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Fall back in love with business travel

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If you’ve been traveling for work for a long time, you might be over it. Business travel can lose its luster after a while, especially when there are lots of weather delays. Years of short tempers, cancelled flights, and long lines and your passion may fade. So in honor of Valentine’s Day, I want to…

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Flight delays and all day commutes

tall grass with a city in the background

Most of last week was spent in New York at various offices around the city. My final day was supposed to be spent at an office in Newark. Friday morning I packed, spent a little time talking to my sister, then headed out to Newark. I say this like it’s an easy thing. It wasn’t—two…

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Dealing with travel delays

a snowy area with trees and a fence

In case you missed it, a crazy cold front has swept the nation. Temperatures are colder than they’ve been in years. In Chicago, where my sister lives, it is currently -13 and the high is -10. That is insane, and it’s not even the coldest place in the country. (Pictured: The view from my sister’s…

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Adventures in air travel

You know the meme that was really popular last year, showing different pictures representing various perspectives of the same thing? What my friends think I do, what my mom thinks I do, etc? (Here’s a link to some funny ones.) I haven’t found a good business travel one (just some not awesome ones) but the…

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When do you go to the airport when your flight is delayed?

On Tuesday, I was supposed to fly to San Jose for a bunch of meetings. Typically, I was flying American, going through DFW. As I was getting ready to leave the house, my husband said, “Oh wow, there are tornado warnings in Dallas.” Sure enough, here is what happened in the Dallas area that day:…

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This is why you call customer care

Yesterday was kind of nuts. I had a routine day trip to Nashville planned, which started out going well. My Southwest direct flight was full, but I got a window seat and got some reading done. It landed on time, I got to the office, had some great meetings, and went back to the airport.…

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Nashville was good!

One of the things about working at home (except during travel) is that you don’t see your coworkers that often. There are people I work with that, although I have meetings with them weekly, haven’t seen in person in over a year. This can get a little bit lonely. So that makes work friends that…

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