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The farther you are in life in your job, personal life, friends, the easier it is to live enjoyably with spending less money through work trips to fabulous citi
by comrade1 11y ago
The farther you are in life in your job, personal life, friends, the easier it is to live enjoyably with spending less money through work trips to fabulous cities, automobile perqs, subsidized meals, work home-buying perqs, etc.
I'm not sure how much these people are struggling with their low spending.
- Nrsolis 11y agoAs a person who travels regularly for work I can say you have quite a romantic view of business travel. The reality is that I usually see (in this order) an airport, a taxi, a conference room, a hotel dining room and/or bar, a hotel room, a taxi, an airport. The idea that there is much downtime on a business trip is a fantasy of those who don't travel for work.
- cushychicken 11y agoI have a coworker who has a saying for this: "You can travel to all the exotic locales for work that you want, but it doesn't change the fact that every hotel room looks the same inside."
- whiddershins 11y agoThis is absolutely true. Then again do you ever schedule a day or two off before or after a business trip? Mini-vacation with free airfare!
- cpkscpks 11y agoI did this before I had a family. Now, it's the first flight out. Sometimes I'll fly in a day early to get over jet lag, but that's usually working in a hotel room.
- walshemj 11y agoYou need to plan it I spent a month for work in Edinburgh once and didn't come back so I had 4 weekend breaks staying in the Balmoral (most expensive hotel in town). Unfortunately my plan to do the same for the Edinburgh fringe did not work out
- jbuzbee 11y agoMost of my business trips are airport/hotel/work/airport, but occasionally, I'll use accumulated frequent-flier miles to have my wife join me and extend the trip. We've done Australia twice this way. When you're that far away, it makes a lot of sense to take advantage of it!
- comrade1 11y agoI'm in Vienna right now for work and going to the symphony tonight. I was in Barcelona two weeks ago and had some fabulous meals. Was in Sardinia las week on vacation but stayed at a colleagues beach home. We paid 1/2 off for our car with a company perq and are having the company cover about 50k in expenses on a home were in the midst of purchasing. You should take advantage of your opportunities more.
- grmarcil 11y agoI'm curious - what industry are you in? I've never heard of a company providing perks for car and house purchasing.
- walshemj 11y agodepends for Western companies those sent overseas can have some very nice perks. I remember looking at this in Malaysia and one of the thing that put me off was the "servant" issue - the idea of having a servant was just creepy to me.
- yourapostasy 11y agoThis is a culture clash. With your sensibilities, if you went along with the servant perquisite, you would likely treat them far, far better than many others, and give them and their family a path out of of their socioeconomic class. Also, nothing prevents you from adding to their pay beyond what your company pays, and including their children with your children's activities, or even education.
- reagency 11y agoA servant is a better job than working in a sweatshop to make all the things you have in your "servantless" western home.
- reagency 11y agoA servant is a better job than working in a sweatshop to make all the things you have in your "servantless" western home.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoJust came back from a business trip to Norway; the list of places I managed to see is: an airport, a bus, the office, the metro (and stations), hotel dining room, hotel room, few buildings in the city center during the three or four hours we had free because we arrived too late to start working the first day, the local Hackerspace. Oh, and tons of Teslas on the road, which made the trip really enjoyable ;). Indeed, I was surprised how little time we had for anything except of working and sleeping.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoMake the time when you can. Add a day or two if necessary.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI'll try that the next time I go; this time around I had no control over the reservations.