Posts Tagged ‘travel’
Booking Preferences for Business Travel
When I travel for work, I usually take care of all of my own bookings. However, when an event organizer asks me for my business travel preferences because they want to handle everything, I have my list of requests ready to go. I recently updated my travel booking preferences, so I thought I’d share it…
Read MoreWhat Is the Best Pill Organizer for Travel?
This past summer, more clients than ever escaped from work and enjoyed some sort of get-away. Hooray! I’m a big proponent of taking time off from work in order to relax and recharge because that helps improve your health and productivity. The whole reason I wrote my fourth book, The Great Escape: A Vacation Planner…
Read MoreTravel Planning Tips for Summer 2023
When my husband and I initially started our travel planning last year for our summer 2023 travel, COVID-19 was still a part of the landscape. While COVID is still a concern for those at higher risk and when traveling to countries where it remains an issue, what travel planning has evolved into is planning around…
Read MoreTravel Lessons Learned from Southwest Airlines Holiday Debacle
Unless you cut yourself off from society for the last two weeks of 2022 and first week of 2023, you’ve already heard plenty about the Southwest Airlines meltdown over the 2022 holidays. One million people were affected by their delays and cancellations. My husband and I were two of them. We were able to…
Read MoreProductivity Question – Should you stay in contact with the office while on vacation?
Should you stay in contact with the office while on vacation? This is a question that was recently posed by a reporter for Fox News. Given that COVID hospitalizations, thankfully, were on the downturn as 2022 rolled forward, the world opened up for travel. More and more people are moving beyond staycations and back to…
Read MoreHow to Prepare to Quarantine Overseas if You Test Positive for COVID on Vacation
This summer I’ll be taking a group to Italy for a Productivity Recharge. We were originally supposed to enjoy the villages of Tuscany back in 2021, but for obvious reasons, it got postponed. We are ecstatic that we’re finally able to travel overseas relatively unhindered, but what we weren’t expecting was to be anxious…
Read MoreTravel Tips as We Emerge from COVID
Normally I plan our travel adventures 6 to 12 months out. Some folks think that’s way too far ahead because plans could change. But for us, our vacation is something we look forward to, so we won’t let anything get in the way of our plans. Once we say we’re going somewhere, we’re going. And…
Read MoreProductivity Boost: Giving Thanks
How can anyone possibly give thanks in 2020? Those were my initial thoughts when I was trying to figure out what to be thankful for this year, which is an annual Thanksgiving tradition. To stay positive, which increases productivity, I’m a big proponent of daily reflections about “wins” or accomplishments – no matter how big…
Read MoreCoronavirus Travel Restrictions – Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Coronavirus (aka COVID-19) and the coronavirus travel restrictions are causing havoc worldwide. At first we worried that the disease might spread from China. But now we need to consider how the shutdown of Chinese factories and spread of the disease to and within different countries around the world will affect our daily lives. If…
Read MoreRecharging Your Productivity – What to Do in London, England
When you hear “London,” you most likely think about Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London. These are fantastic places to visit, but you might also consider the following adventures. Ceremony of the Keys The Beefeaters hold a special evening ritual at the Tower of London when it’s time…
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