Travel Tip: Take a Photo of Your Hotel Door

Too many hotel stays in too many weeks? Even for the most “present” business traveler, it can all become a blur. You get in the hotel elevator and rack your brain to try to recall which floor you’re on…in this hotel. Problem solved: on your...

My Moment of Regret in Chengdu

I stood at my 38th floor hotel room window, looking out on the very bright lights of Chengdu’s high-rises. “I should go out,” I thought. “But it’s raining. And I need a little time to myself.” So I closed the drapes and opened my computer. I’m not proud of that...

5 New Hong Kong Hotels and Guestroom Envy

Touring business hotels can be a challenge to the quest for contentment: I tend to suffer from guestroom envy. (Sometimes, though, it’s spa envy…or lobby envy…or, well, you get the idea.) My day touring five new hotels in Hong Kong was no exception....

When the Company Pays, How Do You Spend?

Traveling on an expense account can shed some light on your relationship with money. During a recent #travelskills Twitter chat (most Fridays, 12 noon EST), this question was posed: What’s one thing you struggle with or want to do better when traveling for biz? One of...

Fire!

Travel tip: Request the seventh floor or lower in a hotel for fire safety. Unless you’re obsessed with a view (and plan to spend enough time in your hotel room to enjoy it), ask for a room on a lower floor of your hotel. Fire truck ladders generally reach 100...