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Roll with the punches, travel experts say, but what if the punches are coming in a flurry and with a fury that threatens to turn the trip of a lifetime into a weekend at the Bates Motel?

Morgan Bell is the person to ask. A former professional golfer and now the media relations coordinator for Hockey Canada, Bell was at her desk last Thursday when her boyfriend, Dustin Yeager, showed up and told her she had an hour to pack, meanwhile withholding their destination. She guessed Banff and packed accordingly, with winter clothes.

She guessed wrong. They changed planes in Vancouver, at which point she learned she was going to San Francisco. When they arrived there, her bag turned up, but luggage that Yeager had surreptitiously checked earlier on Thursday was missing.

Rather than heading off to their destination, they chose to stay at a cheap hotel near the airport …