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Road Warriorette Weekend Express

Hey readers! Got a question or something you want to discuss this weekend?  Here’s the perfect opportunity!  Whether you want to share an interesting travel story, a packing tip, an etiquette tip, or anything else going on in the business travel world, comment here and we’ll have a discussion. Travel tip of the week: Because I…

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Road Warriorette Weekend Express

Hey readers! Got a question or something you want to discuss this weekend?  Here’s the perfect opportunity!  Whether you want to share an interesting travel story, a packing tip, an etiquette tip, or anything else going on in the business travel world, comment here and we’ll have a discussion. Travel tip of the week: Decant your…

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Review: Eagle Creek Adventure Pop Top Carry-On

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Since my earliest business travel days almost a decade ago I’ve been a big fan of Eagle Creek packing cubes. I’d also always heard good things about their luggage, a perennial reader favorite, but never had any experience with it myself. Then last fall Eagle Creek sent me one of their newest bags to try…

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Carryons causing injuries

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I’ve seen two recent stories about things falling out of the overhead bin and injuring people.  In the first instance an older lady was knocked unconscious by a shoe falling out of a bin during a flight.  In the second story a man says he suffered a compressed disc when luggage fell on him from…

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Weighing the contents of my carryon

a black device with a charger on top of it

Before a recent three day trip to New York I decided to do an experiment. See, I before I started traveling for work on a regular basis I was one of the dreaded over-packers. I would make lists three pages long of all of the things I needed for a one week vacation, then bring…

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Packing for a two-week winter trip in a carryon

a woman in a black coat

Is it possible to pack for a trip up north during winter in a single suitcase? Reader S. asks…. I saw your blog and decided to ask for your help. Hopefully you will respond before I depart warm Florida for my business trip to Boston leaving mid-January 2015. My job assignment will be from January…

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Poll: Did your business travel increase last year?

a graph showing the number of travel trips

A USA Today story reported that US business travel spending is as high as it has ever been.  According to the Global Business Travel Association US businesses spent around $292 billion in 2014, and that number is expected to rise to $310 billion next year.  A healthy US economy along with lower oil prices are…

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When there are only middle seats left….

a blue suitcase with pink writing

On a recent trip a delay meant I was one of the last few to board a Southwest flight. When I got on the plane it was as I expected….only middle seats left.  There were probably about ten, all in the back. There were a few other people from my previous flight boarding at the same…

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Finding time to exercise on the road.

a close-up of a watch

The holidays have come and gone, and with them parties, late nights, and food. Lots and lots of food. This is the time of year that just about all of us are trying to shed some of the extra pounds accumulated during all of the holiday merriment.  You would think having so many people with…

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Road Warriorette Weekend Express

a cartoon train with santa claus and reindeer

Hey readers! Got a question or something you want to discuss this weekend?  Here’s the perfect opportunity!  Whether you want to share an interesting travel story, a packing tip, an etiquette tip, or anything else going on in the business travel world, comment here and we’ll have a discussion. Travel tip of the week: I learned…

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