Been with my company since I graduated last Dec. So far traveled about 8 times. To and from Kuwait mostly, with a little bit of extra mixed in.
Love my job. 
Well, wait. I said once, because I really did only have to travel once for a job, back when I was a proper worker at a corporation. But since I decided to go into international development, my traveling has gone way up. I don’t know if it counts because I’m still a grad student and am not actually employed by anyone, but I still feel like it’s part of my “career”, so to speak. I lived in Bulgaria for a little over two years when I was in Peace Corps - and actually that required quite a bit of traveling to stupid training events that were pretty much a waste of time - and then I spent this last summer in India doing work for my degree. In March, I’m going to the Philippines for school.
I’ve had several jobs where I travelled most of the time. I worked in hotels for most of my life and I’ve always enjoyed it. Of course I’m not married or have kids. I imagine that would put a spanner in the works.
I never got to to to Lisle…they mostly just sent managers there for 1AESS and 5ESS training. I’m not sure where the actual facility was–it may have been the generic name that people used for training in that vicinity. I know that there was on-site lodging and dining facilities and they had after-class mixers for the students.
Probably right around 50 times. I don’t travel a lot, but pretty consistently two or three times a year for the 22 years of my career - some years four or five times, some years not at all.
That would make sense, because the experts were there. I don’t remember an education center there, but they may have set one up later. I worked right next to the Western Electric Corporate Education Center, which was set up just like you described. And better food than our cafeteria had - they eventually banned us from walking over there for lunch.
At one point, I was 100% travel. Out on Monday AM, back on Friday PM. Then other jobs had several-per-month, 2-3 day trips.
My current job has had me travel once. Lack of travel is one of the very few things I dislike about my current position.
Regular travel was great as a single guy. I got to basically live in DC for 9 months, and loved it. As a married man with a kid, my wanderlust still wants to rise up every once in a while…
I don’t travel as much now as I did in my last job, but I’m overnight somewhere almost every week. Often it is within driving distance, but I just checked and I’ve already done more than 30 roundtrips via air this year with several more booked before Christmas. Hilton and US Airways love me.
I’ve been in corporate marketing for 15 years. Between trade shows and industry associations I was on the road A LOT during the first 10 years. The company I’ve worked for the last 6 years doesn’t do as many shows and conferences; so I probably only travel five or so times per year.
My worst travel story was in 2000. I was on the road for three and half straight weeks at various different vertical market shows like construction and healthcare. One there was a particular restaurant I had looked up and wanted to try. I went to the doorman and asked directions to the restaurant. He’d never heard of it. I said it was supposed to be really close to the hotel. He said he knew every restaurant in walking distance and that he had no idea about that one. I said, “Really? It’s supposed to be one of the best restaurants in Chicago.”
He said, “Sir, you do know you’re in St. Louis, don’t you?”
Oops.
With the current job, I’ve had three overnight trips in a bit under two years (two for roundtables I organized, and one to our main office).
I spent far too many years as a road warrior. Conference here, trade show there, presentation at this other town. It wears on a man.
I worked for a little over two years as a host of continuing education courses for lawyers, and traveled a couple times a month, usually for 4-6 days at a time, around the US. It was an ideal set-up for that sort of thing, as my room was usually “comped” by the hotel (usually 1st class ones) as a courtesy to our organization for bringing in the attendees as guests, and I could generally extend my stay over the following weekend to do some actual sightseeing.
In my current job I’ve traveled perhaps 4-5 times in 16 years, and they’ve been hit-and-run trips where I might as well have been in my home town, but for the long plane ride.
I spent several years as an internal auditor. With one company, I was on the road 5 days a week most weeks, and mostly in a different city or town each day (within a region).
The next job, I was probably traveling one week a month or so.
Now, I travel 2-3 times a year, for conferences.
Over the years I have traveled many times for many different companies. I enjoy it. I now travel about 4 times a year.