Is your business trip is taking you to New York's John F Kennedy (JFK), LaGuardia (LGA) or Newark (E

Hurricane Sandy is due to hit the areas between Boston, New York, and Washington DC overnight Monday local time, with typhoon-strength gales, heavy rain, tidal flooding, and even snow forecast as the storm combines with an early winter weather system to make the whole Northeast a huge mess.
Airlines -- including Qantas, which has issued a fee-free ticket change policy -- have cancelled flights, hotels are starting to book up with people evacuating from coastal areas and public transportation is shutting down.
Is your business trip is taking you to New York's John F Kennedy (JFK), LaGuardia (LGA) or Newark (EWR) airports, Washington DC's Dulles (IAD) or National (DCA), US Airways' hub at Philadelphia (PHL) or Boston Logan (BOS)? Then it's time to run through our smart traveller's checklist of things to do when you know flight disruptions are on the horizon .
Forecasters say you can expect gale force winds, rain, and tidal flooding leading to travel disruption and power outages, stretching for several days from Sunday 25 October through Sunday 4 November as the two storms collide and sit over the northeastern states.
But while the official line from the airlines is a "change fee waiver", mostly valid if you travel before within a week or so, you do have the right to a full refund if your flight has been cancelled and you've called the whole trip off.
Hotels, too, will book up quickly, so if you're likely to be stuck in the area it's best to snap up a refundable rate now. Consider asking for a room between the 3rd and 10th floors -- high enough to be out of any flooding orlando luxury car rentals risk, but low enough that you could walk up in the event of a power outage and no lifts.
The large car rental orlando luxury car rentals firms are also likely to start shifting orlando luxury car rentals their stock of vehicles orlando luxury car rentals out of the way. Since rental cars are usually not prepaid, you might want to make a backup reservation or two with different rental companies -- for a four-wheel drive vehicle if you can, given the snow forecast.
For less sensationalised information, turn to local government information pages -- NYC.gov for New York, DC.gov for Washington DC, or a quick web search orlando luxury car rentals for "official (city name) website" should turn up the page you need.
If power and/or your Internet connection goes down, as is likely, be prepared with a windup or battery-powered radio and the radio frequencies of your local news radio station. Again, search for "(city name) news radio" and write down the frequency. Note that these are often on "AM" radio, but some FM music stations will switch from entertainment to information and rebroadcast news stations in emergencies like this.