How often do you travel for work?

[vital]

My job requires about 25% traveling and I'm enjoying it so far. Having the ability to travel to areas where I've never been to before and getting an opportunity to explore is pretty cool. It's even better when you're being paid to do it and you get a per diem rate for food. I'm not sure if I'll feel the same after a few years though, but I love it so far. So anyone travel often for work? How do you like it?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Nowhere near as much as I used to.

My biggest year was 2001:

Seattle (twice)
LA
San Francisco
Dallas
Indianapolis (Got home at 1am 9/11)
Prudhoe Bay (8 times)
Dutch Harbor
Kenai
Maui (OK OK... that was vacation)

At one stretch I was away from home for almost a month.

 

[DainBramaged]

I travel, but all locally. I spend 2-4 hours a day in the car.

 

[Stumps]

I drive to Sydney every sunday night and return on a friday afternoon, I stay with one of my workmates during the week and return home, 4 hrs away on the weekend.

 

[mrrman]

11 days a month

 

[olds]

Twice a day

 

[IronWing]

Funny you should ask, I just added up my travel time. Since the beginning of the year I have been on the road sixty seven nights. I get to see some cool places but being away from family gets old.

 

[huberm]

3 weeks / year

 

[burr4392]

Weeeelll.... I went on travel starting on Sep 27th.... Of 2005. I have not set foot home yet - And no I'm not in the military. I was only suposed to be out here for three months.... A year and a month later I'm still here.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Depends, but average 12 to 15 international per year.

it depends on the airline; singapore and thai are great, north american airlines including canadian and the european airlines :thumbsdown:

 

[WhiteKnight]

Originally posted by: burr4392
Weeeelll.... I went on travel starting on Sep 27th.... Of 2005. I have not set foot home yet - And no I'm not in the military. I was only suposed to be out here for three months.... A year and a month later I'm still here.

Is it a government job?

 

[Chaotic42]

Never

 

[FoBoT]

1-2 weeks per year

our job description used to say 25% or 10% travel, but we haven't done that in years

 

[BigFatCow]

I got stationed in Okinawa, Japan a little over a year ago, and ive been to Korea twice and just got back from the Philippines last week. Each time was for a little over a month. I also went to a small island off the coast of Okinawa for a month (Ie Shima). In total when i add it up, ive lived over here for 13 months, and ive been gone for over 4 of them, almost 5.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Pretty typical schedule...

5-6 Trips between late Feb and mid April (Domestic)

1-2 Trips between June-July to Germany

5-6 Trips between late September and late November (Domestic)

 

[Scarpozzi]

There for a while it was 2-3 weeks a year. Due to budget cuts and the fact that I've been taking so many classes to finish my MBA, it's more like 1 week a year. Usually I either go to conferences at Novell's old headquarters in Utah or I go to technical training wherever it's taught. (D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, etc)

 

[Stuxnet]

I used to have to travel a lot (about 6 years ago). At the time I was usually gone several days at a time once or twice a month. Sucked ASS. Now I have to travel 3 or 4 times a year.

 

[chairbornrangerx]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I travel, but all locally. I spend 2-4 hours a day in the car.

ditto

 

[Kelnoen]

Only been a few times, several trips of a few hundred miles plus a 3 day trip to Malta

 

[ch33zw1z]

All the time. My job involved driving around and fixing equipment...yes i have a '04 Chevy Astro retrofitted provided by work. Not to mention the week long classes in the ATL...actually i'm posting from there now

 

[WhiteKnight]

I work for an engineering company that does a lot of ship-based work. In my first 12 months here, I've spent about 30 nights away from home, or about 4.5-5 weeks if you count full days away.

 

[forfor]

Not as much as I would like to.

 

[CptObvious]

Originally posted by: forfor
Not as much as I would like to.

ditto

 

[radioouman]

Average 2-3 nights away per month. Sometimes more, sometimes less.