Happy Black Friday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family. Black Friday is a great opportunity to pick up a few things for you or someone else, especially some of my favorite travel gear. Of course, I’m exhausted from all the celebrating yesterday (and supporting my teams as the…
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5 travel power devices under $15 that every business traveler needs
These days electronics are critical to business travelers. But the portable nature of most of them means that at some point we will have to recharge batteries. How do you keep your devices powered up without filling your suitcase with chargers? Here are five travel power devices I keep with me on all trips.
Tips for managing a long business trip
The most common length of time for a business trip is three to four days. But what happens when you are gone for longer periods of time? It requires a lot more planning and strategy, that’s for sure! One or even two month business trips are becoming more and more common. Here are a few…
5 things to keep handy during a long flight
When you know you’ll be on a single flight for 14 hours it can be tempting to pack everything under the sun. But I might need that seat cushion! And what about that deluxe seatback organizer? It will fit perfectly, right?? (Both of these are actual items that I brought with me on my first…
Happy Amazon Prime Day! Business Travel Product Deals
As I’m sure you’ve heard, Amazon is looking to turn today, July 15th , into Amazon Prime Day: a day for deals much like Black Friday. In fact, they say there are more deals today than on Black Friday. One catch is a lot of these deals require a Prime Membership. The good news is…
Choosing a travel purse or briefcase
One of the most important items to have for business travel is the carry-on. I don’t mean your rollaboard (although of course that is important too!), but your personal item. It holds everything you need for your flight—laptop, files, plus normal purse stuff—it gets stuffed into overhead bins or under plane seats, and acts as…
Etiquette tip: The right way to move someone else’s bag.
Being one of the last groups to board a flight can be stressful. Flight attendants are pushing you along to get boarded as quickly as possible. You’re surrounded by people staring at you like you’re the in-flight entertainment as you struggle to find a place to store your bag. And then once you find a place…
5 easy ways to be eco-friendly on business trips
Happy Earth Day, fellow travelers! It’s not always easy to keep a focus on the environment during business travel. So much is out of our control—whether the hotel has recycling, the packaging that comes on our take-out, if there are hybrids available to rent. That being said, there are things we can do before our…
In between trips
One of the toughest things about business travel is getting ready for a trip right after you just got home from one. There are just so many things to do in between trips, and it feels like there’s never enough time to get them done. Typically when I’m traveling week after week I’ll have three…
Get free eBooks from your library! (I finally did it, and it’s awesome)
After being a dedicated, very happy Kindle user for almost five years, I’ve finally decided to take it to the next level. See, I love to read. Love love love it. Not much is better than slipping into a story, losing myself in another world. Before my son was born I would just buy new…
