Getting Away From It All - And Bringing It All With You
I'm in Orlando this week on vacation.
At first, I swore to myself I wasn't even going to take a computer with me on vacation. Just my Blackberry, which I would check at night, after a day on the rides. Of course, things are such at work where that was not possible. The laptop came on vacation too. (I promise I am going to have a vacation too - don't worry.)
But it makes me feel good to know that I am not alone, according to the latest Voice of the Traveler survey by the Travel Industry Association and Synovate. According to the survey:
- Cell phones (86%) and digital cameras (67%) topped the list of most popular technologies Americans take with them on leisure trips
- 24% bring their laptops
- 21% bring CD players
- 11% bring an iPod or MP3 player (I always have my iPod and my digital camera in my purse)
Of those who visit the Internet while on vacation:
- 18% use it to stay connected with family and friends while traveling
- 16% use it to find places to visit and things to do
- 15% choose accommodations based on the availability of wireless or high-speed Internet
- 10% use it because they like to stay in touch with the office AND
- 9% use it because they have no choice but to stay in touch with the office
So how about you? How many did work on vacation this year? How many were good and actually left it behind?
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OK, I'm guilty. I never travel without my laptop. Never. But then, my "office" is virtual so it means that I can work wherever I can get an internet connection. Take this summer for example. My husband - lucky boy - is retired and has organized several different summer activities that have taken us around the northwest quadrant of the U.S. (We actually live in Arizona).
I, on the other hand, have been working through most of the summer. So, here I sit right now, in a laundramat in northern Minnesota that happens to have wireless capabilities, working to get ready for my executive committee meeting tomorrow.
Of course, if I happened to be a workaholic, this would never work ... I do know how to turn it all off and enjoy the lake!
Posted by: Betty Kjellberg | August 9, 2006 3:31 PM