Questions for husbands and wives

[Kimickey]

Yup, when the Air Force sends me TDY (on travel), DH sometimes travels with me. Especially if it's a place where we can extend it into a mini vacation. I get a per diem everyday, and my hotel and rental car are taken care of, so why not. The only thing he has to pay for is an airline ticket, by which his mother works for Delta, so he can fly for pennies. Hey we do it all of the time!

 

[CyranoJones]

I'll tag along if it's someplace I want to go. The administrative seminars are usually in more interesting places than the continuing education ones. I get to enjoy exploring different cities on my own during the day and spend the evening checking out the nightlife with my husband. It's all good.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Sure

 

[caitycaity]

if i would have time to do things other than work, yes. otherwise, no i probably wouldn't invite dh along with me.

 

[Pluto2003]

not to go on business trips where DH's boss is along. No one relaxed. My DH likes to catch up on company business in the evening so he feels he is still in the loop upon his return. I did manage to get 3 days at WDW before an Orlando conference once. So the answer is "it all depends".......

 

[ILUVDXL]

I just came off a 10 day business trip and no way would I take my DH. I love him to death but after long days in the office and flying to another city every other day, I just wanted to be left alone. He, on the other hand I know, would be ready to go and see the town. Me, I just wanted a bath, room service and bed.

Now if it was the other way around I would be more than happy to go.

 

[mickeyfan1]

Originally posted by tigercat
If you had to take a business trip (or your spouse had to) and the company didn't care whether you brought your spouse with you (and would pay for your spouse) would you bring him/her? That includes not having any small children around and the spouse doesn't have a paying job.
tigercat

OK, here is an answer from the spouse who has no paying job, no kids and my DH travels a lot. His company wouldn't mind if I came with him, but they wouldn't pay. I would only go if he was going to be in Orlando. Last week he was in Germany, he was there for 9 days. If I had gone, I would have spent the entire time alone, he had prearranged tourist things with his company, they worked all day M-F and had business dinners every night. I would have been stuck in the hotel by myself, as no other spouses went. He has been to Australia 2 times, England 2 times, and nothern Ireland, each time it was for work, not fun.

I never took him on any of my business trips when I worked, either.

But if he gets a trip to Orlando, and I could kennel my dogs (which because of one being blind I can't), I would go because I could get out day and night solo at WDW.

 

[Rutt and Tuke]

 

[dennis99ss]

Got to go with mickeyfan1. I make it to London a couple of times a year, and to other places in Europe or South America about the same number. DW has gone to London with me once, but there is only so much you can do when alone. It gets boring during the day I would think, plus, after seeing peiople during the day, and visiting with them for drinks or dinner, there is not much time left to vacation. If she wants to go, she surely welcome, but, again, not much fun when one half is working during the trip.

I do have her come with me to some conferences, or dinners, where we invite wives, etc., but, thats a different circumstance, as she is on the trip for a purpose. Sometimes that doesn't even work out. Last year, I attended a conference at Disney, and, as I do at this particular event, hosted a dinner for a number of guests. The dinner is after a cocktail party on the first day of the event. So, we are still at MK at 4 or so, watching the parade, and I am getting a bit po'd, because we have to get to hotel, freshen up, change, get out to hotel row by dtd for the cocktail party, back to akl for dinner, etc. She didn't feel the same urgency, nor did my mother, who we had brought down to babysit for the night. Sometimes priorities of vacation clash with priorities of work. I don't think I will ever schedule a vacation to run simultaniously with work. Maybe before, or after, but not at the same time.

 

[buzzlady]

Yes, DH went to Boston when I had to attend a class for work. My co. didn't pay for him.

 

[Bichon Barb]

My DH travels quite a bit. Before I started working with him, if I went along, we (personally) paid for the airfare. Now we put it on the company if I go. I pick and chose which trips I want to go on depending on where it is and if we can get the grandparents to take the kids and dogs. Some of the trips I've been lucky to go on are:

Stockholm (pal'ed around with two other spouses)
Cancun (pal'ed with the same two spouses )
Beaver Creek, CO (had no problem just hanging around pool!)
Phoenix, Boston, Orlando, Atlanta, San Jose

 

[olena]

That kind of situation came up with us. Chris earned a big award with his company and the ceremony was in Paris, France. He'd been to France before for work, but this time, he wanted me to come along. So I did. We had to pay for my plane fare, but all of his expenses were paid. I just stayed in his room with him. It was a nice little trip and he had a translator along.

 

[tigercat]

Thank you all for your replies. I just wanted to see what others did or thought. My dh is going away on a business trip and yes it would always depend on where he is going. He is going not too far away so he is driving (about 6 - 7 hrs. away). He will be the only one from the company there and yes will be busy during the day but will be okay at night. We are really not night life people anyway. I thought that a hotel with a pool and a hot tub and I would be really happy by myself. I thought it would be a nice quiet time. Everything would be paid for. He didn't even want to ask me so I was a little hurt. At this point though I think it is probably best if he does goes by himself now. Oh well. Thanks for all the replies.
tigercat