International flights are not my favorite, I’ll be honest. Actually, that’s not entirely true. International flights in business class are super fun, with movies, wine, lie-flat seats, fluffy blankets, and delicious food. Coach is another story, especially when it comes to sleep. Of course, sleeping is (relatively) easy if you’re in business class. Just recline…
In my near-decade of writing about business travel I’ve written about getting through security a lot. It is one of the most anxiety-inducing parts of travel for newbies, but planning ahead and using a few simple strategies can make airport security go as smoothly as possible. TSA Pre-check has helped a ton, allowing frequent travelers…
A few months ago I wrote about what to do when your flight is delayed. Number one on the list: call the airline as soon as possible. What happened to me last week is exactly the reason why. Last week I traveled to Manila, basically halfway around the world from Texas. Typically I fly DFW-Tokyo…
When I first started traveling for work I would frequently visit multiple cities on one trip, often three or four cities in just a few days. I’m exhausted just thinking about it! In the past few years my travel has calmed down a bit, and I generally travel to one location per trip. In a…
What happens when you are on an international business trip and there is a natural disaster? What if you get sick and have to go to the hospital? This is where duty of care comes in. While it sounds like some ambiguous legal term that has no real meaning, duty of care is incredibly important…
A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with a friend who is also a fellow business traveler. She actually travels more than I do, heading out almost weekly on domestic trips with a few international trips in between. So imagine my shock when she said that coming home from her last trip to Asia…
Two more days! Take the Road Warriorette Survey and enter for a chance to win $100 to Amazon!! This week I had one of those travel days that felt like a comedy of errors. Extra traffic on the drive to the airport, so I arrived late and flustered to the park and ride. A new…
Take the Road Warriorette Survey and enter for a chance to win $100 to Amazon!! The Wall Street Journal is reporting that later this year the TSA will require additional items to be separated into bins, beyond the current requirements of liquids and laptops. Nothing has been finalized or announced, but some possibilities to ease…
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A few months ago the Department of Homeland Security announced a ban on any electronics bigger than a phone on certain US-bound international flights. Since then the UK has enacted a similar ban. For a while there was talk about a potential ban on ALL US-bound international flights. This seems to have died down, but…
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