Favourite Business Travel Pastimes
By: SEGUN OSU

What do Harry Potter, low roaming charges, and Red Lounge online Roulette have in common?

Mr. A gets up at 5 to catch the first flight from London to Madrid, spends two hours on it revising his presentation, gets off the plane bleary-eyed to join early-morning Madrid traffic, and spends the day in negotiations, presentations, and a bad business lunch. When he gets to his hotel room at 8 o’clock at night, he is confronted with the far from tempting perspective of watching Spanish TV or gathering his last energy to try to enjoy Madrid’s nightlife.

Mr. A is not a real-life person, but he might as well have been – trips like his are made every day, and are definitely not interesting any more. What is interesting is what Mr. A can do to entertain himself at night, besides venturing from his room into an unknown city or take a shower and go straight to bed.

Modern business travelers are seeking new pastimes, and are happy to find a wide variety of them – some quite conventional, others not so. Some of the most popular of these are reading, making phone calls, and playing online Roulette.

The most traditional evening hobby is, of course, reading. A recent survey shows that the book business travelers most frequently read is Harry Potter. Far from being just a series of stories for children, the Harry Potter books have much to offer the business traveler. There are several volumes in the series, and new books are widely available, so the widely-traveled Mr. A will never run out of something to read. Besides, the world of magic and adventure is so engrossing and different from business trips that thousands find these books a welcome diversion.

Another favorite pastime is phone calls. Indeed, mobile phones are a necessity for those who need to be away from home for a long time, but competition, new EU regulations, and job perks have resulted in very low call charges. As a result, an increasing number of traveling business people spend the night catching up with the latest gossip from family and friends.

The newest and most rapidly developing pastime among business travelers is online Roulette. Red Lounge Casino (redloungecasino.com), which is one of the most popular online casinos in the UK as well as throughout Europe, offers online Roulette games which have gained widespread popularity among business people. There are several reasons for the popularity of online Roulette. First, it offers game excitement and fun conveniently available from the comfort of hotel rooms. Second, online Roulette games feature many attractive bonuses, promotions, and special features which are hard to resist and keep interest and excitement alive even in the most bored business traveler. Finally, online Roulette players can easily access customer service teams for queries and assistance at any time of day, anywhere in the world.

At 10.30, Mr. A goes to bed, relaxed and content after playing online Roulette. Fortune smiled on him tonight: he won a sum large enough to buy his wife the necklace she loved the last time they were in Spain together.

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