By Trina

Most people imagine the life of a travelling associate is a glamorous one. Although there are perks, it is pretty far from attractive a lot of the time. Dragging a controversially large carry-on suitcase around an airport at 5:30 on Monday mornings, sitting in an oddly-smelling rental car in Humidville, FL, eating overly-priced, mediocre room service by yourself, working long hours and spending several hours of your week sitting next to strangers on an MD-80 airplane is reality.

I recently started on a project in South Florida, and it had been awhile since I’d been a road warrior. I had forgotten some of my strategies for staying organized and keeping my blood pressure down. I’m sharing some of my tips and tricks to keeping it all together when living on the road, and I’d love for others to share theirs. This article is all about organized packing.

By Daniel

Visiting my friends in Europe, I experienced probably the worst customer service ever,  but surprisingly continued to feel the need to leave a tip. Tipping is a big part of our culture on this side of the pond. As young professionals, our first business trip can be quite an eye opener to this fact. Here’s a quick guide to avoid many awkward/guilt inducing moments during your first trip on the company dollar.

Meals: Dinner is usually a minimum of 15%, while lunch is 10%.

Baggage Handlers: 1$ per bag handled. Usually go for a $2 minimum.

Taxi: 15%-20% or $2-3

Room Service: Look at your bill first. They may have already charged you a gratuity. If not, 15-20%

House Keeping: $3-5 per day, up to $10 if you’re incredibly messy

• Some people find that if you tip well on the first day you’ll get better service (more towels and chocolate mints)
• Some associates leave a tip at…

By Trina

In college, free food was like gold.  The promise of free pizza caused college students to sign up for credit cards, attend meetings for organizations they didn’t care about and show up to sorority functions (this one I know about personally).  Even though I have had a steady paycheck for over a year now, I still get excited at the promise of free food.

For traveling I was told that I had approximately $40 per day (or whatever was within reason) to spend on food which caused feelings of extreme joy.  I thought I could eat like a king and drink Starbucks every day with that amount of money.  I found myself saying things like, “Make that a grande instead of tall…of course I’ll have dessert…I’ll take the one with sprinkles and glaze…I can’t take that home so I’d better eat it.” The early mornings in the airports and late…