Hey all - I have to head to a Smartsheet conference in September in Seattle at the convention centre. I’m planning to explore a few days before (Thursday to Sunday), before it starts Monday. Where do people suggest a good bang for the buck hotel to explore and meet people and is easily accessible? I’ll likely shift hotels when the conference starts.
Toronto dude here so recommendations are appreciated!

How much did you all pay for the 20 week ultrasound out of pocket? My 12 week ultrasound cost me $600 so I am guessing the 20 week one would be even more expensive. I have the high deductible plan from United healthcare.

I have an 8 hour layover in Madrid. Never been there before. Is it worth leaving the airport and doing something in the city? Any tips on what to see in a few hours?

Planning my honeymoon and we would like to spend 3-4 days in the Middle East as we go from SE Asia to Europe. Any tips as to where we should go? Dubai v. Oman (Muscat) specifically.

My partner is in sales in the travel industry and has been looking to pivot into media sales with a small publication. Any insight into comp structures for someone with 5-7 years sales experience with about a year in media sales?

Tips on most effective ways to complain to airlines? Wrote them an email regarding 6hr delay due to aircraft maintenance. No compensation. Do I call or send another email?

When traveling for a conference or networking (not actual client work), what is the travel protocol? Business class? First class?

If anyone’s traveling to Budapest, highly recommend a wine tour in Etyek. Their wine is incredible, operate on family-owned vineyards, and rarely sell outside of that region/Budapest. I did my tour with City and Wine, which included cheese, lunch, and obviously, wine!!

When you put on your gym clothes to go get the ice cream you ordered delivered to your hotel #FTW

Anyone else stuck in Terminal C Newark?

I join tcs by changing my profile and my previous exp was in 5 yr pre-sales.
I am giving my best in work but still escalations are raised against me by client.
My husband is also in tcs he is moving to onsite in Jan and my travel is also planned mid next year.
I am giving 12hour daily in my job to adjust in new profile. And affecting my health now.
Shall I quit the job and move with my husband with on dependant visa? Or i shall continue to get pressurized and wait for my onsite?
Plz suggest.

Have y’all ever switched to a later flight for travel vouchers? If so what’s your cutoff $ amount?

Any suggestions for being in downtown Seattle for the night? Never been here before!

Hi, I'm going on a family vacation to Dominican Republic in January. Looking for some suggestions on best things to do, see and experience.

Hey! Considering negotiating my pay after 1 year of CT experience. In Florida my base is $29/hr. How much of a raise should I ask for (if they don’t automatically give one)? And should I wait to be a travel tech with another year of experience?

Deepest you’ve been on air?

Is there a quick way to earn status on delta?

Looking for advice on business trips. My boss kindly asked me if I want to go meet a client out of state along with business folks. It will be my first visit to a client. What do you think are the benefits of these trips? I’m fairly new in my career and in-house so would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks!

Hi. So I'm about to begin employment with United HealthGroup. It will be for Medicare recipients. I have some years experience with Medicaid. Any advice? I know, at first, it'll be working on the phones. Any thoughts also on how to get off the phones or how to move into other positions? Thank you.

RE Attorneys: When sending title objection letters, how do simplify them for parties on the other side who “just don’t get it”? I try my hardest to explain the purpose of the TOL and that most of the objections will be handled by the title company, but most sellers don’t understand, ignore the TOL, and blow the seller response deadline. Most of the time the only response that is needed is “Yes, Seller agrees to satisfy all B-I requirements and to execute an owners affidavit at closing...”

I recently had a specialist partner send me a fairly nasty email after I (a transactional first year) was told to ask them to review something ASAP that had clearly been on my partner’s radar for over a week. Why am I taking the (honestly justified) blame for this? Surely it should be obvious that I’m just the messenger here.

Anyone feel they’re slow?

What is the max CTC offered to a person with 5.5 YOE having a package of 20LPA
Skills: Azure DevOps, Azure Infra Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform and other DevOps Tools.

Do partners know each other’s compensation? I see partners selling engagements for vastly different numbers b/w shorter ‘interesting’ strategy work and longer ‘boring’ transformations. Thoughts?

Hi friends,
I have 2 yoe in sap sd and I'm a certified consultant.
I am looking to switch over , How much salary i can negotiate.
Current CTC - 5.25 lpa
Total yoe - 2 years
Notice - 90 days

I have already completed my LWD on friday and mh joining date is on 8th June. gave my PDM in IBM on Thursday. Aa i am an immediate joiner, will IBM send my letter with in 1 week?

What’s the company that pays the most to UX Designers?

Anyone in the New York area going to the Seiko 5 Sports x Worn & Wound 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Launch Party??

Hi sharks,

I have done masters in commerce and i have experience of 3.5 yrs working on support project related to Bloomberg fundamentals consultation with bare minimum package of 2.6 lpa as a ctc. Is doing some courses from after market such as power bi ,sql etc will help me to raise my package or should i switch by upscaling my skill or without it as environment is toxic and they will not let me grow.kindly share your insight to help me choose better career path.

Thanks.

I have cleared CTS interview and have asked for 21lpa with 6 yoe in automation testing. Do they give that much with the yoe I have ?

Recommender asked me if I wanted to write my LOR and have them sign off. I don’t think it’s a matter of laziness but they wanted to be sure they accurately captured what they needed to. Would you just ask her to run a first pass and offer to review after?

Anyone have updates on the HBS R2 process? Other schools have released dates for interview invites; haven’t seen anything come across for HBS beyond the “early Feb” mention a few weeks ago.

Full time T25 (full scholarship) vs. Part time M7 (employer sponsored)?

Currently in Accounting/Finance and probably plan to eventually move closer to Strategy/Corporate Finance Strategy.

What’s one thing you’d like to see improve in your current career?

Sheraton Saigon vs Le Meridien Saigon? Traveling to Ho Chi Minh city with my buddies in two days. Thank you!

Any suggestions for a 2 day trip to Savannah, Georgia?

Going to Paris with a few girl friends in Oct. I have been there before several years ago, can’t think of any memorable restaurants. Any recommendations of places that may need reservations? Thanks

Question on UK visa-
My partner will be traveling often to London, once a month for an year starting September. He is getting his visa through work (10 years, multiple entry, 6 months max stay, cost some $1000).

I have applied for standard tourist visa in the past and they are usually short term. It could be max 6 months, but they see your itinerary and allocate you few months around the itinerary

Is there a way to get 6 months multiple entry visa, if I were to join him once in a while.

For 6 day vacation in May, what would you recommend from the 4 options: Zion, Bryce, Antelope, Grand Canyon?
I’m would want to go to at-least two of these. Is it feasible?

Does anyone have any tips for Napa Valley? 🍷🍽🥗

What are the best wineries/other activities in Temecula (for two people)? We’re going for a couple days. We already booked a hot air balloon ride!

Looking to fully refresh my ski equipment (skis/bindings, boots, etc). Midwest places are starting to close up (wtf I know!). Anyone have recommendations on solid ski shops? Prefer Denver/Colorado Springs Metros but open to all.

Iceland recommendations this time of the year? Trying to avoid touristy areas.

Does anyone have tips or recommendations for a trip to Iguazu Falls? Wondering when is the best time of year to visit and what’s the simplest way to get there.

Recos for a vacation with my SO in mid-novemember. Thinking of hikes or any other outdoor activities (minus skiing). Can take a flight fwiw. Thank you

Would you recommend downtown Dubai (marina) or Al Maha desert resort for a couple of days after the Maldives

Suggestions on a beach location for a last minute MDW weekend trip? Based in NYC. Single woman traveling solo, open to both active and relaxing suggestions.

Planning a trip to Rome and Naples with day trips to Tivoli and Pompeii. Is 1 week enough? I feel like reading through 3/4 day Rome and 2 day Naples itineraries, the trip seems rushed. I have unlimited PTO but my SO is limited in time (but luckily he can work extra hrs and then use less PTO). I would say max we could do is 1.5 weeks but adding on 3-5 more days seems almost too much? Thoughts? For reference, I did Venice-Florence-Rome in a week and it seemed okay but it also wasn’t as planned out

Traveling to Rome and London with the fam (kids - 8 and 10). Any tips and recommendations as to things to see and/or how to prepare?

Has anyone flown with SAS airlines? They have some cheap flights to Italy from Newark/NY. Thoughts?

Mauritius or Cook Islands for a 2 week honeymoon??

Best NorCal getaway ideas and activities for September? For a local and a serial visitor.

Good places to go in December? I was thinking Portugal - but heard it gets cold cold. Any other recommendations?

Recommendations for non-consulting roles that involve international travel?