I once ran into a guy coming down the hotel elevator with a portable bike. Brings it everywhere so he can always get a bike ride in. Now that I'm traveling a lot more, what have you found useful to say healthy mentally, physically, spiritually, etc
Ask HN: For those who travel a lot, what are you survival tips?
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#2If you stay at the same hotel for a month or more at a time, get a monthly rate and get two of everything so you can leave supplies and clothes in the hotel over the weekend. Not having to pack up once a week is very nice. Pay the hotel to clean and press your clothes if that applies to you.
Most hotels have gyms and pools. Use them.
Don't eat all 3 meals a day. I gained 40 lbs doing that. It feels like a luxury with per diem, but it's glutinous.
Meet locals to hang out with.
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#3Get TSA pre-check and Global entry.
Eat at local Co-ops.
Find hotels that have saunas.
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#4For long layovers pay to use the business class lounge. They generally have good, healthy food, decent bar, quiet areas. Some have showers and even nap rooms.
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#5Get TSA pre-check and Global entry. Eat at local Co-ops. Find hotels that have saunas.
+1 to pre/global. Sad that this scam exists and is needed, but it makes a big difference even though minor.
Travel light, do local wash n fold or laundromat when needed.
Try to stay in convenient locations with great walkability.
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#6If you stay at the same hotel for a month or more at a time, get a monthly rate and get two of everything so you can leave supplies and clothes in the hotel over the weekend. Not having to pack up once a week is very nice. Pay the hotel to clean and press your clothes if that applies to you. Most hotels have gyms and pools. Use them. Don't eat all 3 meals a day. I gained 40 lbs doing that. It feels like a luxury with…
glutinous
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#7Never, ever, recline your airplane seat.
Sit up straight, with your weight on your spine like a human being. Even when sleeping.
When you lean back and try to get "comfortable", you force all of your weight sideways onto your butt, which now has to act as a scootch-guard to keep you on the seat at all. That works for a couple hours max, after which you're in agony for the rest of your 12 hour flight.
Learning to sit on chairs is a good skill in general. Getting an office chair that doesn't recline will do wonders for your health as well.
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#8Bring a portable sinus rinse bottle (like a neti pot) and rinse after flying. It usually helps with the air from being in a plane for a while.
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#9Many hotels rent bikes now, you don't need to bring one with you.
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#10This is a broad question. What type of traveling? Consultant travel when you're M-F at a client's repeatedly? RTW digital nomading? Domestic/international?
- obvious is don't check your bags if you don't need to
- noise-canceling headphones for the airplane are worth the $2-300. be sure to pack spare battery (the Bose case has a slot for one)
- bring a lacrosse ball in case you get a tight back, sore muscles. maybe a Theracane if you have more serious issues
- be sure to tag your luggage and throw a business card in there just in case the checked bag happens to get lost
- do a morning bodyweight routine instead of relying on a gym and equipment since you don't know how facilities are at every hotel. check out the 7-minute workout for ideas: https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-m...
- if you're a traveling consultant, pay someone else to do your laundry instead of trying doing it yourself on your shrinking weekends
- splurge for Global Entry (gives you TSA-Pre). ideally you've already applied for a travel rewards credit card that will credit you for it
- make it a point to hang out with your friends on the weekends when you're back home. schedule things in advance, check out concerts, museums, etc.