Many of those who work in the franchise industry are well aware of the often-extensive travel, which can be challenging physically and mentally. Franchise Times reached out to Raja Joshi, director of international franchise support for Golden Chick, on how he made the most of his constant business travel.

Here are Joshi’s top 8 tips:

  1. Keep a solar-powered dual charger for your phone, computer and other devices. “When you travel to someplace where the electricity is spotty, take it out in the sun,” Joshi said.
  2. Sleep three to four hours once you arrive to your destination and check in to your hotel.
  3. Avoid alcohol consumption at least three hours before your deplane, which can may you groggy.
  4. Always be nice to the flight attendants.
  5. Joshi advises travelers to focus on the business at hand and steer of political and regional conversations.
  6. Joshi says that it’s easy to get clothes laundered, so to pack light and plan on one shirt for every two days.
  7. Plan ahead. Joshi likes to begin travel preparation five days beforehand to make sure he has everything he will need.
  8. “Working on flights creates stress,” says Joshi, who thinks that flights are your best opportunity for rest. “Enjoy food, movies, rest.”

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Nick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.