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Many
companies have travel departments or travel agents, and
each company has its own procedures to follow, listed
below are some useful link and information which may help
in making travel arrangements or tools for the do it
yourself admin.
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Essentials Tips for the Business Traveler
by
Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach(tm) |
As they
say, getting there stopped being half the fun
when airplanes were invented. If you travel a
lot, here are some tips to make it more
palatable.
1.Go ahead and pay to join something like AA's
Admirals Club.
With it you’ll get assistance with
reservations, seat selection and boarding pass
issuance; a quite place to wait and work;
complimentary snacks and beverages; private
bar at most locations, and showers at some. At
around $450/yr. for one person, it could be
well worth it.
2.Use airport Conference Rooms and Executive
Centers.
Saves everything from nerves to time to money.
No membership required. Eliminates need for
overnight stay, hotel or car rentals.
There are 22 available at O’Hare, for
instance.
Executive Centers come equipped with
everything you need to conduct business. Call
1-800-237-7971, option 3.
3.Keep all your luggage on wheels, use one
carryon, invest in good luggage.
According to the US Transportation Dept.,
about 1 in 200 bags are lost, misdirected or
stolen, which is about one person per flight.
87% of this happens at the curbside check-in
station.
Advantages: don’t have to tip porter;
don’t have to arrive as early; if you miss
your connection, you can easily rebook
yourself; you can easily volunteer to be
bumped on a full flight; no wait once you
land.
4. Take a book with you.
Better than TV in most hotel rooms, good for
waits, also good to hide behind if you get
next to someone in the plane who annoys you.
Leave it behind for another traveler or tear
off chapters as you go along and lighten you
load.
5. The travel wardrobe.
Coordinate to one color, like black. Many
women, myself included, swear by Tencel®.
Indestructible, always looks nice. Choose the
right print blouses and it won’t show
stains. Gentlemen, consider microfiber
fabrics. Choose something with inner pockets
(that zip!) for important papers and cash.
6.Don’t appear wealthy.
Especially important in 3rd world countries.
Wear cheap-looking watch and jewelry and leave
the diamonds at home. Makes you less of a
target for pick pocketers and luggage theft.
If you must take a camera, guard the lens;
popular with pick pockets as well.
Remove luggage tags from other trips. It’s a
tip-off for thieves looking for the “rich
frequent traveler”.
7.Cash.
Hide cash in different parts of your body. If
traveling internationally, get new bills, as
some countries won’t take “dirty” money.
In Africa, for instance take new $100 bills.
The exchange rate on anything lower is not
good. Check with someone else who’s been
where you’re going. i.e., in Russia, they
aren’t supposed to take US dollars, but they
sure do.
8.If you get a rental car, write down all the
information about it. Just in case you forget
what you’re driving.
9.Stay alert. Take a water bottle with you for
dehydration and drink 2 glasses of water
before you board. While on the plane, splash
water on your face; when you get to the hotel,
take a warm bath. Dry membranes are more
vulnerable to infection.
Go rested.
Try the Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet: http://performance.netlib.org/misc/jet-lag-diet
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10.Take measures to avoid developing deep vein
thrombosis.
Drink lots of water, avoid beverages that
dehydrate, avoid salty food, wear support
socks, get up and move around whenever you
can, exercise your feet and legs 4-5 mins.
every hour.
11. Check out some of the travel products at
sites such as www.magellan.com .
You'll find No-Jet Lag tablets, head and foot
rests, packing aids, micro fiber wear, all
sorts of helpful things.
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| About
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©Susan
Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach™, http://www.susandunn.cc
. Bringing the power of Emotional Intelligence
to YOUR life through coaching, distance
learning, The EQ Learning Lab™, business EQ
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