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Archive for the 'Outrageous Weekends' Category



Balls-to-the-wall Travel, Vol. 1

Published on April 25, 2006

Travel is nothing new for the TD consultant. First-class upgrades, cross-continental day-trips and last-minute full-fare flights; it’s all in a day’s work. But there are some TD travel stories that are so incredible that they simply need to be told. Hence, we give you the first in what we hope will be [...]


Working Weekends

Published on April 2, 2006

A consultant’s worst nightmare - canceling their first class ticket to some exotic babe-filled tropical location to drudge away the weekend getting that unmistakable CRT-screen tan. Luckily, your friends at GDiFC have come up with a plan to make the most of your unexpected weekend away from home:

Train your mind and your company’s corporate [...]


I Probably Don’t Like You Either

Published on March 14, 2006

I had the great pleasure of being staffed in a warm locale and enjoyed spending many a weekend alternative traveling to virtual paradises. On occasion, fellow colleagues and I would spend our weekends jaunting to places I had never been. On one such weekend, we flew to an island utopia, two of us regulars - [...]


Two days in London

Published on March 3, 2006

Few trips are as audacious as international alternative travel, or “alternational travel”. Witness, two days in London, part one.
It all starts with good timing: spotting the sale fare and padding the weekend with one vacation day. Pack light; nothing screams importance like minimal luggage. Find the empty row on your red-eye and [...]