Business Trips
Never before in the history of the world have businessmen traveledas much as they do today. It is not surprising because we areliving in a world of growing international trade and expandingeconomic and technical cooperation. Though it is fascinating fortourist travelling, it has become the most tiring of alloccupations for many businessmen and experts. Therefore, choosing acomfortable hotel to stay at is a matter of bigimportance. There are plenty of good hotels, motels and guesthouses in the world, which are conviently located in major businesscenters.
Many developing countries, such as India, Egypt, Nigeria, Lybia, etc have excellent hotels. Their numerousfacilities include both large and small cocktail bars, barber’s shopsand conference halls equipped with simultaneous, multilingualtranslation systems. There are parking areas which can accomodatea lot of cars. It might be useful for travelling businessmen andtourists to know that tailor shops, shoe repair shops, laundry
Most airlines have at least 2 classes oftravel: first class and economy class which is cheaper. Eachpassenger of more than 2 years of age has a free luggageallowance. Generally this limit is 20kg for economic classpassenger and 30kg for first class passenger. Excess luggage mustbe paid for except for some articles that can be carried free ofcharge. Each passenger is given a boarding card to show atgeparture gate and again to the stewardess when boarding theplane. Watch the electric sign flashes when you are on board, when the «Fasten Seat Belts» sign goes on do it promptly and alsoobey the «No Smoking» signal. Do not forget your personal effectswhen leaving the plane.