8 Must-Read Articles for Road Warriors

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Meeting planner road warriors share their travel tips.

Who better to get business advice from than other meeting planner road warriors?

Prevue turned to the people who know best—meeting planner road warriors—for tips to make life easier when you travel. You’ll find them in these 8 articles, just click on the links for the full list of tips:

10 Packing Tips from the Pros—Stuff your shoes with socks, underwear, etc. Put small creams / gels/ pills in different colored contact lens cases.

Meeting Planners Share Their Favorite Airports—Minneapolis St. Paul has the best restaurant options, excellent shopping, comfortable seating and lounging throughout all public spaces and it’s very close to the Mall of America for long layovers. Also, the attached InterContinental Airport Hotel has TSA, so those with carry-on luggage can proceed right from the hotel to the gate area without ever going outside.

10 Tips for Eating Healthy on the Road—Bring your own snacks rich in protein, such as almonds or peanuts, nuts, trail mix, or protein powder to mix with milk for a quick snack. The protein will help fill you up with less food, give you energy, build muscle mass and reduce cravings.

Where Can You Find Healthy Airport Food?—The Under30Experiences blog published a list of 30 healthy restaurants at the following airports ATL, CLT, CMH, DAL, DFW, HOU, IAH, LGA, JFK, and LAX.

7 Tips: How to Dress for a Meeting—Bring layers, as exhibit halls can be chilly. It’s always good to have a sweater, even if you are exhibiting in Vegas in July.

10 Travel Safety Tips for Women Business Travelers—Use the term “We” a lot when making small talk if you are traveling alone.

Follow These 5 Strategies on Your Next Long-Haul Flight—Any natural supplement that make you feel better while flying can help. Saline solution is great for dried out sinus, vitamins can help with fatigue as well as natural cough drops can sooth a dry throat. Try to avoid beverages that are dehydrating such as soda and tea and stick to lots of water.

12 Packing Tips for Our Readers—Instead of carrying perfume, soak one cotton ball per day in perfume, wrap them tightly in Saran wrap, then roll them in a Ziploc bag. They are so small and fit anywhere, and it eliminates the liquid issue.

 

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Previous articleAn ALL NEW Perspective on Meetings and Events!
Next articleDon’t Miss These Two Spring Visionary Summits
Barbara Scofidio is Editor of Prevue and heads up the Visionary Summits, our exclusive conference series targeting senior-level meeting and incentive planners. In her 30 years in the industry, she has become known for her passion around greening meetings, growing awareness of human trafficking and promoting CSR activities as part of business events. She is currently a member of SITE's Women IN Leadership committee and the media liaison for FICP's Education Committee. She was the first member of the media ever to be invited to sit on a committee by GBTA, where she spent three years on the Groups and Meetings Committee. She has also been an active member of SITE for 30 years, chairing its Crystal Awards committee and acting as a judge. Before joining Prevue in 2014, she served as Editor of Corporate Meetings & Incentives (MeetingsNet) for more than 20 years. She has a BA in Literature/Rhetoric from Binghamton University. Barbara is based outside Boston, in Groton, Mass.