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@muffinsmuffins: @graceandjoy: Oh my gosh y'all, these travel stories are making me want to never travel again! haha.

My dad was a pilot for American when I was growing up, so we basically flew somewhere every school holiday. I have at least 3 separate memories of throwing up on planes. I could tell you all kinds of tales.

And once, when my dad was younger and used to fly smaller commuter planes-this was the days when the cockpit was just separated from where people sat with a curtain--a man was sick and trying to make it to the bathroom at the front, but sort of started throwing up while walking and then stumbled and threw up all over my dad's back. While he was flying. LOL.

I love that this thread is turning into "share your horrific plane barf stories"

@graceandjoy: I have an awesome one... we were on a flight home for Christmas and my 6mo old was fussing right after we boarded. Take-off was delayed because of a mechanical issue. This woman who looked like she partied all night and slept on the street (rats nest in her hair, dark mascara circles under her eyes, party clothes at 9am) sitting in front of us kept giving us nasty looks and sighing really loudly. Finally they decide to just take-off, but there will be no running water on the plane. 30 mins in, we hit turbulence and party girl pukes all over herself. She can't get up to clean herself up because of the turbulence and is repeatedly puking into the airsick bag now. She finally gets up, but remember... no water on the plane. I'm passing baby wipes up to the people that were sitting next to her who got splattered. By now, multiple people on the flight are sympathy puking and the flight attendants are walking down the aisles handing out airsick bags. The pilot made an announcement that they were going to turn down the cabin temperature in an attempt to help everyone feel better. I swear 2/3 of that plane was throwing up by the time we landed.... and my 6 mo old just slept the whole time. By far my most memorable flight.

@Ajsmommy: glad you made it ok!

I would absolutely have still went. Flying is a huge expense and we could never have afforded to take the hit of canceling flights and having to buy different ones.

@Ajsmommy: Glad everything turned out ok! Hope no one else gets sick!

I've been following along this thread mostly because it's a situation that could so easily happen to any family and I was really interested in the (many) different opinions.

But I also wanted to chime in as a life-long motion sickness sufferer and sing the praises of Dramamine. Cars, boats, planes - they all make me puke. If I take dramamine then I feel like every other traveler. It's such an incredibly embarassing thing to be a grown adult throwing up on a plane Bonus points that my midwife let me know it's safe while pregnant and that saved a trip to Scotland for me and our family. I missed one dose before a short leg of air travel and that was the only time I got sick during 10 days of flights, trains, and car travel in a foreign country.

Glad you went and are having fun!

This made me think what would you do if your kid was sick but it was the flight home from your vacation? What if you couldn’t stay longer and had to fly with a sick kid. I probably thought this because yesterday I was flying home with my two boys and it would really suck to fly with a sick kid.

This thread illustrates why I always bring lysol wipes and hand sanitizer on planes. They are disgusting and it's largely unavoidable - plus people are most contagious usually before they even know that they are sick - but constant use of hand sanitizer and wipes really helps...

@ALV91711: actually... it was a pretty easy trip home as he was sick enough he sleep most of the time and had no energy so we didn't have to keep him entertained.