Have you ever traveled at a busy time of the year?

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Earlier this year I took the Easter holidays plus two week of term time to make a months long trip to South America. I traveled with my disabled son and my daughter. My son had a large buggy lent to us from a hospital as he had a broken leg. He usually is in a wheelchair that is very hard to fold up. That buggy was easy to fold and I was able to put some luggage on to it. I found the long distance train journeys booked out in Argentina. The long distance coaches each time only had a few seats left. We booked a hotel in Rio for the Easter weekend and arrived there in the morning. To my upset the hotel had given our room to someone else. I asked the manager to ring around to find another hotel that had space. He did so and then we paid even more for a taxi over there. We got a twin room and so I placed to two beds together to fit the three of us. To my upset the long distance coaches were fully booked for days. We were going to miss our international flight so I had to pay for a flight and then a bus from there. Luckily we got back to Argentina's capital city before our homeward flight day. Have you ever traveled at Easter time or another busy time of the year? If so did you find transport booked out? Did you find it easy to handle your luggage on that trip?