I have softened a bit on this subject, even appreciating some of the changes. Things like aging up a bit were good decisions. Others left me puzzled, like changing waygates, changing Rands' scenes to Nynaeve, Nynaeve overall really.
The changes they made I found took away from things rather than added. Think they could of kept it more true to the books.
I think a fair amount of that can be mitigated by having them look travel worn, and whining about the distance/travel conditions (which happens frequently in the books), using these opportunities to jump to a separate scene to give the illusion of travel time.