The hassle with business travel
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s looking for something
This is an extract of the lyrics of “Sweet Dreams” from The Eurythmics.
However business travel is not like sweet dreams at all.
Scheduling
You need to make, schedule and get your appointments confirmed.
The more people in the meetings the harder. Moreover your time is running out as departure is approaching every day.
It is a challenge to get your meetings planned and not to waste too much time between meetings.
Bookings
Then comes the hassle of planning your travel itinerary and book your hotels using the Internet.
The hotels have to be near the meeting locations, be affordable and the need of WiFi – preferably free WiFi.
Getting there locally
The next step is finding out where the locations of the meetings are and how to get there.
Getting to the meeting used to be relatively simple as most office buildings where in the city center: just take a taxi in order to get there.
a) Commuting: Now businesses are spread all over a city and its’ suburbs hence a travel becomes commuting in a city and its’ suburbs.
b) Public transport: As traffic jams in large cities are more common than exceptional, a journey with a cab has become a hazardous expedition for arriving on time. Hence the use of public transport is the obvious choice for getting on time to meetings;
c) Knowing around However using public transport requires even more planning for each itinerary and knowing around in big cities.
Packing
Finally before going on the business trip you need to pack your luggage with all the clothing, documents and portable. Making the choice between traveling light with only hand luggage or travel heavy with a suitcase.
Business travel
Then you can go to travel the world and seven seas to hardly see anything as you move from meeting to meeting, with in between airports, airplanes, public transport, the occasional taxi, reception halls, lobbies and hotel rooms.
In the end business travel is not so sweet.
Keep your head up, movin’ on
Movin’ on!
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