There are a lot of different things I could live without when I travel, but I don’t want to. Here are ten essential travel products I use on the road.
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How to travel for business and still have a life.
Are you a business traveler and spend all your time working because you are constantly catching up? Do you sacrifice sleep responding to one last...
Beyond Travel: A Road Warrior’s Survival Guide Book Giveaway!
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How to be Safe in a Hotel
Have you ever left something in a hotel, never to be found again?
Have you ever been awakened in the middle of the night by a stranger trying to get in your door?
Tips to protect yourself, stay safe and be smart in a hotel.
Five Ways You Can Take a Real Vacation
When was the last time you took vacation?
Did you check your inbox and your voice mail?
Did you take a work call on a cruise in the Mediterranean?
Did you feel overloaded when you left and more stressed when you came back?
Easy Holiday Packing for the On-The-Go Badass
Do you leave packing to the very last minute and end up staring at it while asking yourself, “what do I do now?”
No matter how often you travel, if you don’t have a strategy and the tools necessary to make packing a cinch, the experience can be an overwhelming and daunting task.
For this holiday season take all the yuck and “I don’t wanna!” out of loading your suitcase by following these three simple steps.
Party! Booze! Sugar! Business Travel Rocks!
At home do you….
Exercise, wind down at 8pm, make sure you eat at least one vegetable, stick to 1-2 cups of coffee, stop at one cookie, and stop checking email after 9?
When you travel do you…
Hit snooze, check email until 11pm, eat fast food, drink coffee all day long, take advantage of the corporate per diem at the bar, keep yourself awake by eating cookies all afternoon and forget what a vegetable is?
Travel Packing Lists
What items are you most likely to forget?
Your power cord? Underoos? A toothbrush?
Have you traveled all day without hangry snacks and wanted to fight someone for their peanuts?
Stop wingin’ it and use a list.
How to Work Well, Play More and Slide Down Concrete on Vacation.
I took my first vacation in 1.5 years in September to celebrate my 40th birthday.
I know…I know…the Work Well and Play More gal hasn’t been on vacay?
Start a business, then you’ll know why!
Next time you combine work and play, have a plan going in when you will work and how you will handle emergencies.
Here’s how I Pomodoro’ed my vacation, didn’t get behind and came back to calm.
Underwear Workouts!
Underwear workouts? Did that get your attention? I’m not talking about bed business kind of workouts. I’m talking about actual exercise in your unders. I often hear from people who travel that they don’t want to take up any space in their luggage by packing exercise clothes, shoes or equipment.
Coming Home From Travel – Whose Chore is This?
How many of you come home from travel and get in discussions with your partner/spouse about what should be done while you are away?
Do you ever walk in the door and immediately start cleaning or tasking because stuff isn’t done?
Do you feel like your partner/spouse should have done this while you were away?
Are you a MoPro?
According to the Urban Dictionary, MoPro is short for Mobile Professional. Mobile Professionals are white-collar workers who spend at least 50% of their work hours away from their home office.
Mobile professionals are often characterized by crackberry addiction, high divorce rate, pearly whites, and inflated titles like “Emerging Technology Strategist.”