For those of you who work at or worked at travel firms--what countries/cities did you end up traveling to most often? Just curious honestly, I'm at a no travel firm but I'd love to hear where you all find yourselves when you are traveling.

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Concentration of pharmas and biotechs is focused in Boston, NJ / NY, SF, LA, and SD - that’s where I’ve traveled most! Not a ton of travel outside those hubs, but have done some for manufacturing hubs

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My favorite client was in Santa Monica - great food, great weather, super chill client. Only downside was the traffic to the airport on Thursdays, but the upsides were awesome

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Similar to MK1, but I focus on the east, so just Boston, NJ, NY, and a tiny bit of Philly for me

In the past when I worked in manufacturing (from the global side), it was all over - NJ, MA, CA, NE, TX, PR, Singapore, Germany, UK, etc.

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