Comments on: Travel Tip: Go with your spouse on business trips http://www.cleverdude.com/content/travel-tip-go-with-your-spouse-on-business-trips/ Family, Marriage, Finances & Life Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corporate Barbarian http://www.cleverdude.com/content/travel-tip-go-with-your-spouse-on-business-trips/comment-page-1/#comment-43684 Corporate Barbarian Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:26:31 +0000 http://www.cleverdude.com/?p=2375#comment-43684 My wife has only gone with me on one business trip , which was a weekend training seminar. The company picked up the hotel, and there was a reception on the first night, so we didn't have to pay for dinner. My per diem covered our other meals, and we drove to the seminar, so our gas was covered also. I would welcome the opportunity to do it again. It was a cheap trip for us. My wife has only gone with me on one business trip , which was a weekend training seminar. The company picked up the hotel, and there was a reception on the first night, so we didn’t have to pay for dinner. My per diem covered our other meals, and we drove to the seminar, so our gas was covered also. I would welcome the opportunity to do it again. It was a cheap trip for us.

]]> By: Kate http://www.cleverdude.com/content/travel-tip-go-with-your-spouse-on-business-trips/comment-page-1/#comment-43520 Kate Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:36:01 +0000 http://www.cleverdude.com/?p=2375#comment-43520 Too bad my hubby only seems to travel to unappealing destinations where cattle ranches dominate the landscape. Oh, well! This IS a great idea though and a wonderful example of how you can use the power of small to save yourself a bit of cash. I read the book of the same name after I saw a guest post the authors did on GenX Finance and now I see examples of how you can apply it everywhere, even though it's not strictly a PF book. Too bad my hubby only seems to travel to unappealing destinations where cattle ranches dominate the landscape. Oh, well! This IS a great idea though and a wonderful example of how you can use the power of small to save yourself a bit of cash. I read the book of the same name after I saw a guest post the authors did on GenX Finance and now I see examples of how you can apply it everywhere, even though it’s not strictly a PF book.

]]> By: Kate http://www.cleverdude.com/content/travel-tip-go-with-your-spouse-on-business-trips/comment-page-1/#comment-43519 Kate Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:27:59 +0000 http://www.cleverdude.com/?p=2375#comment-43519 I live in New Zealand and one year my boss informed me that I had to go to a conference in London. My salary was restructured so I took $2500 as a 'discretionary travel allowance' which was used to pay my husbands airfare, and hotels etc during our stopovers in LA, Singapore and Bali. This meant the whole $2500 could be spent on trave instead of the after tax amount. While I stayed in a hotel in the middle of London he stayed with friends just outside of London for a few days while I worked. Then he joined me in my Hotel for the last two days and we both managed to get around the tourist hotspots and have a good time. Even thought the conference was only for a week, we were away for a month choosing to spend a week in LA on the way there, and two weeks in Singapore and Bali on the way home. So all up for a month away it ended up costing me the $2500 from my salary and an extra $2000. Not bad for a months holiday on the other side of the world. AND remember, the NZ$ was half the value of the US$ back then...so very cheap. I live in New Zealand and one year my boss informed me that I had to go to a conference in London. My salary was restructured so I took $2500 as a ‘discretionary travel allowance’ which was used to pay my husbands airfare, and hotels etc during our stopovers in LA, Singapore and Bali. This meant the whole $2500 could be spent on trave instead of the after tax amount.

While I stayed in a hotel in the middle of London he stayed with friends just outside of London for a few days while I worked. Then he joined me in my Hotel for the last two days and we both managed to get around the tourist hotspots and have a good time.

Even thought the conference was only for a week, we were away for a month choosing to spend a week in LA on the way there, and two weeks in Singapore and Bali on the way home. So all up for a month away it ended up costing me the $2500 from my salary and an extra $2000. Not bad for a months holiday on the other side of the world. AND remember, the NZ$ was half the value of the US$ back then…so very cheap.

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