The Conference Coach™

Carolyn Bradfield

I said I was going to curtail travel to avoid the H1N1 Swine Flu, but I need to visit our Denver office and have relented – I fly there Tuesday.   I watched the news tonight only to find that contentious passengers who have come down with the virus are having a very difficult time changing their tickets.  I guess the airlines would rather have someone sick on their airplanes than allow passengers to make a change.  I’m not liking my chances here.

Now to my second issue.  Denver, what’s up with no rental cars? This is the 3rd time this year that I have gone online in advance and not been able to get a rental car anywhere in your city.  Not at the airport, not downtown, not anywhere.  Does your convention and visitor’s bureau not work with the rental car companies like National and Hertz to let them know when to expect visitors?  Recognize that you aren’t one of those cities with a good mass transit system, so rental cars are kind of important.

Fortunately, I’ve been able to reduce my travel significantly.  Conferencing is helping me achieve that goal.  I’ve cut back my travel by 50% and the tough time I am having with virus laden planes and no rental cars reminds me one of the reasons Copper Conferencing is in business — to help people work where ever they are and when ever they need to using web and audio conferencing.