You really know you've been traveling too much when...
 

Hello all.

During my last trip someone asked me a question that I honestly had to think about for a moment to answer. I thought it might make a good jumping off point for some mindless entertainment if people chimed in to answer the question above. Since I obviously I have waaaayyy too much time on my hands at work this morning, I'll start:

"You really know you've been traveling too much when..."

...A stranger asks you where you're from and it takes you two tries to get the answer right!

Let's have fun!

AL ((d))

...when your home airport's curbside check-in greets you by name.

...when packing for your current trip, you find the welcome amenity you threw in there during the last trip and it's still fresh.

You really know you've been traveling too much when...

You wake up in the morning and have no idea what city, state, or country you are in including waking up in your own bed.

...you can't remember which time zone your watch is set to.

.....the counter agents for the airline you are a frequent flyer of at your home airport ALL know you by first name.

GoT,
I experience that EVERY day!

lisa-Or when someone asks you "what time is it?"? you reply "At home it's...".

(especially for business travelers)

... when the waiter knows your preferred beverage at the restaurant in/next door to your hotel (where the front desk staff know you by name and what kind of room you like).

....when the people at the rental car agency know you by name and what kind of car you like.

....when you get home and still feel the urge to use a map to find your way around.

And I completely agree with "...when you wake up in your own bed and can't figure out where you are."

When you refer to the hotel room as "home," as in "Let's go home" or "I left my jacket at home."

When you pull out American currency and find yourself trying to mentally calculate how much that would be in euros.

When the sky cap asks you where you're headed and you have to really think about it.

Part 1:
Spend 6 straight weeks traveling from NY to Detroit on Monday morning and back from Detroit to New York on Friday afternoon and by the end of that six week period resemble the kid from the movie "Powder."

(In the late spring of 1992, Monday through Friday was fairly raining and cloudy in Detroit. Unfortunately, New York's weather on Saturday and Sunday was Detroit's weather on Wednesday and Thursday. I can recall seeing the sun maybe a handful of times that spring.)

. . . when you actually don't want to go traveling for awhile.

. . . when your puppy dog or kitty doesn't want to leave the kennel because they don't recognize you anymore.

When you pick up the phone (at home) and ask for Room Service~

Part 2:
Spend so much time traveling, that when you have a customer service problem, the CEO of the airline sends you a personal letter of apology and adds 70,000 miles to your FF account and 25,000 miles to your wifes.

(In a 9 month period, I had racked up about 75,000 miles on one airline. All at full business fares including one a fully priced first class ticket to Europe. I was used to the usual delays, problems and surely attitudes. But, when a gate agent screamed at my then pregnant wife for daring to enter the plane with those who need a little extra time, I viewed that as the final straw. A very polite but strongly worded letter to the CEO of the airline saying that price, not my loyalty to his carrier would now determine my patronage, with my last year's worth of FF statements, was answered almost immediately with a "I will personally repremand my employee.")

The one upside of traveling quite a bit is that you become like gold to the airlines and hotels you frequent.

this is fun!

-when you have the car service on speed dial.

-when you are not shocked at the price of hotel breakfast. (even if work is paying for it!)

-when your amex card is practically smoking.

-when you keep your suitcase out for laundry and transfers of clothes.

Funny Scarlett!

And I would add:

"when you walk into your house carrying your luggage, set it down in front of your kitchen counter and look for a bell to ring."

AL ((d))

When you don't unpack your travel essentials because you'll just have to pack them again next week.

When you're ready to strangle your kids and/or your DH.

When you immediately know that the minivan they've assigned you won't be big enough the moment the rental car agent hands you the keys.

I forgot the last one--when you decide to ship home the stuff you no longer want to lug around.

When you hire a babysitter at home and get called "sick in the head" because you don't know her well enough?

(Inside joke that some will get.)

LOL, these are All so funny!!

When you come home from a day out and wonder why the bed is not made yet~

When you pick up the phone (at home) at night and ask for a Wake Up call :D