Holidays Away From Home or Office Made Easier
The traditions of the holidays are many. There's the magic of opening gifts on Christmas morning, the lighting of the Chanukah menorah, and the wishing that you had worn elastic-waisted pants to Thanksgiving because you're overstuffed with turkey. And because travel is so intimately woven with the holidays, another tradition is spending hours on the highway inching along in miles of traffic or fidgeting on long lines at the airport.
Holiday travel can quickly turn a holiday filled with "ho-ho-hos" into one where you're muttering some decidedly un-merry words. However, there are ways to make holiday travel a little more stress-free, particularly if you have to catch up on work along the way.
* Pack light: There's no point stuffing the car to the gills with luggage of all shapes and sizes. You're likely to have more packages on the return trip as you amass gifts from relatives and friends. Bring only the necessities so you're not fighting with the trunk lid or the door to the plane's overhead compartment.
* Stay connected to work: Many people take vacations or extended leave from work during the holiday season. Others use this time to catch up on projects, or simply want to stay in the loop while they're away from the office. Instead of stressing out about deadlines or getting behind on e-mail, there's an easy way to check up on work responsibilities whether you're at home sipping eggnog or enjoying some sand and surf on a holiday trip. GoToMyPC® gives you compete and secure access to everything on your office PC. Why hassle with copying work files to a CD or sync-ing up your laptop? From any Internet connected computer anywhere in the world, you'll have full access to all of your own files, programs, network resources and e-mail in a matter of seconds. You can even drag and drop files between your remote location and your office or home PC, print documents directly to the printer where you're working and hear audio files -- including e-mail alerts. Work when and where you want during the holidays with unlimited free use of GoToMyPC for 60 days. Visit www.gotomypc.com/free, and enjoy holiday peace of mind.
* Avoid peak travel days: While air and roadway traffic are elevated during holiday months, travel congestion is particularly hair-raising on the day before and the day after the actual holiday. Travel agents, newscasters and others remind us of this fact each year. So plan accordingly to choose non-peak days and times to do the bulk of your travel. This could mean leaving on a weekday or driving in the evening hours or early morning. Try to book flights two or three days before the holiday and at least two days after for your return trip home. If you think a commute to your office will be stressful around the holidays, consider working comfortably from home by connecting to your work computer with GoToMyPC.
While you can't avoid all of the snags involved with unpredictable holiday travel, you can feel in control with the knowledge that you can access important documents on your computer any time, anywhere.
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