Someone much wiser and smarter than I am in these matters once advised me that the average employee loathes business travel. Maybe 10% of employees are willing to travel with any real frequency, like quarterly and maybe 5% willing to travel on a monthly basis or better. Real road warriors make up maybe a percentage or two at best. This breakdown came from a guy who was responsible for hiring road warrior national sales reps and the numbers seemed to work well for me.
At my previous employer I traveled a fair amount....enough to make middling elite status with a couple airlines and Platinum Elite status with Marriott. For Marriott's Platinum Elite you have to spend 75 nights a year at their properties. 75 night is roughly 20% of the year, but when you look at it from a business standpoint, that 75 days of travel lodging is 33%, which means you are out of the office a week every month...or a day or two a week.
That heavy travel year was 2009. The economy has taken a bit of a turn since then and I haven't been on the road so much. Marriott has been kind enough to extend my status last year and then again for this year.
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