Triple-A Iowa spokesperson Meredith Mitts, says the sooner you lock in your plane tickets and hotel reservations for holiday travel, the better. Mitts says the closer we get to the holidays, the cost for airfare rises and the availability shrinks. If you haven’t bought travel insurance in the past, Mitts says you may want to start now with all the recent flight delays or cancellations. A survey by the motor club finds 35-percent of Iowa respondents say they’ve already reserved their holiday trips.















