What is it like to travel for a long time due to work requirements?

In the past year, business trips took as long as 1-3 days, and flights often took place at 8 o'clock and 7 p.m. Sleeping locally for only one or two nights at most. I once wrote an article "What kind of experience is a long-term business trip", and now I have compiled some short-term business trip experiences to share with you.

1. Select your seat in advance and choose the electronic boarding pass when selecting your seat, which can save time in printing the boarding pass. At present, most domestic airports support electronic boarding passes (if your departure airport does not support it, or only a few security checkpoints support it, the airline will remind you), so I have not used electronic boarding passes for half a year. Especially for China Southern Airlines, it is often impossible to print the boarding pass on the self-service printer after selecting a seat. Printing boarding passes and queuing at the manned window is a real waste of time.

2. If you check in in advance, it is enough to arrive at the airport 40 minutes in advance (if you do not check in in advance, most airports will stop check-in about 45 minutes in advance, and you cannot check in again. machine). If you are too late, you can apply for the emergency channel to save time in line.

3. Don’t underestimate the airport traffic at 7am. According to my observation, the security checkpoints between 7 and 8 in the morning are actually the most crowded, because many people choose to work the early morning shift. First, they are not afraid that the previous flight will be delayed. Second, they don’t have to delay a day when they arrive in the morning. On the contrary, there were fewer people at the security checkpoint around 10 a.m.

4. Try not to eat on the plane and leave some time to eat at the airport. At present, a meal/noodle at the airport usually costs around 40 yuan, which is not much different from first-tier cities. But, you can’t stand the food and the small dining space on the plane. So if you need to eat on the plane, you might as well go to the airport early to eat.

5. Many VIP lounges at the airport exist in name only. There was nothing delicious or hot food inside. They are just packaged food and water. Consider eating out and taking a break.

6. When you are short of time, pay attention to the distribution map of the airport boarding gates and roughly estimate the walking time to the boarding gate. If it's not enough, take a battery car in time. Airports in first-tier cities are very large, and it may take up to 15 minutes to walk from the security check to the boarding gate.

7. If you have plenty of time at the airport, take some time to visit the bookstore. After all, this is one of the few opportunities you have to engage with a physical bookstore. If only I could read a good book on this trip, it would be complete.

8. If you fly too early, you can put on makeup on the plane. Because when I go out at six in the morning, I am basically unkempt and have just finished brushing my teeth. I will try my best to choose an aisle seat and put my toiletry bag and makeup bag in my carry-on bag. After sleeping for an hour on the plane, I will go to the bathroom to wash my face and put on makeup carefully, and prepare to get off the plane for a meeting. Please don't laugh at me for getting up early...

9. The morning shift is very necessary: ??eye masks and earplugs are very helpful for sleep, although the advantage of the early shift is that there are fewer bears. Got on the plane, asked the stewardess for a blanket, put on an eye mask and earplugs, and spent a wonderful hour.

10. Computers, mobile power supplies, and umbrellas that need to be taken out during security check should be placed at your fingertips. Don’t look for it for a long time in embarrassment or dig through your luggage to find it.

11. If it is inconvenient to carry only one suitcase for a business trip for 1-2 days, it is recommended that girls bring some silk tops, which are easy to store. The same pants/skirt can be worn for two days, but if you change your coat, people will still think you have changed your clothes... For example, if you wear silk pajamas on a business trip in the summer, you can get a small bag to put in your toiletry bag.

12. If it is a silk top, remember to take it out and iron it before going to bed, otherwise it will really wrinkle you and make you wear the clothes from the previous day. If the hotel doesn't have an iron, hang it up and spray some water on it, or hang it in the bathroom after taking a shower.

13. If you are cold and afraid of the cold, the most powerful weapon is to wear a shawl. It can be worn as a coat, it can cover your legs in a taxi, it is easy to fold and store, it is not afraid of wrinkles, and it can be worn very well. Is there anything better than this?

14. Be sure to prepare your own small toothpaste and toiletries and make a small travel set. Even a five star hotel, if not Amman, has more toothpaste and toiletries than a rural store (or worse). I heard that hotel shampoo and shower gel are often the same thing, with different colors added.

15. When going to dry places (southern people go to the north), be sure to bring body lotion and hair lotion.

Otherwise, you’ll be too dry and won’t see anyone. These two can be packaged in small bottles and do not take up space.

16. Multi-purpose plastic bags can be used to wrap bottles, socks and underwear that are prone to spilling.

17. Bring a bill bag so that all your bills can be stuffed into the bill bag and organized.

18. Keep a box of business cards in your regular business trip duffel bag. You have no idea how many business cards you will need on this business trip. You will feel relaxed when you put a box.

19. How to keep your luggage in order? The biggest trick is to have many packages instead of spreading them thin. Muji's storage bag is easy to use and has a high quality. This is my daily bag. The one in the upper left corner is a MUJI toiletry bag.

20. With this power strip, you don’t have to worry about having only one jack next to your bed, and you don’t have to bring multiple connectors.

21. Check out and print the invoice the night before you leave the hotel, so you don’t have to queue with people checking out the next morning and can easily hand over your keys to the front desk. In particular, some hotel invoice machines are not easy to use, and the check-out time may delay your trip the next morning.

22. If you have made an appointment with someone, you might as well make an appointment 10 minutes in advance. You will find that it is easy to encounter various moths when looking for a new place

23. After returning from a business trip You need to post the bills in 1-2 days, otherwise you will find that you forgot which bills are missing, and some bills magically disappear.