Packing for Every Situation with an Eye on Etiquette – adapted from an article by Marybeth Bond

No matter how well traveled you are, it’s always a challenge to figure out how to dress in different situations.  Clothing that is considered normal at home may be inappropriate elsewhere.  For example, baseball caps, sweatshirts and sweatpants can identify you, in some countries, as an unsophisticated foreigner who has no sense of the local culture.

What you pack depends on where you’re traveling.  For instance, many churches in Europe and South America frown upon visitors wearing shorts and/or low-cut, halter-neck ..read more

English Equivalents?

These words do not have direct equivalents in English. Some of them would definitely be useful for English-speakers, what do you think? 1. Waldeinsamkeit (German): the feeling of being alone in the woods 2. Ilunga (Tshiluba, Congo): a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time 3. Taarradhin (Arabic): a way of resolving a problem without anyone losing face (not the same as our concept of a compromise ..read more

International Travel

How hard is it to maintain relationships with international clients when most companies are cutting their travel budget?  The global economic downturn has affected all companies and travel expense happens to be the first on the list to be curtailed.  Companies see business travel as an easy area to cut related expenses and bring the budget under control but is this hurting their global business?

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