As anyone who has ever flown somewhere knows, traveling can be a stressful experience. From standing in extremely long lines to getting delayed for excessive amounts of time by security checkpoints, most people would happily choose a different method of transportation if it could get them from one place to another as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, flying is still the fastest way to get around, which is why people continue to tolerate all of the annoyances involved with this method of transportation.

Although it’s impossible to always avoid all of the problems associated with flying, you can take steps to minimize them. For example, I recently took a trip where I arrived at the Chicago airport. I needed to pickup a rental car when I arrived at the Chicago airport, so to ensure that this went as smoothly as possible, I made my car rental reservation ahead of time. By already having a rental car reserved, I was able to get my rental car right after I stepped off of the plane, instead of having to wait in line until an attendant could help me make my reservation.