Vacationers come dwelling to SWLA for home-cooked meals this Thanksgiving

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) – Vacation journey may be nerve-racking; delays, cancellations and staffing shortages could make flying very unpredictable.

Fortunately, folks we spoke to right this moment had been having a stress-free journey day on the Lake Charles Airport.

Vacation journey within the skies is again to pre-pandemic degree site visitors. Many headed out Wednesday to catch a flight simply in time for Thanksgiving.

“We’re headed to St. Louis, Missouri, um we’re going to spend our first vacation there in 10 years,m and this can be his first Thanksgiving expertise up in Missouri,” Megan McDonald mentioned. “So excited to go see household and spend a while in just a little little bit of colder climate.”

Most vacationers who landed in Lake Charles mentioned their expertise has been seamless.

“No delays. Simple, surprisingly for the vacations,” Roman Guillory mentioned.

“I’ve an hour and a half delay in Chicago and aside from that it was fairly good,” Lance Allemand mentioned. “Dallas was fairly straightforward and right this moment was my first time flying ever. So I imply it was, it was an expertise for me.”

Fortunately, Lance had his fianceé Bailey Sullivan assist information him by way of the airports by way of FaceTime.

“I had her strolling me by way of it the entire manner. She was on FaceTime with me nearly the entire time, however I went by way of Chicago and Dallas so it was two fairly massive airports for myself,” mentioned Allemand. “So much larger than Lake Charles.”

Many vacationers had been comfortable to have had stress-free journey and be reunited with their family members. Vacationers are additionally comfortable to be again in Louisiana for a home-cooked meal.

“I’m very comfortable to be again within the boot,” Allemand mentioned.

“The meals. Oh yeah. Being dwelling in South Louisiana, the meals. Precisely I’ve been barbecuing and frying Turkey. Making potato salad. Rice dressing and my favourite sauces I make for the vacations,” mentioned the Guillorys.

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