Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

[dxmnkd316]

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I’m excited for my conference in Salt Lake City next month!

Never been to Belgium but I’ve been to the other three several times.

SLC should be fun. Never been there but gorgeous scenery I'm sure.

I've been to France and Germany a number of times. I'm excited to see Poland and Belgium for the first time (I think...). I may have been there in one of my trips back in high school. I can't remember if we made stops there.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

SLC should be fun. Never been there but gorgeous scenery I'm sure.

I've been to France and Germany a number of times. I'm excited to see Poland and Belgium for the first time (I think...). I may have been there in one of my trips back in high school. I can't remember if we made stops there.

I prefer krakow to Warsaw, zakopane or Gdańsk. I’ve had some amazing meals in Poland though. Just get ready for rude pushy people in the cities. Also don’t treat crosswalks like they’re for you to walk in

 

[alfablue]

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SLC should be fun. Never been there but gorgeous scenery I'm sure.

I've been to France and Germany a number of times. I'm excited to see Poland and Belgium for the first time (I think...). I may have been there in one of my trips back in high school. I can't remember if we made stops there.

Been to SLC many times. Not a place I would really consider fun, unless you strap a couple of sticks on you feet up in the mountains. Then it's world class.

Or if you just like looking at mountains.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Been to SLC many times. Not a place I would really consider fun, unless you strap a couple of sticks on you feet up in the mountains. Then it's world class.

Or if you just like looking at mountains.

Or if you like marrying 5 different women.

 

[joecct]

Or if you like marrying 5 different women.

You have something against quintuplets?

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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SLC should be fun.

Not really, unless her conference is a resort junket in Park City or Alta. If it's down in the valley at the convention center, you might hardly even seen the mountains on a smog inversion day. Stay away from anything west of I-15, unless you're going to the airport to leave.

Salt Lake is a sprawling nightmare of strip malls, fast food, five-lane roads, low-rise corporate office parks, and assorted other pieces of cookie-cutter suburbia. It's arguably eclipsed only by Dallas and Phoenix in the pantheon of horribly planned, ugly American cities that have boomed with transplants since 1980, and thus have almost no character of their own. It's what urbanized America would look like if the Nazis had won the war.

 

[Greyeagle]

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Just received tentative approval for a big conference in Belgium, Poland, France, and Germany!

When are you going? The Boss and I may be going to LUX/BEL/FRA in October/November.

Salt Lake is a sprawling nightmare of strip malls, fast food, five-lane roads, low-rise corporate office parks, and assorted other pieces of cookie-cutter suburbia. It's arguably eclipsed only by Dallas and Phoenix in the pantheon of horribly planned, ugly American cities that have boomed with transplants since 1980, and thus have almost no character of their own. It's what urbanized America would look like if the Nazis had won the war.

Other than that you'd recommend it?

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Not really, unless her conference is a resort junket in Park City or Alta. If it's down in the valley at the convention center, you might hardly even seen the mountains on a smog inversion day. Stay away from anything west of I-15, unless you're going to the airport to leave.

Salt Lake is a sprawling nightmare of strip malls, fast food, five-lane roads, low-rise corporate office parks, and assorted other pieces of cookie-cutter suburbia. It's arguably eclipsed only by Dallas and Phoenix in the pantheon of horribly planned, ugly American cities that have boomed with transplants since 1980, and thus have almost no character of their own. It's what urbanized America would look like if the Nazis had won the war.

Sweet I’m downtown. I’m skipping the park city ski day as I don’t ski and it’s the last day so I’m just flying home

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Going to the UK for work. Looks like I'll be in London for an extra day, since delaying my return for a day, so I have a Saturday there, reduces the cost of my flight by about $2500.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Going to the UK for work. Looks like I'll be in London for an extra day, since delaying my return for a day, so I have a Saturday there, reduces the cost of my flight by about $2500.

**** off with your business class bull**** you hoser.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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When are you going? The Boss and I may be going to LUX/BEL/FRA in October/November.

A couple of the plants around Europe, a tech conference, and a global summit for our chemical engineers. It’s apparently a big deal since they’re sending people from just about every continent.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

**** off with your business class bull**** you hoser.

Your work doesn’t pay for business class for long haul flights? Ouch.
Mine does when you hit a certain level

 

[bigblue_dl]

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**** off with your business class bull**** you hoser.

I won't get business class to London. Flight isn't long enough.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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My last minute flight to Germany last year was $2,600. How can your flight be reduced by that amount if it’s not upgraded..?

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Other than that you'd recommend it?

I feel bad about having said all of that, but it's true. Salt Lake could be nicer than Denver, however the long-time residents and their elected officials made a conscious decision to ruin it with unchecked development years ago (kind of like Denver now, TBH).

But hey - they have In-N-Out? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Even if you did ski, you wouldn't be missing much in Park City, Deutsche. When I ski in Utah, I go to Alta to ski better snow with older, less douch3y money.

Your work doesn’t pay for business class for long haul flights? Ouch.
Mine does when you hit a certain level

My company, you have to be a director or higher and the flight has to be longer than 5 hours, IIRC.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I feel bad about having said all of that, but it's true. Salt Lake could be nicer than Denver, however the long-time residents and their elected officials made a conscious decision to ruin it with unchecked development years ago (kind of like Denver now, TBH).

But hey - they have In-N-Out? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Even if you did ski, you wouldn't be missing much in Park City, Deutsche. When I ski in Utah, I go to Alta to ski better snow with older, less douch3y money.



My company, you have to be a director or higher and the flight has to be longer than 5 hours, IIRC.

We’re similar - director or higher and I think it’s 8 hours or more . I’ve only had one work flight that qualified

 

[Greyeagle]

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Not sure if anyone gets biz/first class where dx and I work unless they somehow get updgraded on their own. Several coworkers were going to Japan, Taiwan, HK, etc several years ago when they got forced to the back.
Though execs often do long hauls in G5s.

I coached the son of local CEO several years back. Let's say the only person around using his company's products on a regular basis is brent so they were struggling when he took over.
Anyway, we were chatting about travel one day and he mentioned that early in his CEO tenure he mandated all employees, regardless of level, they would no longer fly in the front part of the plane. Including himself. He was about 6'5". Regardless if you agree with the decision or not I had to admire that he made his bovinepoop good and sat in back. By the way, the company has focused more in biz forms in recent years and seems to be doing ok.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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My last minute flight to Germany last year was $2,600. How can your flight be reduced by that amount if it’s not upgraded..?

If I go Sunday-Friday, or Sunday- Saturday the economy ticket is $3500. If I go Sunday-Sunday, I can get the same itinerary $800. Not sure what is causing such a huge difference. The flight to London is the same non-stop Delta flight, regardless.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Let's say the only person around using his company's products on a regular basis is brent so they were struggling when he took over.

So....they make rotary phones, or checkbooks?

I get to book business for international flights where total time in air (all segments added up) is more than 10 hours. So, London dosen't cut it. I got business class to India though.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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If I go Sunday-Friday, or Sunday- Saturday the economy ticket is $3500. If I go Sunday-Sunday, I can get the same itinerary $800. Not sure what is causing such a huge difference. The flight to London is the same non-stop Delta flight, regardless.

Probably a fare rule for Saturday stays, or stays of at least 6 nights.