Pros & Cons of Business Travel?

I will be 23 in a few weeks. I have been with my current company almost 2 years and have recently applied for a position that requires 80% travel. I have no family or children for which to care. I do not own a residence or have any pets that require attention. I am enrolled in a masters program and take classes twice a week at night, however could probably transfer into my school's weekend program. I would love to travel around the country and experience the regional differences, as well as meet new people. Additionally, I have a network marketing company I work for and would like to get that business off the ground. An increased network would be very helpful. Based on this and your own experiences, can you please offer more pros and cons of taking a position which involves so much travel? Thanks!

pros - travelling! more experiences, fun..

cons - missing people, feeling unsettled, might be tiring.
but really, if you were working really hard all the time in one place, like long hours, then you would probably not see your friends and everyone as much anyway, and if ur travel is mainly during the week u still have weekends. also with things like 360, people are never far away!

pros: earn money
see the world
cons: away from family
exhaustion

I travel about the same amount you mentioned.I like it and meet lots of people but it grows old after a while.From the sound of it you would be staying in the U.S. and that is a plus.The pros are it pays more and most of the cost of living is paid for.If you can get home on the weekends that is another plus.Myself I am usually away from home at around 6 weeks at a time.The cons are most of my time away from work during travel are spent alone and I travel out of the U.S. about 50 percent of the time.So I would say give it a try.

My last job was 100% travel so I'll chime in here.

Pro's

- Per diem - Having all of your expenses paid for is great You can eat at some very nice resturants, on your company's dime.
- Points/Miles assuming you get to keep them. You can go to many nice places for free
- A tank of gas will last you a month for your personal car, maybe more
- Since you live alone, your utilitiy bills will be next to nothing.
- Don't like your co-workers/clients? They'll change in a week, and you'll never have to deal with them again.

Cons
-TSA. Enough said.
-You live out of a suitcase
-You will get lonely
-You will gain weight.
-You lose 80% of your social life


Tips if you go for it.

Join EVERY hotel/airline/rental car club you use. When I had my job I was top tier with Hilton. This inclucdes Hampton Inn, Hilton Garden Inn, Double Tree, etc. My best benefit is with a 24 hour notice, I could get a room in ANY hotel. Even if it's sold out. This will also help you when you need to change your reservations last second.

Pack light. Very light. Don't check luggage. Time = money, and you also don't want to lose your luggage. Buy travel sizes of your tolitrees. Checking luggage is evil.

Accept dry cleaning. You won't be home very often, and again time = money. You don't want to spend your free time washing your clothes.

Under the source I've listed a sight for the road warriors.

well, what kind of network business is it you are involved with, because there are network business involving travel so it would be PERFECT for you. One in particular is YTB, you can visit my site www.TravelWithMyTravelTopia.com to find out about them or send me an email at TravelTopiaInfo@yahoo.com Hope to hear from you