I used to like going abroad, when i was a tech installing 'large' computers/fixing them...
Business class on flights.....top class hotels (to ensure the receptionists could speak english)
Better on installs, because they would send two of us (hardware tech and software tech).....so at least you had someone to chat to in the evenings....
Not so good on repairs....then they would only send one tech....
Company Amex card that was never questioned (unless you charged £100 bottles of champers to it!)
Shame they went bust......i dunno why 
Be nice if IT was still like that - a blank cheque!
I spent last week in Tel Aviv in a shoddy hotel (I've seen cleaner Travelodges) on an industrial estate a half hour walk from the office (Taxi not reclaimable) with a choice of two nearby restaurants or room service (which only served sandwiches), and given the per diem rate we get I'll no doubt be out of pocket by the time all is said and done..
Although not as out of pocket as our annual conference in Seattle, which costs me about £500 to go to - unless, of course, I wanted to share a room with a colleague..
Feel for me.
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