Making the Most of Business Trip Hotel Stays

For many of you who are businessman and businesswomen, traveling becomes second nature. As you jump from city to city, it gets to the point where people ask you what you do for a living and you have to refrain from saying, “I’m a Nomad, what about you?” Traveling for business can certainly be a pain in the bags, but with a few simple changes you may find the transition from home to away to be easier than assumed.

There are several things you can do to improve a business trip. From taking a picture of your family and placing it on the hotel room desk to making sure you’ve packed a portable phone charger so that your cell phone will never be dead in times of homesickness, little things add up to a successful trip. The following is a list of things that can make your business trip feel less like work.

Unpack: If anyone were to take a survey on the amount of people who actually unpack while staying in a hotel, they’d probably find that most people don’t. Ignoring the hotel closet and hotel dresser, many people simply plop their suitcase on the floor and pull things from its crevices on an as-needed basis.

This may initially seem time saving, but in the long run it succeeds in making you feel as if you are living out of a suitcase and not out of a hotel room. Taking a few moments to fold your slacks and place them into a dresser drawer, hang your suits in a closet, and adorn the bathroom counter with your toiletries is the first step in starting to feel more at home even when you know you’re not.

Take Advantage of the Free Breakfast: Ah, breakfast. Giving it the Most Important Meal of the Day title has gone to its head, leaving us inferior seekers forced to search aimlessly through pantries and cupboards for that ideal box of cereal. In a perfect world, this wouldn’t happen. In a perfect world, breakfast would come to us. When you’re staying in a hotel, chances are it does.

Most hotels offer a complimentary breakfast with a wide selection of juice, coffee, bagels, donuts, muffins, fruit, and even waffles. When you’re on the road, breakfast is not only the most essential meal of the day, it’s also the freest. Take advantage of it.

Article Author: J Jordan

Jennifer Jordan is an editor and staff writer for http://www.verbaladvantage.com. An English major and professional writer, she spends her days correcting grammar and wondering why she's unpopular.

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