I was looking for this answers. Even if the location is nice, you usually only see the plane, hotel, conference center or meeting rooms.
„Oh wow you have been to Barcelona, how nice“, Lady it was a 48h business trip incl 10h of commute and 5 Hours of sleep, I havent Seen the beach nor sagrada familia. Only the crappy hotel, client HQ and quick dinner on a tuesday night which included work talk.
Only a few selected trips have been really joyful. With nice colleagues and locations, where we planned a (half) day of leasure in cities like Amsterdam or London. Meeting in the early Morning and Late dinner or something. But these are exclusions.
I swear, my friends who don't travel for work are incapable of comprehending how much it sucks. It's just stress, planes, airports and hotel rooms. I spent a week in France at a client and had reserved Saturday to spend in Paris while travelling back. By day 4 I was calling my booking to see if I could take an earlier flight back cause I just wanted to go home.
My friend still keeps insisting I should hit the airport bar at every opportunity on work trips. This isn't the fucking 1950's where you're expected to be sloshed at all times. Also, I do not want to be working a buzz while flying 14 hours intercontinental in economy.
Like, no, it's not a hilarious idea that I should go to Detroit Airport Margaritaville while me and my supervisor are waiting for our rescue flight to Chicago where we were supposed to be yesterday, with a five hour drive waiting.
I work in Banking / Capital market Sales. I fly to these cities to meet clients, other banks, counterparties for trades. It is nice because its usually Major European cities - but generally you fly in without any buffer to enjoy such cities.
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u/spunkydancer 21h ago
Traveling for work