Pros/cons of flying out Sunday afternoon vs Monday morning?

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Depends on what you care about more: Your Sunday or your client

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Full night sleep, and able to be at the client first thing

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Sunday - better chance at free upgrade, Sunday night hotel stays which include some sort of promotion incentive, no need to wake up at 3am and deal with airport craziness. Monday - you get your entire weekend.

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Terrible. Give up half your weekend that way. I'd rather just give up Sunday night by going to bed early than missing half a day.

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Pros: Get settled in, no rush, explore a city that isn't home if you want. Cons: lose half a day of weekend at home, lose time with friends/SO which is likely already limited

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Flying out right now. Prefer Sunday nights to early Mondays..

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Sunday. Extra per diem + I HATE waking up early. I also don't function well after a flight.

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I have been taking the train on Sundays for the last 8 months because I am not a morning person and I don't want to feel like a zombie on Mondays. But my client just asked me recently to take the train on Monday's not on Sunday's! FML 😳

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Never have even considered Sunday. Never will.

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Depends if you are married or single. You might get lucky on Sunday night staying home.

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Restful sleep and no 3am wake up. You can still head to the client at 9 and feel good about it.

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Guys remember Sunday traveling is subject to client approval. So you have to factor in while deciding which day you should consider

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More hotel points with the extra night. Time to sightsee/see friends. Or go eat sushi on the client buyer's yacht, like I am in Florida in a few hours and maybe sell a few million more in work.

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Sunday night = extra days dinner expense = extra days worth of meal averaging

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Extra hotel points!

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There was a time I used to do monthly stay (basically never check out of the hotel) and travel on any day of the weekend I liked. But my client has been acting really stingy of late

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It makes for a less hectic time flying out

EY2 what sorcery is that?

EY4 extra reasons for client to get pissed off :/

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