Dealing with airports and flying is a miserable experience but is unfortunately the best way overall to travel overseas/very long distances (obviously highly dependent on where in the world you are located/where you are traveling to). I avoid flying except for maybe a trip every five years where there really isn't another viable alternative. High ticket costs, crowded aitports, TSA, all the waiting with delays in boarding, taxi'ing, de-boarding etc. really just make the juice not worth the squeeze for me.