{"id":2271,"date":"2014-12-06T20:49:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T15:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2015-01-17T22:14:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T16:44:11","slug":"demystifying-business-travel-singapore-in-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/demystifying-business-travel-singapore-in-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The plight of business travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would usually write personal travelogues titled ‘A day in Thimpu<\/a>‘. But I’d rather use something like ‘Singapore in a day’ when writing about business travel. The pun, only to demystify business travel along with the craziness & hazards that surrounds it. As soon as one steps in IT, the first thing they want is to get onsite and I felt the same way. But the excitement only lasts the first few trips. This one is about one such trip to Singapore last month, where I took a late night flight after a day’s work, and headed straight to a meeting on landing. I’ve\u00a0done such meetings multiple times, in\u00a0every direction, in every continent, and have kind of mastered it.<\/p>\n

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Stretching out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since I don’t fly business (and luck never favors an upgrade), I try opting for an emergency row seat. I have a trolley bag that levels with the seat and affords my own little bed in coach. Over time, I’ve learned that being\u00a0low\u00a0on food & alcohol \u00a0keep you comfortable.<\/p>\n

\"\"Most airports in Europe have paid arrival lounges to freshen up after long flights, without which you fallback to good old restrooms (in Australia for instance). I have miniatures of most toiletries that pass security, since most lounges are located before baggage claim. Once fresh, you head out straight to scheduled meetings or a day-long workshop.<\/p>\n

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Heading back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I prefer taking late evening flights where available, to avoid wasting an entire business day traveling. I love the connection from Singapore that arrives at 10 pm to give me\u00a0a good night’s sleep. Other regions don’t have that option, and need a stay-over. By now, I can tell approximate timetables for every airline landing in Mumbai.\u00a0Since\u00a0a lot of the big birds arrive between 930 pm & midnight, getting a taxi becomes bit of a challenge, especially since you can’t book one online when starting at the airport.<\/p>\n

Sounds exciting? As I said, yes, and while you’re still young. Soon, the mind switches to optimization – how you can make it quick, comfortable, create checklists. And in the end succumbs to avoidance when it starts hitting your well being. That’s where I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would usually write personal travelogues titled ‘A day in Thimpu‘. But I’d rather use something like ‘Singapore in a day’ when writing about business travel. The pun, only to demystify business travel along with the craziness & hazards that surrounds it. As soon as one steps in IT, the first thing they want is … Continue reading The plight of business travel<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,7],"tags":[817,819],"class_list":["post-2271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-travel","tag-air-travel-tips","tag-business-travel-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10832200_944971215520752_928620037_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}