Traveling Tips for Business Executives:
- Ensure that you have an email account with one of the popular web-based email services like Yahoo! or Hotmail. This will give you the flexibility to check your emails from any computer, eliminating the need to carry your own laptop.
- If you are carrying your laptop, you can enjoy the comfort of checking your emails in your hotel room if the hotel offers Internet connectivity. Besides your laptop, your mobile phone also gives you a medium to check your emails.
- Gather information on the locations of Internet cafes or other places where you can rent a computer during your stay.
- If you are not able to find an Internet connection near where you’re staying, you can read messages and compose your replies offline. Then, when you do get a chance to connect to the Internet later, you can send any messages you’ve already composed.
- There are many hotspots like airports, coffee houses, and cafes which often have wireless networks for their guests. You can get access to the Internet free of charge at these places.
- Before you leave on your trip, email important documents and messages to yourself or put them on a web-based storage space, especially if you are not going to be carrying a laptop with you.
- Put important files and information on a CD or flash drive before leaving, in order to back up your important data.
- If you are using an Internet cafe for communicating, you may want to use a privacy screen filter that makes it impossible for your neighbor in the cafe to peek at your screen.
- If you are using a computer belonging to the Internet cafe, ensure that you remove all your documents from the desktop, recycle bin, or any other folder where you may have saved it. Also empty the web browser cache before leaving the system.
- If you are sitting in a public Wi-Fi zone, there is a high risk of password and data theft by hackers. Avoid entering financial information in such places or use VPN connectivity to get into a more secure mode.
