Too much travel?

<3cupcake<3 · January 2012

I probably shouldn't be going, but I'm a sucker for travel. Is this completely stupid of me to do?

I'm going to be gone for work and vacation from 1/30-2/20.

H has a business trip to NYC from 2/26-28. I can tag along, if I want, but I'll still have to work while I'm there. And I probably won't be able to hang out with him a ton. The only thing I'd need to pay for is food.

I have enough miles for a free ticket to go, but I think I'll be going to NYC 2-3 times for work later this summer and fall.

Would you go to NYC at the end of Feb?

VABeach08 · January 2012

Two points-- 1) I assume you're work's cool with it (a month's along time to be gone, to my work, but I can't always work remote) and 2) I assume house/life stuff is fairly simple/autopilot (we're not talking kids, dogs, giant lawns in need of watering and mowing, a stack of paper bills, etc).

If yes to both, go. Why not? It'll be cold, but, as luck would have it, you can buy a new coat, if need be ! Cheers!

ktmae55 · January 2012

I personally wouldn't - my thoughts would be that it's only two days, after a month away I'd probably want some time at home, that I'm going several more times this year, that it's going to be cold and I'll be working all day so really, I'm just going to go out at night twice, and given all that, I'd much rather save my miles for a time when I can use them on a trip I really want.

alithebride · January 2012

as long as your office is cool with it then why not? it's not the arctic circle here!!

shorty20 · January 2012

I don't think there is such a thing as too much travel Wink

I'd go.

GilliC · January 2012

Do you want to go to NYC for a few days? If so, why not?

Last fall I was gone for 3 weeks in October, home for 2 weeks, and then gone for 6 weeks straight thanks to back-to-back vacation and work trips. Beforehand I had thought, "Wow! Three weeks is a long time!" Then the six-week trip evolved out of random circumstances, and by the end of it I felt more like, "Oh, I'm home? Huh. Where am I going next?!"

If you like traveling as much as it sounds, you won't regret being away from home for that long. The thing to worry about is having to be back. Spending all that time with another part of the trip just around the corner meant that there was always something exciting up ahead. Then when it was over, it took me a few weeks to get over the fact that it was all over, and that being in one place for a while wasn't as boring as I feared.

Jells2dot0 · January 2012

I guess I fall on the other side of opinions! I travel a lot throughout the year for both business and leisure. Last year, I spent almost the entire summer on business travel. Came back in early August and headed to the Indian Ocean for 2.5 weeks. Came back and immediately started a new job- in a new state. So, I unpacked from my trip and repacked to live in a hotel from October 1-December 7. I flew back and forth between my new home and my old home every weekend except for Thanksgiving- when we went to London for 5 nights. I was freaking exhausted and well behind on my daily life. I still fly back and forth almost every weekend and I would kill to just have some time at home to relax! However, if you don't do it often and work is okay with it, it might not be so bad. I think I've done it more often than not, though, and it got very old very quickly.

MDGirl · January 2012

ktmae55:
I personally wouldn't - my thoughts would be that it's only two days, after a month away I'd probably want some time at home, that I'm going several more times this year, that it's going to be cold and I'll be working all day so really, I'm just going to go out at night twice, and given all that, I'd much rather save my miles for a time when I can use them on a trip I really want.

This.

SamJuly05 · January 2012

I wouldn't go, but not b/c it's too much travel, just b/c 1. I wouldn't want to take more time away from my office after just getting back from a business trip and 2. You're going 2-3 times to the same place later in the year so DH could plan one of those times to accompany you if you want to do NYC together.

sunshine_day_dreams · January 2012

I don't think there's such thing as too much travel.

Buuuut... I don't think I'd go. If it were more than 2 days and you weren't going back several times later in the year, probably. But given these two points, I'd stay home and enjoy some me time, unwinding from the trip with H gone.

hutchsl · January 2012

MDGirl:

ktmae55:
I personally wouldn't - my thoughts would be that it's only two days, after a month away I'd probably want some time at home, that I'm going several more times this year, that it's going to be cold and I'll be working all day so really, I'm just going to go out at night twice, and given all that, I'd much rather save my miles for a time when I can use them on a trip I really want.

This.

Another vote for this.

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