Does your job require international travel?

[EconDiva]

If so, how often do you travel on average?

What do you do?

Do you enjoy it?

Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?

[patrickza]

If so, how often do you travel on average?
Yes, this year about every other month, last year was monthly. (new boss)

What do you do?
Work for an aid agency, so I only go to dodgy places.

Do you enjoy it?
Love the traveling. If I had my way I'd do it far more often.

Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?
Sadly not, but that is a dream of mine!

[EconDiva]

If so, how often do you travel on average?
Yes, this year about every other month, last year was monthly. (new boss)

What do you do?
Work for an aid agency, so I only go to dodgy places.

Do you enjoy it?
Love the traveling. If I had my way I'd do it far more often.

Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?
Sadly not, but that is a dream of mine!

Nice...I'm assuming by aid that you are providing health care services?

In regards to the last comment, that is a dream of mine too...I think I would love to have a 'virtual' position so that I could live wherever I want in country (and perhaps world).  Haven't figured out what type of position that could be yet though....

[ShoulderThingThatGoesUp]

If so, how often do you travel on average?
It doesn't involve international travel. Thank goodness. I have to travel somewhere less than once a year on average.
What do you do?
I'm an environmental consultant.
Do you enjoy it?
Yes.
Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?
Yes.

[EconDiva]

If so, how often do you travel on average?
It doesn't involve international travel. Thank goodness. I have to travel somewhere less than once a year on average.
What do you do?
I'm an environmental consultant.
Do you enjoy it?
Yes.
Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?
Yes.

Since your job is a remote position, do you ever choose to live in different cities since you have the option of living wherever you want?

[ShoulderThingThatGoesUp]

If so, how often do you travel on average?
It doesn't involve international travel. Thank goodness. I have to travel somewhere less than once a year on average.
What do you do?
I'm an environmental consultant.
Do you enjoy it?
Yes.
Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?
Yes.

Since your job is a remote position, do you ever choose to live in different cities since you have the option of living wherever you want?

Different from where I started? Yes. We live in a fairly low-cost-of-living area near my wife's family, who are incredibly helpful with our daughter. My job is technically based in Philadelphia, so I can get there in an hour and a half, but if something made it so I wanted to move to Montana they would just change my office code. It's awesome.

[mrsggrowsveg]

My job does not travel, but my husband's does.  I am the left behind spouse.

If so, how often do you travel on average?
He travels 4-5 days a week.  This is mostly domestic, but longer international trips pop up.
What do you do?
Field Service Engineer
Do you enjoy it?
My husband really loves his job.  The travel does get old, but it beats a boring desk job any day.  He sets his own hours and works at his own pace.
Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?
He technically works from home, but usually is working on the road.

[gecko10x]

Is there something you are attempting to glean from this? Or are you just curious?

If so, how often do you travel on average?

In theory it could, though I've yet to be out of the country; travel is project-based, so location is dependent on the site.
It goes in spurts usually. 6+ months without any travel, then could be 2-4 trips in 2 months.
 

What do you do?

Build/configure/deploy laboratory software

Do you enjoy it?

For the most part, yes. It requires a good deal of thinking and my day-to-day tasks are quite varied. Red-tape sucks though.

Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?

Office.

[forummm]

I don't have to travel. And I would generally not take a job that required me to travel. It's just not worth it to me. Too much hassle. I like stability and being home.

For an adventure, I might take a job that located me in a foreign country for a couple years. But just staying there. Not going back and forth.

[EconDiva]

Is there something you are attempting to glean from this? Or are you just curious?

If so, how often do you travel on average?

In theory it could, though I've yet to be out of the country; travel is project-based, so location is dependent on the site.
It goes in spurts usually. 6+ months without any travel, then could be 2-4 trips in 2 months.
 

What do you do?

Build/configure/deploy laboratory software

Do you enjoy it?

For the most part, yes. It requires a good deal of thinking and my day-to-day tasks are quite varied. Red-tape sucks though.

Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?

Office.

Half of it is curiosity, half of it is wondering if there are others in my field at all that are traveling often.

I think my idea/dream right now (as mentioned a little bit earlier on) would be to have a position that is remotely based, so I could live wherever I want to. 

I honestly think if given that opportunity right now I would either (a) buy a home somewhere and do home exchanges every 6-12 months in different cities, or just (b) live in different cities every 6-12 months.  I'm tired of having this 'itch' to move all the time and not being able to do anything about it.  I think it's just part of my DNA. 

Because technology is constantly evolving I don't think doing a or b would be extremely difficult in this day and age; I'm just not sure what type of position I could do.  I currently work in pharma research and have noticed some (very very few) remote positions in certain departments...they have really caught my eye lately but I have not seriously considered any of them.  I just keep an open mind for now and am researching...what...if anything could I do to still keep around my current salary and transition into a remote position that also involves some travel?  I never had to do international travel until my current job.  It really opened my eyes to a lot and I'd like to do more of it.  Unfortunately we are pretty much done for the year and the prospect of further international travel in my current position is slim. 

Thank you for sharing your info.

[StockBeard]

If so, how often do you travel on average?
About once or twice a year

What do you do?
I'm a product Manager for software developed by a multinational company

Do you enjoy it?
The travel? It's a mixed bag. When I'm abroad I miss my family and friends, I hate to be out of my comfort zone. but I get to see new things

Is your job a 'remote' position (can work from home in any location when you're not traveling for work) or do you work in an actual office?
I work in an actual office

[ShoulderThingThatGoesUp]

I got my position turned into remote because my company was looking to reduce its GHG footprint and one way of doing that is to cut down on employee commuting. There might be a path like that.

[desk_jockey]

Half of it is curiosity, half of it is wondering if there are others in my field at all that are traveling often.

I'm not in your field, but do travel internationally.   

I take about 15 international trips / year.   Haven't take a domestic trip for work in over 5 years.

I do sales support for specialized IT systems.

I generally enjoy the international travel.   Most travel is +3 to -2 time zones from where I live, so I rarely have problems with time adjustment.    The 5th trip to the same city within 18 months can get a little routine, but with a new city I try to find time to get out and see something.   

There are a lot of resources out there for "Digital Nomads", which sounds closer to the type of 6-months per city travel that interests you.  Visit that subreddit as a place to start.

[TheDude]

Im reading this in Thailand. In the last few weeks I have been to China Singapore and Thailand. Its been a lot of fun but I miss my family. I think the next time I travel I am going to limit it to two or three weeks. 5 is too many. Although I don't think I will travel internationally for work again these trips are more like once every five years or so.

[patrickza]

Nice...I'm assuming by aid that you are providing health care services?

By aid I was referring to the NGO world.

[cbr shadow]

I'm not required to travel for work, and never thought my company or boss would be up for me working remotely.  I guess I had just never asked!  Last October my wife was offered a position in Australia so we packed our things and moved from Chicago to Melbourne.  I now work remotely from my house.

I always wanted to work from home and really thought I'd absolutely love it.. but TBH it's not all that I built it up to be.  I miss a lot of social interaction that I'd get from the office.  I don't even especially like my coworkers, but still miss that interaction in person.

Also I pictured laying on a beach somewhere working, but I'm expected to get the same amount of work done now as I did in the office so I'm still quite busy.
It is really nice not having a commute anymore and working while sitting in my underwear haha

[mm1970]

Not yet, but probably will within the year.
Unsure of how often.
I've gotten out of it so far due to plenty of director level people going.
I'm guessing 1-2x a year going forward, to Japan, for a week at a time.

Would really be hard for me to do more than that with the kids.  (I got out of traveling because I have a 2 year old.)
I've never had to travel internationally for work before.

[Shamantha]

Travel within Europe on a weekly basis, two to three days a week. Trips to Asia or America a couple of times a year. I enjoy it but the travel part of it gets boring really quick, especially if you have a mustachian mindset that extends to your travel budget and you fly economy on long haul flights.