Tired of eating out when on the road
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How to cook food in your hotel room.
Mmmm, fried eggs on the iron for breakfast, lemon pepper chicken in the coffee maker for dinner.
Mmmm, fried eggs on the iron for breakfast, lemon pepper chicken in the coffee maker for dinner.
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I do all of the above. If there is nothing else I can eat at the chain places, especially Outback or one of those where I can get a decent steak. I have a pretty strict corp budget, so the really good places are out of my price limit. I may eat fast food one evening back at the room to save some money, then go somewhere pretty nice the next night.
I get to the point where I am tired of it, and I feel like dinner is just a meal that I need to get over with so I won't be hungry. Other times I really want something specific and really enjoy eating out. It comes and goes.
I get to the point where I am tired of it, and I feel like dinner is just a meal that I need to get over with so I won't be hungry. Other times I really want something specific and really enjoy eating out. It comes and goes.
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Yelp is very useful for new towns when looking for referrals
I have used www.yelp.com many times across the USA to find some unique non-chain restaurants with (for the most part), very candid and accurate reviews..
Cheers,
IrishBoy
PS. Scope is actually beyond food to cover other services.
Cheers,
IrishBoy
PS. Scope is actually beyond food to cover other services.
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There is nothing quite so unpleasant as eating alone in a restaurant. I'm never quite sure what to do to occupy myself, so I generally bring my lappy and work until my food comes.
I usually opt for the take-away or delivery route, and grab a 12-pack of beer. Admittedly, I'm getting sick of pizza...
I usually opt for the take-away or delivery route, and grab a 12-pack of beer. Admittedly, I'm getting sick of pizza...
how do you like traveling on business?
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But for a lot of people , who conduct business in the day, when there customers go home there alone for dinner or traveling every week they tend to get tired of eating out.
how do you like traveling on business?
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My work sends me to lots of small towns (30K - 75K). I'm tired of almost all the chains, but I don't mind sitting alone in a restaurant as I usually have my nose buried in a book. I'll research restaurants online as much as possible (not a reliable method for small towns), and will ask for recommendations from clients and hotel staff. Even with these, it's a crapshoot.
But I admit that in lots of towns I'll skip local fare altogether (I defy you to name a decent restaurant in lots of the towns I visit) and stop at the grocery store on the way to the hotel. I tend to get lots of ready-made salads - the kind that are in plastic bowls and contain dressing/crouton packets. In my luggage I always carry a couple of plastic utensil packs from my hometown restaurants.
Room service, when available, is usually worse than the local restaurants.
But I admit that in lots of towns I'll skip local fare altogether (I defy you to name a decent restaurant in lots of the towns I visit) and stop at the grocery store on the way to the hotel. I tend to get lots of ready-made salads - the kind that are in plastic bowls and contain dressing/crouton packets. In my luggage I always carry a couple of plastic utensil packs from my hometown restaurants.
Room service, when available, is usually worse than the local restaurants.
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Most of my trips are really short. The next one is two days and the one after that is three days.
At home, I usually cook meals, so actually I look forward to eating out while traveling!
At home, I usually cook meals, so actually I look forward to eating out while traveling!
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Most large cities have locally owned restaurants of various ethnicities, especially those run by recent immigrants. I avoid chain restaurants unless the people I'm meeting in that city insist on it.
Especially now that I have books loaded on my iPhone, eating along is not a problem. It's a chance to sit back and relax and get some leisure reading done. Even before the smartphone era, I always carried a paperback book, so that I was never bored during down times.
Especially now that I have books loaded on my iPhone, eating along is not a problem. It's a chance to sit back and relax and get some leisure reading done. Even before the smartphone era, I always carried a paperback book, so that I was never bored during down times.
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Most large cities have locally owned restaurants of various ethnicities, especially those run by recent immigrants. I avoid chain restaurants unless the people I'm meeting in that city insist on it.
Especially now that I have books loaded on my iPhone, eating along is not a problem. It's a chance to sit back and relax and get some leisure reading done. Even before the smartphone era, I always carried a paperback book, so that I was never bored during down times.
Especially now that I have books loaded on my iPhone, eating along is not a problem. It's a chance to sit back and relax and get some leisure reading done. Even before the smartphone era, I always carried a paperback book, so that I was never bored during down times.
I agree, its nice to change it up, and often requires 'looking into it' research, before determining that its a place worth visiting.
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