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Monthly Archives for March 2019.

Packing for Business Travel has Never Been Easier

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Are you about to go on your first business trip and overwhelmed with figuring out what you need to bring? Or are you a frequent business traveler who dreads packing for your business trips because it takes so long to prepare? Maybe you’re sure you’re going to forget something critical, or you feel like you…

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4 Packing Myths Debunked

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A few weeks ago I was on a business trip eating dinner with a colleague, and the conversation turned to packing. “I see all of these people traveling with their little carry-ons, and I can’t figure out for the life of me how they fit everything they need in there! Where do their shoes go?…

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4 Things I Wish I had Known Before my First Business Trip

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My first business trip was also the first day of my new job. I was terrified and excited, all at once. Any time I’m going into a new situation I research the heck out of it so I’m not as freaked. Well, there was no research to be had for new business travelers back then,…

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Use headphones when you’re playing a game. Please!!

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If you follow me on Facebook, you have already heard about this. (And if you don’t follow me yet, go do it! We have some fun discussions on there.) A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in my seat, waiting for my plane to take off. The pilot gave us the dreaded announcement–just a…

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5 tips for the first trip with coworkers

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What should a young woman do to make a good impression on her first trip with coworkers? Reader C asks… I started a new job a few months ago and in three weeks my team will be traveling across the country for a new job. I am in my mid-twenties and the youngest person on…

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Don’t put your coat in the overhead bin

a blue coat with a hood

Normally by this time of year I’m thinking and writing about spring colors and outfits, enjoying the warmth of the Texas sun. Not this year. Yet another winter storm is moving across the US, and it is coooold.  So instead of getting out my peep-toe flats I’m keeping on my big winter coat and boots…

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Taking eReaders through airport security

You guys know I sing the praises of TSA Pre-check all the time. It can be such a great timesaver when it works. Alas, it doesn’t always work. For someone like me, who has had Pre-check for almost five years, it’s probably good to have to go through a somewhat normal security experience every once…

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