What are your favorite travel myths?
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#32
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Business travelers (esp international) are out there "living the life" while the spouse and kids get stuck at home. We're all heavy drinkers that go out partying with clients and work associates while we're on the road.
-YES it's true that my husband gets more than his fair share of housework while I'm gone, but my family actually travels more due to my miles.
-YES I do take my clients out to dinner, but there is NO partying involved.
-The only piece that might be true is the drinking, even though I know not all of us do. I just can't pass up the free booze in the lounge and on the plane..
-YES it's true that my husband gets more than his fair share of housework while I'm gone, but my family actually travels more due to my miles.
-YES I do take my clients out to dinner, but there is NO partying involved.
-The only piece that might be true is the drinking, even though I know not all of us do. I just can't pass up the free booze in the lounge and on the plane..
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#34
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Every dollar I spend on my credit card gets me 20 cents back because I saw a flight once that was $xx,000 and the award chart says I can get it for only yyy,yyy miles.
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#36
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As the dinner wore on we heard a band start to play in the kitchen area with singing and drummers... people started to emerge from behind the scenes and a huge group of 25 band folks in national dress started to come out. I said to my husband "please don't let them be coming for us". Sure enough they were. They made us stand up and dance with them and come up on stage. They all wished us well and gave us a cake with happy honeymoon on it and a present. An Asian group of tourists nearby squeezed through the tables and started taking photos of us as if we were Brad and Angelina! We were wished many happy years together and many happy babies in numerous speeches. I said to my husband after this huge fanfare to not ever admit we were not on our honeymoon as they went to so much trouble.
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I also love it when they say to the Air Buckalow ground staff "I have a very important meeting because I am such an important person in my company". If you were that important why would you be travelling via the cheapest and often longest option!
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The French hate Americans and are purposefully rude to them.
You'll always be delayed if you fly through O'Hare.
You'll always be delayed if you fly through O'Hare.
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I was on a 30 day private tour and the name of the tour for my husband, myself, guide and driver had the name honeymoon in it. For some reason they thought we were on our honeymoon. We were upgraded and feted everywhere. The embarrassing highlight was when our guide told us to dress nicely for dinner because you never know what might happen.
As the dinner wore on we heard a band start to play in the kitchen area with singing and drummers... people started to emerge from behind the scenes and a huge group of 25 band folks in national dress started to come out. I said to my husband "please don't let them be coming for us". Sure enough they were. They made us stand up and dance with them and come up on stage. They all wished us well and gave us a cake with happy honeymoon on it and a present. An Asian group of tourists nearby squeezed through the tables and started taking photos of us as if we were Brad and Angelina! We were wished many happy years together and many happy babies in numerous speeches. I said to my husband after this huge fanfare to not ever admit we were not on our honeymoon as they went to so much trouble.
As the dinner wore on we heard a band start to play in the kitchen area with singing and drummers... people started to emerge from behind the scenes and a huge group of 25 band folks in national dress started to come out. I said to my husband "please don't let them be coming for us". Sure enough they were. They made us stand up and dance with them and come up on stage. They all wished us well and gave us a cake with happy honeymoon on it and a present. An Asian group of tourists nearby squeezed through the tables and started taking photos of us as if we were Brad and Angelina! We were wished many happy years together and many happy babies in numerous speeches. I said to my husband after this huge fanfare to not ever admit we were not on our honeymoon as they went to so much trouble.
I should have been more clear, sorry. But cool story though
#40
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Business travelers (esp international) are out there "living the life" while the spouse and kids get stuck at home. We're all heavy drinkers that go out partying with clients and work associates while we're on the road.
-YES it's true that my husband gets more than his fair share of housework while I'm gone, but my family actually travels more due to my miles.
-YES I do take my clients out to dinner, but there is NO partying involved.
-The only piece that might be true is the drinking, even though I know not all of us do. I just can't pass up the free booze in the lounge and on the plane..
-YES it's true that my husband gets more than his fair share of housework while I'm gone, but my family actually travels more due to my miles.
-YES I do take my clients out to dinner, but there is NO partying involved.
-The only piece that might be true is the drinking, even though I know not all of us do. I just can't pass up the free booze in the lounge and on the plane..
and most people don't understand that when you are doing all that "fun stuff", sometimes you'd rather be at home reading to a little one or cuddling with your spouse or just in the hotel catching up on sleep. Life is full of trade offs, and if your family gets to travel as a result of your business travel that's as it should be, but it's still a trade off.
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#43
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The Honeymoon story is true for my wife and I albeit from the days when one used a travel agent to book flights.
We were sitting at the gate on for our BA flight to Paris and I was asked to return to the desk. The GA took my economy boarding cards and tore them up BEFORE telling me we'd been upgraded to business. After I'd recovered from the shock, I could see his screen and it said 'honeymooners'. Looks like the Travel Agent ahead told them.
We were sitting at the gate on for our BA flight to Paris and I was asked to return to the desk. The GA took my economy boarding cards and tore them up BEFORE telling me we'd been upgraded to business. After I'd recovered from the shock, I could see his screen and it said 'honeymooners'. Looks like the Travel Agent ahead told them.
Last edited by FlipGFlop; Jul 28, 2015 at 7:11 am Reason: Typo
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And then there was the BA comedian who told us we would make the connection at LHR if we ran. The flight had left over an hour beforehand.