Hello from a fellow Vancouverite!

I just did the trip for the first time, and man, it was brutal. We transited 7 airports in total, with many delays…in fact, I don't think a single of our flights left on time. Our trip there was Vancouver > Dallas > Austin > San Juan > Beef Island. Trip back was Beef Island > Antigua > Toronto > Vancouver.

The flight out of Vancouver was delayed so much that we wouldn't have been able to make our connection in Dallas, which resulted in us having to leave and arrive a day late. On the way back our flight from Antigua was delayed by about two hours and the line at customs in Pearson was so long that there was no way in hell we could have made our connection even if the flight hadn't been delayed. This turned out to be a blessing as we spent the night at a hotel by the airport which broke up what would have been a supremely exhausting journey.

If the travel situation and connections don't improve, I'm not sure I'll be going back…