11/04/2025
Business trips can look glamorous from the outside.
Flights. Hotels. Client dinners. The shiny badge. The one time my name was on the screen of the black car airport pick-up. 😉
But when you’re single, work travel can feel lonely.
I spent years traveling solo for work.
The middle-of-nowhere hotel rooms.
Quiet dinners for one, which could be a "bed picnic" with snacks from the office. hashtag
Colleagues with kids gushing about the thrill of a night alone in a hotel room.
Even surrounded by people, I often felt separate.
Questions about a husband or children came up by default.
This week, I’m heading to a matcmakers conference and my husband is joining. My first work trip with a partner. 👫
It feels exciting and strange all at once.
It has me reflecting on all the years I traveled as a single person and how so many of us carry that same quiet weight on the road.
My next blog explores what work travel looks like when you’re single.
The loneliness. The assumptions.
And how to make it feel less isolating and maybe even empowering.
✨ Coming soon.
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