“It’s been an absolute disaster,’’ Snowiss said. “If I don’t have a heart attack from dealing with all this, I don’t know what will do it.’’
Travel was still snarled yesterday, and transportation officials said it would probably take another few days to work through the backlog of canceled flights and trains. At Logan International Airport, all but six of the approximately 900 incoming and outgoing flights were canceled Sunday, and 350 more flights were canceled yesterday.
Karen deMoor, who was in Maine with her husband and her parents last week, was supposed to fly back to San Francisco Sunday morning. Instead, she is stuck at her parents’ house in Boston until tonight.
But she’s enjoying the extra time with her family while redesigning the website for the Pilates studio she and her husband own. “It’s not the end of the world,’’ she said. “I’m rolling with it.’’
Nationwide, about 10,000 flights were canceled due to Irene. Some who could not get commercial flights turned to corporate jet service. PlaneClear, of Long Island City, N,Y., had a 400 percent increase in inquires over the past four days, according to the company, including from a Boston client who found himself stranded in Las Vegas on Saturday and shelled out $23,500 to get home yesterday morning.
For some hotels, the weekend was busy, as guests who could not get out of Boston made up for the guests who could not get in.
At the three Kimpton hotels in the area, 75 stranded travelers were treated to a reduced $99 daily rate - down from about $300 a night - as well as to movies such as “Shrek,’’ “Ice Age,’’ and, of course, “The Perfect Storm’’ in the hotels’ ballrooms. The guests were also treated to board games and free snacks in the lobby, and $5 Hurricane and Dark and Stormy cocktails at the bar.
“We like to turn it into a fun time for everyone,’’ said Rick Colangelo, regional vice president of operations for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, which include Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Nine Zero Hotel on Tremont Street, and Onyx Hotel on Portland Street.
