Do you travel for business? On this episode we drop a load of insider tips to help you move like an expert traveller and stand out as a serious executive. For serious career growth, traveling alone or with other colleagues will be a necessary skill. Here are some of our top tips for navigating business trips. This is more than a “what to pack” conversation so tune in to learn more.
- How to pack
- Try to avoid checking luggage
- What do you absolutely need the next morning. Pack emergency kit of underwear and other essentials
- What to wear
- Practical vs. fancy
- Choose shoes first, then build travel wardrobe around that.
- Review itinterary, hotel info, transportation
- Paper copy of passport and itinerary
- Tech tools – TripCase, Accuweather,
- Check weather for duration of trip
- Immigration and visa requirements for that country
- Reading material or something else construction to occupy your time.
- Traveling with colleagues
- Be prepared to make conversation, but know that over-talking can be annoying
- Don’t be the weakest link
- Be punctual
- Be flexible
- Give yourself enough time to execute your routine (morning coffee etc)
- Move light. Don’t be the clumsy looking person with multiple bags, and trinkets
- Check your companies travel policy if there is one for guidance on expenses, meals, tipping, corporate credit cards.
- Online check in. Sometimes available 24 hours before flight.
- Get some local destination currency. Enough to get you to the hotel or cover accommodations for 1 night.
- Even if it’s not required, set some clear objectives before the trip and prepare a report after that includes persons of interest, outcomes and next steps
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