Travel travel travel - how to get there without going insane

posted by  johnb (88)  13 months ago (mostlyexchange.blogspot.com)

This past year I spent 135 days on the road and flew almost 250,000 miles. Out of those 135 days on the road, 25 nights of that were spent on an airplane. This year, I have already passed the 120,000 mile mark. I am writing this sitting on a Continental 767-400 and am about to spend the next 2 nights on an airplane. Do I like to travel? I don't like the traveling part, but I like the "being there" part. People ask me how to cope with so much travel (or even lesser degrees of travel.) Here are some tips to make the experience more palatable.

• Pick an airline that flies to most of