Think the Office Will Fall Apart in Your Absence? A Lunch Break Will Make You Think Again Working around the clock is common these days. Late hours, emails from bed at 10 p.m., and lunch at desks is often normal. This working around the clock mentality has become so common … [Read more...]
How to Get a Longer Vacation Approved
Dreaming of a 2 or 3 week trip? Here are tips for getting your vacation approved at work. A standard vacation length for most people working in America is one week -- five lowly days off. Even with these days sandwiched in between two weekends, that amount of time makes it … [Read more...]
Becoming a Travel Writer
My 10 Year Journey to Becoming a Travel Writer It dawned on me last week that when people ask what I do for a living, in addition to marketing, I can now say I'm a travel writer. I alluded a couple weeks ago that I hadn't been posting as much partly because I got some new … [Read more...]
Worst Part of Limited Vacation Time? How to Choose Where to Travel Next
How to Choose Where to Travel Next My husband and I have decided we’re going to use some of our valuable vacation time to go on a trip this winter. There’s just one small problem: We’re having a hard time deciding where to go. How to choose where to travel next has … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Managers to go on Vacation without Work Stress
Leave the Office Behind and Prepared When I went to Europe a few years ago, I literally had a minor breakdown the night before I left. It was 11:30pm. My taxi was coming to take me to the airport at 4am. Tom was already in Europe for a work trip and I was meeting him in … [Read more...]