What Road Warriors Know

• If you can avoid checking luggage, do so.
• Never check any luggage that can’t be lost.
• Rent from a rental car outfit that permits you to return the car at the airport.
• Trying to stuff a steamer trunk into an overhead compartment is rude.
• Take reading material for when you get stranded.
• Take your professional magazines with you, tear out the articles you want to read and dump the rest of the magazines in the trash at the airport.
• Drink plenty of water.
• Flights get canceled. Have a back-up plan.
• Keep your cell phone charged.
• Take along basic medicine like aspirin and Pepto Bismol tablets.
• Watch your laptop computer as if it’s your child.
• Put a Power bar in your briefcase or carry-on bag.
• Don’t gripe about security.
• Don’t discuss sensitive business information with your colleagues during the flight.
• Treat the flight attendants with extra courtesy.
• Overtip the SkyCaps.
• The most dangerous part of the trip is any shuttle or cab that you take from the airport.
• Marriott is almost always a safe choice.
• Hotels with 24 hour room service tend to be on the ball.
• Have a routine as to the number of bags that you take and what goes where.
• If possible, bring your pillow.