us six and a half hours to get to Palm Desert, due to the scorching 120+ degree heat, the Mosley-Vargas Fight that weekend, and (what I guessed was normal) Sunday evening traffic from Vegas to Los Angeles. However we all enjoyed the ride, company, and were thankful that we were able to overcome the circumstances to get to our destination. It was an amazing experience of working together and trusting others to achieve the same goal. Everyone chipped in to help with this adventure and there was a real camaraderie that was formed throughout the trip, much more so than on a plane ride with little interaction. We all really made a connection and I am sure this was a very memorable trip for the 20-24 people as well and it only cost 20 dollars per person for the van rental (the plane ticket was 185 dollars, which was refunded). Still to this day I have contacts from that trip and chalk it up as one of my most memorable travel experiences. Victor Cox, CEO of www.NeverCheckIt.com