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By: Karlmalone

Karlmalone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:46:00 +0000

Business trips are NOT vacations. When I vacation, I get to sleep in if I want or wake up and see the sites during the day when most things are open. I always do interesting things and have fun.

On a business trip I HAVE to get up to be at a meeting that might be interesting or maybe it is the most boring thing on Earth, but I can't just leave and go to a theme park.

I get back to my room and grab a quick bite and then it's email time until I go to bed. I might be in a new place, but most of the attractions and sites are closed even if I had time to see them.

Admittedly the food at dinner can be a highlight, but a nice meal a vacation does not make. I am still working; My employer still has expectations on my time.

Most importantly I love to vacation with people I truly love and care about so I can share the experience with them. Without my wife, kids, or at least a good friend I am not on vacation; I am at work.

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:41:00 +0000

For me, this WOULD be a vacation:
“she must spend most of the day working. I am willing to take the kids away for a few days so she can clean around the house and then maybe enjoy a movie on tv.”
Do it!

By: The Donkey

The Donkey — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:44:00 +0000

whoa, wait a minute. Someone snuck a comment in while I was typing mine. I do not agree with the anonymous one, just in case you were confused

By: The Donkey

The Donkey — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:12:00 +0000

Here here. This is the support I expected. The last 3 comments have been right on. To call a work trip a vacation is crazy talk. It doesn’t fit the definition. My wife said she deserves a vacation if I go on a business trip. I told her that I would be fine with that, but that she must spend most of the day working. I am willing to take the kids away for a few days so she can clean around the house and then maybe enjoy a movie on tv. That is about as exciting as my “vacations” usually are. She won’t have the kids around, but she will be able to continue working. Maybe I’ll send over a pizza while she’s there alone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:05:00 +0000

I say it is a neither complete work nor completely a vacation. But I voted for The Wife because it is a break from the routine. No kids, no home responsibilities, free food, and interesting stuff to do when you DO get some time.

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:36:00 +0000

What Chelsea forgot to mention was that stay at the Ritz was NOT a business trip. It was a recruiting trip. My future employer was wining & dining me, they pulled out all the stops. Oh and that trip to Unversal studios and Disneyland…that was an trip that they took us on at the end of my internship. Now that I am employeed by this company my trainings are exactly as chris described. Boring conferences/trainings for 8+ hourse each day followed up by sitting in my hotel room, alone with my computer, waiting to do it all over the next day. Not my idea of a vacation!

By: Vatermann

Vatermann — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:44:00 +0000

Since I am the classmate who brought up the topic in the first place, I'm going to have to agree with the Donkey on this.

Work is work. I pretty much only travel internationally, which although exciting is very tiring. My last trip to Australia and New Zealand lasted 8 days total, but I was in an airplane at least 36 hours of that time. Cool scenery, hard work.

By the way, this whole discussion started because my wife was arguing that she should get to leave me with the kids more often. We are pretty much equal as far as how many days we've had away from the kids this year, unless you count business trips, which I don't.