Really nervous about going abroad for a work trip

MyRealNameToo

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Nice idea but it comes down to your contract, assuming you arent close to national minimum wage. Certainly some companies will think the free food etc is enough to make up for it… depending on their policies it may not be so bad.

Cant help getting over the fear/emotion, I dont travel much these days, its somewhat gone out of fashion but a decade ago I'd be going overseas most weeks, sometimes more than once.

I'd certainly say you need to make sure you understand the company travel policy and what you can and cant do. A former employer had a £12.50 limit on breakfast but I hadnt read that if you were staying at a hotel on the PSL then you could have breakfast in the hotel even if went over the £12.50 limit - the hotel that they had put me in was circa £20 at the time so I'd been faffing looking for cheap breakfast elsewhere.

Similarly, be clear on what you are having to pay and recover or if things are being charged directly to the employer. Personally preferred the former, could collect my rewards/cashback and employers were generally quick at repaying. Have know people turn up and then be given the hotel bill at the end of the stay and them not have the funds to pay for it as they thought their employer had paid up front.

One night is ok, its longer trips that can be more uncomfortable, especially if they span weekends. For a day or a couple of days normally something is arranged/offered by the people you are visiting in the evenings but if you are there two weeks folkes arent going to be going out with you every night for that long.

Bigphil1474

How did it go? The problem with severe anxiety is that unless you have experienced it it's very difficult to understand. I represented a colleague at work whose anxiety (post covid) was so bad they only leave the house if it's an absolute essential like visiting their doctor. Being honest, I just didn't get it , but that doesn't mean we can't empathise.