What we cover
The guides cover the parts of a work trip that come up again and again: planning around a key meeting, packing for work, traveling with carry-on only, keeping expenses and receipts in order, working on the road, jet lag, health and wellbeing, documents and safety, and the routines at each end of a trip.
We focus on travel for work. Holidays and leisure trip planning are outside our scope.
Who it is for
Employees who travel now and then, people whose job involves regular trips, contractors, and owners of small businesses who arrange their own travel. The guides assume you have an employer's policy to follow or that you set your own, and they say so where the difference matters.
How we write the guides
- We describe common practice and general principles, and we use round figures only where they are widely agreed.
- Rules on luggage, security, visas, entry and health change often and differ by country. Instead of repeating them, we tell you where to check the current version.
- Expense pages explain common practice only. They are not tax, legal or accounting advice.
- Health pages are general information and point you to a doctor, pharmacist or travel health clinic for advice about your own situation.
What we don't do
- We don't sell flights, hotels or any other travel, and we don't take bookings.
- We don't name, rate or rank airlines, hotels, apps or products.
- We don't publish prices, because they change too quickly to be useful.
- We don't use partner links, sponsored posts or reviews.
- We are not connected with any employer, travel agency or travel management company.
Why a guide to work travel
Business trips have their own problems. You travel on someone else's schedule, often at short notice, and you have to arrive ready to work. Somebody else usually pays, so there is a policy to follow and a report to file afterward. Most travel advice is written for holidays and doesn't cover any of that.
The habits that make work trips easier are simple and repeatable: a fixed packing kit, a receipt routine, a one-page itinerary and a few rules for sleep and time zones. Once they are in place, each trip takes less effort to plan and leaves less to clear up when you get back.
Corrections
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