Jul 26th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Business travel isn't easy. In order to make the most of the money you're spending, you wind up sacrificing sleep, cramming in as many meetings as possible and adopting a pace of life that you'd never be able to maintain at home. It's severe, it's unpleasant and it's a simple fact of life on the road. Your personal well-being tends to be the first casualty. Diet and exercise are cast aside, as you ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Five good business habits that suffer when you travel
Jul 26th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Business travel isn't easy. In order to make the most of the money you're spending, you wind up sacrificing sleep, cramming in as many meetings as possible and adopting a pace of life that you'd never be able to maintain at home. It's severe, it's unpleasant and it's a simple fact of life on the road. Your personal well-being tends to be the first casualty. Diet and exercise are cast aside, as you ...Three good reasons why Monday-morning business travel is best
May 12th, 2011 at 2:00PM: I just stepped through airport security on a Monday morning for the first time in a few years. I used to dread Mondays when I was a hard-core road warrior, because they came to represent the first step in a marathon, and I knew that agony was just around the corner. Also, it didn't help that I had only been home for 48 hours, was still exhausted and had to get up at 4 AM to start the insanity all ...Five ways to improve business travel with your family
May 11th, 2011 at 2:00PM: It usually seems easy to mix a business trip and a family vacation. You're already on the road, and your company has picked up the tab for your flight. So, a good chunk of expense has been taken out of the equation from the start! Especially if you go to a great destination, extending a business trip into a vacation can be a smart move. You may even get to absorb some of your hotel costs into your ...The advantages to one-day business trips
May 10th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
I prefer to keep my trips as short as possible – that's how I've always felt about business travel. I Not only does it get me home sooner – to be with the people with whom I'd rather spend my time – but it also results in lower expenses. So, if I need to take an extra trip, want to test out a new marketing idea or such, I'm more likely to have at least some of the cash I need ...Conference and Meeting Travel: Pack for the one-night trip
May 9th, 2011 at 2:00PM: One-day (or even one-evening) events can be fast and tiring, but it's usually worth pushing for a fast turnaround so you can get home sooner and be back in the office with less disruption. I just took a short-burn business trip two weeks ago to Boston, and I found that it sure beats planning for a few days on the road. For a trip that's few days long, I need to tote along a carry-on. For ...Conference and Meeting Travel: How the packing list is different
May 6th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
My bag looks different from usual on this trip. Convention travel, though not usually as productive as other forms of business travel, does bring with it the benefit of a lighter bag.
When I go on a regular business jaunt, I usually wind up having to overpack. The problem is that there is just too much happening, and none of it is related. On a normal business trip, usually to visit the IR ...Conference and Meeting Travel: Five ways it differs from other business travel
May 5th, 2011 at 2:00PM: As I write this, I'm en route to Chicago from New York, the first leg of a trip that will bring me to Vancouver where I'll be when this story runs. For the first time in a few years, I'm headed to a professional conference, and the preparation process, it has occurred to me, is different from other forms of business travel. From the packing list to the mindset, it's unlike the other business trips ...Five business travel challenges for small companies to overcome
Feb 17th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Regardless of economic conditions, owning and running a small business isn't easy. It's always tough to find clients, allocate your funds effectively and maximize your bang for the buck. And, business travel is a big part of this. When you go out on the road, you know you're committing some serious cash to the endeavor, and you want to make sure you get as much value out of it as possible.
Part ...Five good reasons to screw up your frequent flier mile strategy
Feb 2nd, 2011 at 11:00AM: There isn't much that's precious to a business traveler (except time off the road) - at least not that you can touch. Maybe that's why road warriors find frequent flier miles to be so important. They are at once a visible reward for suffering the slings and arrows of business travel, an indicator of class in an implicitly hierarchical community and a ticket to leisure travel later. If they ...Five ways holiday travelers annoy business travelers
Dec 24th, 2010 at 3:00PM: On December 23, 1999, I was trying to get from Madison, Wisconsin to Boston Massachusetts. On paper, it didn't look hard. I had to catch a short fight from Madison to Chicago and another flight from Chicago to Boston. Unsurprisingly, it was snowing in Madison. It was also snowing in Chicago. Flights were canceled quickly and routinely, and crowds backed up in the gate areas. I was starting to ...Hotels gearing up for battle over the business traveler's wallet
Dec 20th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Now that business travelers are coming back into the travel market, everyone can't stop talking about it. Of course, this is great news for airlines and hotels, as business travelers tend to spend more time on the road, have more financial flexibility and are willing to pay more for exactly the flights and locations they need. The occasional leisure traveler who hunts around for bargains, quite ...Five real reasons behind business traveler hotel choices
Dec 9th, 2010 at 8:00AM: It's not just flights – business travelers are easing up on cost when it comes to hotels, too. Rather than try to stretch their dollars until they squeal, road warriors are finally looking for ways they can be a little happier when sleeping in beds that aren't their own (unless, of course, they're sharing a bed with ... well, you know).
Hotels tend to love business travelers, because they ...Five perks business travelers MUST have
Dec 8th, 2010 at 8:00AM: If you've ever been a road warrior, you know that the following is true. Spending hours upon hours on a plane several times a week, every week of the year, even the smallest benefits can make a profound difference. It's sad but true that happiness is measured in on-time arrivals and exit rows, but such is the nature of frequent business travel.
According to the latest Orbitz for Business / ...TSA to impede travel market recovery? Not buyin' it
Nov 29th, 2010 at 8:00AM:
When I finally crawled out of bed and caffeinated Saturday morning, I made the rounds on Twitter and found a bold statement by travel journalist Christopher Elliott: "Thanks to TSA, 2011 could be a flat year for travel". Despite the digging he did, I'm just not buying it. Passenger inconvenience, especially when it comes to leisure trips, isn't likely to have a major effect on the travel ...Hotels and spas use corporate retreats for sweet financial revenge
Oct 21st, 2010 at 4:30PM: It's hard to tell who wants a business travel rebound: business travelers or the hospitality companies that cater to them. Routine road warrior jaunts suck, but there are executive retreats, training programs and other opportunities that do appeal even to the most jaded of the white collar folks.
So, the hotels are fighting to get business travelers back, according to Business Insider, and ...The top factors that influence blended travel opportunities
Sep 15th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Vacations are getting squeezed out, either because of personal financial pressures or a fear of looking like you aren't crucial in your cubicle. We keep cutting out the time we need for ourselves and our families, which can make the strain of recession-era employment even worse. You don't need any more pressure ... so why are you creating it? You need to get out on the road, and not just for the ...Five business travel factors for Obama and the midterm elections
Sep 8th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Leisure travel is irrelevant during the election season, but the woes of business travelers seem to resonate. With the midterm contests two months away, all eyes are on the White House ... and President Obama's success rate with road, rail and runway repair.
This is the one time business travelers make the presidential agenda, according to Portfolio.com: "Presidents (or people campaigning for ...Business travelers told to be logical with tickets
Aug 3rd, 2010 at 2:30PM: In a move that's shocking because it's sensible, corporate travel managers are pushing business travelers to make decisions that aren't stupid. In the past two years, 75 percent of companies in North America have changed their travel policies, with cost-cutting a major motivation. First and business class have become more and more elite in the white collar set, thanks to more restrictive policies, ...White Collar Travel: How Important Is That Phone Call?
Jul 1st, 2010 at 2:00PM: The biggest complaint that non-business travelers have about the white collar folks likely involves cell phones. Our reluctance to turn the off at the appointed time is probably the greatest annoyance to those around us, though the Gordon Gekko-style pacing and posing at the gate tends to ruffle some feathers, too. I've overheard and even been asked countless times the very simple question: "Is it ...White Collar Travel: Stupid things business travelers have done
Jun 24th, 2010 at 2:00PM: Sometimes you lose your mind when you're on the road. You either develop a highly inappropriate sense of entitlement (this is my seat on my plane) or decide that nothing matters, giving you a blank check to behave like an asshole. The combination of professional pressures – in my day, it was the collapse of the dotcom bubble ... a bump in the road compared to the 2008 financial crisis ...
