What is the best work travel advice you’ve ever been given?
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Travel only with carry-on luggage for anything within 10 days. Try the best dish in the region you are traveling to - Eat local! Make new friends.
If you are travelling for ten days and only taking a carry-on, make sure you stay at a hotel with a good laundry service, because ten shirts take up a lot of space.<br><br>A ten day business trip would also cover a weekend. Regardless of where you are in the world remember to take the weekend as your own time.
Travel very light.
The best work travel advice I’ve ever been given is to stay aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts. If something feels off, don’t ignore it. Step back, remove yourself from the situation, and alert the appropriate people.
Duty free shopping may be a good way to relieve boredom, but how much of what is on offer do you really need?
I’m going to go the other way and say “always check a bag”.
Carry on a light backpack with laptop, work papers, travel documents, and some great noise cancelling headphones.
You’ll exit the battle for bin space, not have to optimize what fits into the bag (scrap the hotel laundry service, or having ironing chores at your hotel). And the TSA liquids, the pocketknife….ugh!
You’ll have practically nothing to look after in the airport, and feel 12% more refreshed in the lightness you experience during travel.
It’s 2025. Even if the whole bag goes missing, you can replace just about all of it without too much hassle most places you go.