So if you work 50 weeks a year and have to take 5 business trips a year each of which lasts 1 week (say, visiting a client as part of a project), that would be 10%.
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That 20% is an average, and what it represents can vary dramatically by career, so make sure you ask your hiring manager to tell you exactly what the travel percentage means for the position you're applying for.
30% would be 3 days out of every 2 weeks. You might fly out to visit a client on Sunday, work there Monday through Wednesday, fly home Wednesday night, then work locally the rest of that week and the following week. That would be 30% travel, even though you spent time Sunday and Wednesday evening traveling.
The way I always calculate travel is doing x% of 260 work days (without holidays or PTO), so 10% would be 26 days. It could be one day every two weeks or two days every four weeks, it could be one entire month of year.
Generally, $20,000 is the baseline cost for a trip around the world for one person for one year. This estimation falls in line with popular recommendations that budget travelers can spend an average of $50 a day on the road, and allows additional budget for flights and vaccines.
All it takes is a just little more effort and planning for any 30+ year old to fit traveling in their lives. And when they do, they'll find that it's a way better experience than traveling in their 20s. Because traveling in your 30s is amazing. It's also much more meaningful, at least for me.
The joy of travelling at an older age is that you can indulge your passions with a focus that your younger self – constrained by children or the youthful need for giddy excitement – could never manage.
The U.S. Department of Labor states that any hours worked for non-exempt employees must be paid by the employer at the employee's agreed wage. Any time spent traveling as part of regular employment or during regular business hours must be compensated.