living off a suitcase: DITO TAYO BUSINESS TRAVELLERS

[A_OK]

I havent slept in my own bed for half a year now.. who else here has been living off their suitcases? Share your experiences.. sana hindi ako nag-iisa! :(

[enchantress]

Jay, mukhang nag-iisa ka... :lol:

...but as promised, I am bumping your thread...

:D

[zimdude]

I've done a little bit of busines traveling, nothing more than a week at a time.

Flew business class just once!

[Saikee]

im a terrible traveller.
after 2 days, i get homesick
i went to japan once, and i was with my parents na and i still got homesick! :D oh, and now i hate flying. i have no idea when or how it started, cuz a year ago, i was fine with flying. now it scares the bejeeZuz out of me! weird huh? wala namang nangyari sa akin, except that suddenly.. flying scared me! strange diba?...

[enchantress]

Dug this thread up because of this site: www.sleepinginairports.net

:lol:

[saywhat]

Originally posted by A_OK
I havent slept in my own bed for half a year now.. who else here has been living off their suitcases? Share your experiences.. sana hindi ako nag-iisa! :(
why? what's ur job, if u don't mind me asking.

[A_OK]

Originally posted by saywhat
why? what's ur job, if u don't mind me asking.
Im just your regular globe-hopping tagahila nang patatas ;)

Do you think the Marriott chain of hotels has a more useful hotel-points program than the Hilton chains? Well for one, Marriott actually have hotels in Manila (new world hotel) and Cebu.. while the Hilton has nada properties in the Philippines that you can use your points on..

off topic: i just realized that at certain membership levels, you can actually earn enough hotel points to earn 1 free night's stay for every 7.

[Ferdi]

I travel almost every week and spend more time living in a hotel than my own bed.

It took me quite some time manage the information overload that is inherent in going to unknown places. Your senses are just swamped with new things and when you meet up with clients you look a bit "tulala".

[A_OK]

Originally posted by Ferdi
I travel almost every week and spend more time living in a hotel than my own bed.

It took me quite some time manage the information overload that is inherent in going to unknown places. Your senses are just swamped with new things and when you meet up with clients you look a bit "tulala".
Haha, ganun ba un? Ako e I blank out all information except the hotel I'm staying in, the client building, and my desk in relationship to that building.. saka na yung oohs and aahs pag weekend na and you can see the sights..

Whats the best hotel you've been to, pre?

[Sara_Chase]

I got a friend who is an E&Y Consultant. Boy! How he hates travelling now! He usually flies twice in a day from one state to another. Almost living in the hotels, eating hotel food ... and he hates them too! Calls it cardboard food. :D

But on vacations, who wouldn't love travelling? He just came back from his trip to 5 different countries: Fiji, New Zealand ... and I forgot the other three. :D

I envy him! ;)

[StoneFree]

last july - aug was especially crazy for me. slept in 9 different hotels and condos within two months. an average of one residence per week. in four cities and three countries. jesus.

[A_OK]

Originally posted by StoneFree
last july - aug was especially crazy for me. slept in 9 different hotels and condos within two months. an average of one residence per week. in four cities and three countries. jesus.
What do u do for a living?

[zimdude]

kakainggit itong si A_OK... andaming points!! in the swankiest hotels!

me, I stopped travelling na... :D

[A_OK]

Originally posted by zimdude
kakainggit itong si A_OK... andaming points!! in the swankiest hotels!

me, I stopped travelling na... :D

Mas nakakainggit si StoneFree! wehehe.. pero maiinggit lang ako kung wala syang maleta.. kung may maleta.. naku.. NIGHTMARE!

[DarthScully]

i did quite a bit of bussiness travelling too. and yeah i know the feeling about missing your own bed. :( after a while you'll get used to the time changes ('specially if you sleep it off on the plane), but christ! US airports are so damn long! Asian airports like Korea and Japan doesn't have an English translation to their vendo machines, worse the folks there don't speak English. i had the harrowing experience of trying to ask where i can get drinking water once, they directed me to the ladies room good grief!

*sigh* and lugging around your luggage, waiting for the carousel to spit it out, wondering if your perfume bottles aren't shattered to bits, looking for a cab *groan*...

[StoneFree]

engineering/operations management consultant for a huge food company. the job is great, but one has to have the right mindset for it.
oh, and i have a couple of samsonites :p

[A_OK]

Originally posted by StoneFree
engineering/operations management consultant for a huge food company. the job is great, but one has to have the right mindset for it.
oh, and i have a couple of samsonites :p
I usually carry just one and my notebook bag, but I think I may need another, especially with the winter clothes I need to bring along.. bulky!

good thing i stay in one place a couple of months at a time..

[BeGuiLing]

i travel a lot for work... not only to other countries but also within the philippines.. i hate it.. i never really get to see much of the country or the place.. its always airports, hotels, boardrooms..
i get sick a lot too while on these trips...

[jobin]

Originally posted by A_OK

I usually carry just one and my notebook bag, but I think I may need another, especially with the winter clothes I need to bring along.. bulky!

good thing i stay in one place a couple of months at a time..

bakit ka naman magdadala ng winter clothes sa pinas aok? :D



oopss...sowee! napadaan lang. :)

[A_OK]

Originally posted by jobin
bakit ka naman magdadala ng winter clothes sa pinas aok? :D

Nye! Alam mo ba, the day after binili natin yung reefer coat ko eh may dumating na malaking package: 4 winter coats galing NY! :( Biglang nag-doble na yung bulk nang gamit ko!

Syanga pala, EB ulit tayo sa friday or saturday ha? Para makuha mo na dried mangos.. para rin hinay-hinayin ko na yung mga iiwan ko sa iyo na clothes pag lipad ko sa pinas weehehehehe ;)

[jobin]

Originally posted by A_OK

Nye! Alam mo ba, the day after binili natin yung reefer coat ko eh may dumating na malaking package: 4 winter coats galing NY! :( Biglang nag-doble na yung bulk nang gamit ko!

:lol: so handy...heheheheh! e di doble-doblehin mo yung suot mo :D


Originally posted by A_OK
Syanga pala, EB ulit tayo sa friday or saturday ha? Para makuha mo na dried mangos.. para rin hinay-hinayin ko na yung mga iiwan ko sa iyo na clothes pag lipad ko sa pinas weehehehehe ;)

uy, wednesday na lang...lam mo naman bihira ako makaiskapo eh :(

dun mo na lang sa amin ibigay ni blade yung mga gamit mo...

[A_OK]

Next wednesday ba? Tamang tama!

[Ferdi]

Hmmm...best hotels, couldn't really say as I am pretty much too busy attending to my meetings than checking out the place. (tsaka mababa lang ang kaligayahan ko.)

For me, aside from looking for a decent location and room, the hotel should have a a gym. I tend to entertain a lot and need to exercise to burn off the calories. <sigh>

I do like the Mandarin group of hotels (great spa), shangri-la, marriot...but in the end, a friendly face in the hotels that I stay in score the most points for me.

[KuyaDanny]

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Sunday all U.S. airports are required to add random shoe checks of passengers to the already established practice of random baggage checks. The FAA warned airlines earlier this month to be on the lookout for people trying to smuggle weapons or bomb-making components in their shoes.


(Baka aamuyin nila yung suot ninyo.)

[Ferdi]

I was in Seoul bound to SF. At the boarding gate, we had to go through the metal detector thingy, our handcarry physically checked, and a body check coupled with the use of a portable detector.

An Aussie commented on the strict security. A Filipino overhearing the comment, quipped " That's nothing new. In my country, you can go to the malls to experience the same thing."