Are Working Mothers Business Travel's Greatest Fans?
On Thursday October 11, The Beat reporter and Travel Columnist Jay Campbell will be hosting Expedia Corporate Travel's Webinar, Policy and Policing: How Companies Control Travel Costs. We look forward to a great presentation.
In the meantime, we asked Jay to join us on the blog. He posed a most interesting question:
Are working mothers business travel's greatest fans?
A story called "Working Mothers Find Some Peace on the Road" has top billing on The New York Times' online Business Travel section. When The Beat recently questioned the sanity of people who say they enjoy business travel, it was working moms who most vocally defended life on the road--and they weren't even necessarily talking about partying there.
They may be just as busy with work duties while traveling as they are while at home, but what's missing are usual stresses of the home front itself. The chance to get away from those apparently helps some endure travel delays, glitches and mishaps...perhaps making this less a commentary on business travel than it is on evolving male and female parenting and professional roles.
Jay Campbell
What do you think?
Comments
I don't think this feeling is gender specific, staying home with the family is the harder job. Business trips really are a vacation sometimes.
Posted by: Carson | October 10, 2007 10:42 AM
Yes, indeed, the secret is out. My once every 8 weeks 3 day trip is a gift. I can eat what I want, own the remote in my hotel, shop, get my nails done, and have some "alone" time. It is WONDERFUL!
I miss my family every minute but it is so very hard to take care of ourselves with the demand of work and family.
I feel guilty about many things but this is not one of them!
Posted by: trisha | October 12, 2007 4:27 PM