How to see the world on the company dime – take a travel job and explore the planet
If you are willing to take a job with regular travel you might be able to see a good portion of the world on the company dime. Many of us… Read more »
Category: Travel Hack Series
Travel Tip Tuesday #35 – Always Use a VPN when traveling
As we continue our focus on traveler safety this month we are looking at the importance of using a VPN when traveling today. A Virtual Private Network (VPN), as we… Read more »
The Mileage Run – A Frequent Flyer Travel Hack You Need to Know
It’s that time of the year again. The time of year when the road warrior travelers (like me!) start double checking their loyalty points balances to gauge where they will… Read more »
The 9 Dumbest Travel Tips I’ve Ever Heard
We’ve all seen the many lists of travel tips and travel hacks floating around the Internet. Heck, I’ve contributed to many of them, including my 101 Travel Hacks for the… Read more »
Travel Tip Tuesday #34 – Why frequent travelers should drop everything and buy a laptop screen protector
If I tried to count on one hand the number of times I’ve observed fellow passengers working on the plane on some important slide deck or updating a spreadsheet I’d… Read more »
8 Holiday Travel Tips: Your Recipe for Better Travel During the Holidays
Traveling during the holidays can be an incredibly stressful. Insane airports, excited (and tired) kids, more luggage than normal, and less skilled travelers create the perfect combination for a chaotic… Read more »
Can you bring tweezers on a plane?
Can you bring tweezers on a plane? Do I have to check tweezers or can they go in my carry on? In our latest edition of “What can I bring… Read more »
Travel Tip Tuesday #33 – Be Careful with Public Conversations on Work Trips
Once, while traveling to a popular trade show in my industry, I happened to being sitting directly behind my competition in the first class cabin on my plane. As the… Read more »
Can I Bring a Razor in my Carry On? Checked luggage?
I know why you’re here. You’ve crafted an amazing beard over the last 19 months. You’ve adopted a completely natural lifestyle including your organic shaving cream…and you’ve invested in an… Read more »
Travel Tip Tuesday #32 – Get a Discounted Lounge Pass and de-stress
This week’s travel tip Tuesday advice is about easier and less stressful travel. Yup, the airport travel tip for this week has you investing in an airport lounge pass –… Read more »
Travel Tip Tuesday #31: Skip the People Movers (and Escalators) to Burn a Few Extra Calories at the Airport
Staying healthy while on a trip can be a challenge at times. It takes concerted effort, consistency and occasionally a little creativity. This week’s Travel Tip Tuesday is about creativity… Read more »
Checked baggage vs carry on – what’s actually best?
The age old debate of checked baggage vs carry on baggage has raged for years with each of these two camps fairly well entrenched in their beliefs. Travelers of all… Read more »
Travel Tip Tuesday #30 – Get a Boarding Pass before you get to the Airport
It’s Tuesday again (funny how that works) and we have another Travel Tip for our readers. This week’s travel tip Tuesday advice focusing on the use of mobile boarding passes… Read more »
How to get through Airport Security Faster with these practical TSA Tips (Travel Tip Tuesday #29)
There are several tricks of the trade that travel pros use to make their airport security experience easier and quicker. We reveal all in this article by sharing several TSA… Read more »
How these 6 gadgets help me avoid travel boredom
Traveling can be a lot of fun. However, there are definitely periods where boredom can set in. This is especially true for the frequent business traveler who may be on… Read more »
Travel Tip Tuesday #28: Always Sign up for the Frequent Flyer Program (and then stick with that airline!)
In this month’s final Travel Tip Tuesday post we are highlighting the value of frequent flyer programs. Airline loyalty can reap you big rewards (and not just in points/miles). I… Read more »
What travel advice would you give the 25-30 year old version of yourself?
As my 43rd birthday approaches I’ve reflected on what is now a decade and a half of frequent business travel. It occurred to me that I might have done a… Read more »
Travel Tip Tuesday #27: Be careful with your layover times
The school of hard knocks is a great teacher and that certainly holds true with layover times. This week’s Travel Tip Tuesday deals with layover times and the importance of… Read more »
TSA Food Rules – can you take food on a plane in hand luggage?
Picture this. It’s time to head back to college after a nice visit with your parents. Mom has made you her famous double chocolate chip cookies and put them in… Read more »
Travel Tip Tuesday #26: Use a Takeoff Nap to recharge your energy levels
As a frequent business traveler I am often in the air and in a different time zone. Last week alone I hit 4 time zones as I flitted around the… Read more »
