Guest blogger Jeff Michaels is author of the hit air-travel guide Please Hug Me—I've Been Delayed: The Only Guide You'll Ever Need to Survive the Not-so-Friendly Skies. For more information and free stuff, visit his blog at BeenDelayed.com.

Let's face it. At no time during the year are you likely to encounter more flight delays than during the holidays. In fact, the very fact that they call them holidays is something of a debate. Passengers traveling during the peak travel season between November and December might find "horrordays" a more appropriate term.