July 1, 2017 – The Busy Lifestyle

A business trip is a trip undertaken for work or business purposes, as opposed to other types of travel, such as for leisure purposes or regularly commuting between one's home and workplace, says Wikipedia.

When you start travelling for work, the first business trip can be quite intimidating. And so is the seconf, the third, and the next. If you don't travel for business on a regular basis, the whole thing can be a source of stress (what to pack for the business trip, what is best suited to wear for the culture of the country I'm visiting, and the season? between the travel time, the meetings and the jet lag, will I be able to get enough sleep during my business trip? and what about the food? meals on business trip can be sometimes tricky). The business trip can also be something to look forward to (a change of scenery can be invigorating, the chance to meet new colleagues, to discuss interesting issues, etc).

However, those who are frequent business travellers understand this differently. And the 10 things that only they understand were written to elicit a smile from their side and also give them material to show their less frequent business traveller friends and family who still think that the phrase "He is on business trip" (or she is on business trip) sounds glamorous.

1. You can pack a one week suitcase in 15 minutes max without a business trip packing list.
2. It can happen that you will eat your three main meals of the day in three different countries.
3. You have visited the top 10 tourist destinations for city travel but you only know the airport, the hotel and the office.
4. You sometimes have a panic moment when you wake up in the morning because you can't remember where you are (and that not because of too much to drink at the business meal the night before).

5. For holidays, instead of travelling you are happy to stay home.
6. When you travel for leisure you are at first happy because how light you feel, than you start worrying thinking that you have lost your notebook.
7. Your work week really begins on Sunday afternoon when you start stressing about getting ready for leaving and worrying about making it on time to the airport the next morning (very early usually).
8. You don't know if you should be happy or sad about the fact that you are a VIP member of the major airlines and hotel chains fidelity programs.
9. You plan to catch up on sleep during the weekend but the admin stuff you left at home catches up on you instead.
10. You gave up explaining your family and friends that business travel is not at all that glamorous as they think (it won't change their minds anyway, so why bother).