Not everyone agrees that taking their spouse along on business travel is a good idea. Some people don’t want their spouses anywhere near them on business trips. Most companies allow spouse tag-along trips as long as it does not add [...]
Did your spouse just get a job offer that will require a lot of business travel? Maybe you’ve met the man/woman of your dreams who’s already a road warrior. You might be asking yourself, “Is this going to work?” The [...]
A TagAlongTravel reader named Cynthia emailed a question to me that she wanted to pose to other readers of the blog. Although her situation has similarities to others in the Tag Along community, it differs in significant ways. For one [...]
It’s Sunday afternoon as I write this and Steve is packing his bag for a week in Boston. Last weekend, he was in Seattle, and in a couple of weeks he’ll be in Australia for several days. I’m not tagging [...]
Perhaps you’re a veteran business traveller who recently got married or started cohabiting. Maybe you’ve been married for awhile and just got a new job that involves regular travel. No matter what you’re expecting, there will be things you didn’t [...]
Other than Christmas, I think Steve and I have spent every major occasion and holiday apart at one time or another due to his business travel. Yes, that includes birthdays. So as we roll around to the biggest chocolate-buying-please-be-mine day [...]
It’s been about a year since I started Tag Along Travel and I have yet to touch on the subject of infidelity and frequent business travel. It’s a bit of an omission. I mean, isn’t that the biggest pop-culture cliché—cheating [...]
Let me start this post by saying that frequent business travel can put a strain on marriage as easily as it can make it great. There are several factors at play and how you approach this lifestyle is key. [...]
Recognizing that it’s not always possible (or desirable) to tag along on your spouse’s business travel, there are several good reasons to make it happen. […]