BlogHer - business travel - Comments

Just want to add another tip

Diane Jones — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:25:20 -0500

Those are some really great tips for frequent fliers who want to make their flying lives easier and for fliers in general who just don't do fly enough to think of these things. There is one tip that should be added to the list, and this tip pertains to travel insurance. You need it. It's as simple as that. This is especially true for frequent fliers because the odds of something going wrong goes up the more you travel. As long as you're trying to prepare for everything you need to buy some cheap travel insurance. Then you can really have a nice flight.

I think I'm going to go

jodifur — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:24:52 -0600

I did some research and there may be some way to go on hotel points and airline points and as long as I can arrange child care, I may be there.

Thanks for the link Heather!

Jodifur

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same hemming and hawing

mrswilson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:22:36 -0600

I'd totally LOVE to go to BlogHer this year and I'm trying to figure out if I can financially do it or not. Thank you for this post! It makes me think a bit more about it. Thinking that it would be the most fun I'd ever had makes me think that it IS worth it.

Hey, Mrs. Wilson!

why just weigh travel?

Mata H — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:51:47 -0600

It seems to me that Blogher is also about building meaningful community -- so that has to be factored in as well. Even at its most casual, I agree with you that it is more than a hobby for almost every blogger I know.

But in terms of cost/benefit analyses, why not put things like designer shoes and bags in that grid -- or expensive wines and gourmet dinners? Leave a few of those behind, if you have them, and suddenly conferences get more reasonable.

~~ Contributing Editor, Mata H. also blogs right along at Time's Fool

hobbies are worth a lot

ktprince — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:28:53 -0600

I was one of those people who could not justify the cost a few years ago. Then I had some babies and could not travel. Finally, I am planning to come to BlogHer 09.

In the meantime my blogging has become Hobby #1, which helps me relieve stress, practice my writing, and now it even earns me a bit of money. Other hobbies cost so much money (I think of golf, quilting, and fishing which are among the hobbies in my family) while blogging can be free. A once-a-year conference, especially if done frugally, seems worth the costs when you consider the payoffs - personal interaction, education, networking, and validation of your hobby.

Kim

houseofprince.blogspot.com

suggestion

redrose — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:09:25 -0500

I contacted with the www.checkinturkey.com customer service today and they gave me execelent assistance about for budget hotels and city sightseeing tours in a short time.. I recommend it to all new visitors to Turkey!
Melanie

Oh Heather, you're so right

ckingins — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:42:04 -0500

My boyfriend travels about as much as you do as he's a musician. That brings its own 'special' hassles.

Each guy has at least 2 bags. Had to go to this a few years ago when the weight limit for bags went from 70lbs to 50. On top of that he has at least one guitar, which periodically they try to get him and the other guitarist to check. Fat chance--two very expensive guitars have been broken over the years which of course only seemed to happen en route to a date. And good luck on an insuranc/reimbursement discussion.

Pile on long lines, inexperienced travelers, weather or equipment delays, it's just nuts. I used to travel for business but now that I have my own company the only travel I do is for conferences instead of business meetings.

Hang in there travel warriors!

Colleen King

Colleen King Insurance Agency

Northridge, CA

Blog:www.askcolleenking.com

Web site: www.CKinginsurance.com

Email: Colleen@ckinginsurance.com

Well done on the great points

Creatively Belle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:46:53 -0500

I've been doing a heap of regional shows with my jewelry business but going by car. But you're approach of being sorted before hand makes such a difference.

I now have quick little check lists for things like clothes, my washbag and food bag so I can quickly pack without a lot of thought as I'm getting my expo kit of stock, tables, displays, expo basket etc all ready too.

My foot roller is a must for all sorts of travel. It's small so packs easily and is heaven for my feet for when I've been on them all day or they are swollen from traveling.

The tips about filling up the water bottle is great too. I always have a water bottle with me (water keeps you young) and filling it up on the otherside of the barriers is simple and great.

I hope you get to read some great books while your flying and waiting around. :)

Kind regards,

Belinda

WIN Free Jewelry at our online competitions

Great tips, can I add my beef?

Deaf Mom — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:14:36 -0500

These are great travel tips. I just have a slight beef with TSA. Every time I fly with my elderly father, he gets strip searched like crazy, despite a note from his doctor about radium pellets inside. TSA literally takes many minutes to go over and over him, despite the doctor's note. There's got to be some common sense-- an elderly guy with arthritis is a security risk?

Karen

"Life is too short to pout all the time."

A Deaf Mom Shares Her World

Hands & Voices

Please, add more tips!

HeatherB — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:58:34 -0500

Obviously I forgot some things like taking a look at TSA's online site especially since now they're actually dividing up passengers through security based on how frequently they travel.

Heather B.
Personal Blog: No Pasa Nada
BlogHer CE: Business, Career & Personal Finance

Couple More Tips

ClizBiz — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:32:23 -0500

Great post! A couple more tips:

I travel with the same water bottle all the time. Just empty it out before you head through security, then head to a drinking fountain and refill. Saves money and avoids putting yet another plastic bottle into circulation.

Also, if you travel frequently (and I do) I would HIGHLY recommend siging up for CLEAR. You skip the security line entirely at most airports. If nothing else, it makes you feel like a rock star: www.flyclear.com.

See you soon!

~Heather Clisby

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Photography & Animal Concerns, Proprietor, ClizBiz

GREAT Travel Advice

Pam — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:38:30 -0500

Dang. I'm gonna slink off in a corner and hand my travel cred to you. This is terrific stuff, all of it.

Two things I'd add:

1. Check the TSA website to see if anything has changed. It does, they do. Yes, we hate them. But in the airport is not the time to find out that your laptop battery is not allowed on the plane. Find out before hand. Oh, you said that. Shutting up now.

2. Be ready to roll with it. I bought water AFTER the checkpoint and was liberated from the burden of having to carry it on the plane inbetween the place where they checked my ticket and the boarding ramp, I kid you not. Man, was I mad. But again, in the airport at boarding is not the time to throw a snit.

You rule, Heather.

Nerd's Eye View

The frequent flyers of the world thank you, Heather!

Mom101 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:32:07 -0500

As a frequent business traveler, I'm patient with frazzled parents traveling with kids, nervous new
moms trying to juggle babies and luggage, the adult couple taking extra time to help an
elderly parent in a wheelchair.

But nothing is more frustrating than the woman holding up the security line because she's arguing about taking off her shoes.

TAKE OFF THE DAMN SHOES, WOMAN.

Mom-101

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Girl, You need a S on your chest!

Lovebabz — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:01:50 -0500

Sister,

Thanks for the tips! I am amazed you have time and energy to post this and to do so in a very concise and intelligent manner! You are indeed SUPER!

See you in the City by the bay!

Love,

Babz

The MacBook is a force to be reckoned with.

lauriewrites — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:56:49 -0500

I dropped my Pro version on my left boot-wearing foot on St. Patrick's Day. It smashed the toe next to my little toe, which has only recently begun to work again, and faded from an alarming shade of purple. I have since purchased a super-padded laptop case (and God bless AOL for the new smooshy green one) because if it happened again I might need therapy just for that reason.

I know what you mean - after BlogHer I'm home for two MONTHS, which is the longest stretch of time in years. Enjoy your break.

Laurie