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You can tell an experienced business traveler from one who is new to the experience.  It is easy for someone new to business travel to participate in excesses on the road. As business traveler, you are an adult and you are trusted by your company to conduct yourself in a businesslike fashion during your time out representing the firm.

If you are setting out on a lengthy business trip perhaps lasting many weeks and traversing many cities, the road itself can take a toll on your health and well being.  It is for this reason that observing some strict rules of good living on the road will pay off over the life of the trip and make the rigors of travel much less serious.

Much of the discipline of business travel involves simply introducing a daily routine to your life that includes some healthy activities so you can keep your physical, mental and emotional state in good shape and ready for business each and every day.  Some simple but effective rules to live by for a healthy business travel experience include.

Sleep routines.  You have routines at home that you use to cycle down toward rest.  Adapt those to life on the road and allow yourself that hour before bed to get ready to rest as well as ample time to rest as well as sleep.  Regular exercise.  Most hotels have an exercise room or pool you can use to get some motion into your muscles.  Time not working.  For the sake of your mental health, take some time just for you.

If you are in a town that has some fun things to see, get away from the business side of business travel and go to the zoo or a museum or see an attraction to give your mind a break from the stress of business.  Good foods.  Don’t cave into the temptation to eat fast food.  Don’t drink.  Alcohol, while fun, is a huge drain on your body’s resources.  The time drinking and recovering makes demands on your body that take away from the task of recovering your health each day.  So avoid alcohol other than perhaps a glass of wine at night.  You will survive the trip so much better if you are careful about your alcohol consumption.