Business travel is fun. Except when it's not. Here's what made a crazy travel schedule more tolerable for me during the winter and spring of 2011.

1. A Survival Guidefor Too Much Business Travel

2. Traveling rocks!

3. Except when it doesn’t.

4. Things that help make it tolerable….

5. Hanging with friends.

6. Seeing virtual colleagues.

7. Puerto Rican rum. (Thanks, Raul!)

8. Finding creative places to tuck the mic.

9. Checking luggage.**(What’s the big deal?)

10. Taking an iPhone photo as solution to: ‘I think I’m on the 5th floor…. Wait. Maybe not.’

11. Showing up when no one thinks you will.

12. An occasional Coke (and a smile).

13. Not taking things quite so seriously.

14. Finding the humor in the everyday…

15. …And being wowed by the ‘Wow’ moments.

16. Being thrilled by the unexpected.

18. Seizing respite when you chance upon it.

19. Charging when you get a chance.

20. Having someone else do the driving.**(And not just anyone, either. Someone you like a lot helps.)

21. Surrounding yourself with people who matter.

22. Finding art.

23. Never passing up an opportunity to do something you might never have a chance to do again.

24. Having a few laughs.

25. Ice cream.

26. Remembering that sometimes, it’s worth waiting for someone to get back from break.

27. Resting when you can.

28. Sampling the local cuisine (and hardware services.)

29. Connecting with old friends.

30. Getting chauffeured from the airport.

31. Making new friends.

32. The quirky charm of South Dakota.

33. Food that smokes.

34. Drinks at one of the oldest pubs in the US. (In Philly. I think.)

35. Finding the best crepes in the world at an unexpected place.

36. Looking up.

37. Chicago pizza.(When the pizza came, I was too busy eating to take a photo. Here’s the graffiti wall instead.)

38. Philly cheese steaks.

39. Bar games with colleagues.

40. Almost anything about London.

41. Forcing your kids to smile for photos when you ARE home.

42. And coming home again.

43. Ann Handley Author, Content Rules Contentrulesbook.com Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs.com Twitter: @marketingprofs