| In 2003, I took my business on the road
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| | two. 3. Plastic. During our 2003 trip,
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| for three months while traveling by car
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| | we had to keep hitting up ATMs for cash,
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| around much of North America. In 2007, I
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| | because quite a few places where we had
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| took almost as long for a road trip from
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| | to pay for things did not accept credit
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| Massachusetts to Alaska and back. In
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| | cards. In 2007, the only places where we
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| those four years, several things changed
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| | really had to have cash were a few tolls
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| that significantly affected some
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| | and a few tourist attractions. We had
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| practicalities of taking care of business
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| | one Canadian ten-dollar bill with us left
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| when away from the office and one's home
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| | over from the previous trip, and apart
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| base for that long a time. If you're
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| | from that we were able to charge nearly
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| planning extensive business travel and
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| | everything. When a panhandler tried to
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| haven't been on the road in a couple of
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| | hit us up for cash, we were able to say
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| years, some of these changes might come
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| | truthfully that we had none. We were
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| as a surprise to you, too. 1. Internet
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| | putting everything on plastic, sorry! 4.
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| access. In 2003, high-speed Internet was
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| | Cell phone coverage. Our surprise here
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| a specialty item in the hospitality
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| | was that there wasn't as much improvement
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| industry, restricted to a few name-brand
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| | in cellular service for the more remote
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| hotel and coffee-shop chains. Before I
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| | sections of the U.S. as we expected.
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| left on my 2007 trip, several people told
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| | Along interstate highways, you can pretty
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| me blithely, "Wi-fi is everywhere now."
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| | much expect to get a signal. But
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| I'm glad I looked skeptically at that
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| | otherwise, where population density is
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| assessment. During ten weeks of travel
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| | low or nonexistent, cell phone coverage
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| in Canada and the U.S., only one-third of
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| | is usually likewise absent. A big
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| the time did wi-fi work conveniently and
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| | exception was national parks. I had a
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| right away in the room where we were
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| | long conversation with a friend back home
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| staying. Another third of the time we
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| | from Denali National Park in Alaska,
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| were able to use wi-fi after quite a bit
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| | where the whole county has only 1800 or
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| of technical fiddling or by going to the
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| | so full-time residents. 5. Mail
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| motel office or restaurant. And the
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| | forwarding. This change isn't the
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| other third of the time, we would have
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| | progress toward efficiency that you might
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| been without Internet access had wi-fi
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| | expect. It took longer in 2007 than in
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| been our only option. I had three backup
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| | 2003 to get postal mail forwarding going
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| options for this contingency: going
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| | and longer to stop the forwarding. My
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| online on dialup with the modem in my
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| | postmaster explained that forwarding was
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| laptop; using my handheld phone/computer
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| | now centralized and computerized.
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| (an AT&T 8525) to pick up email; and
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| | Whereas previously, individual post
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| telephoning my virtual assistant to ask
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| | offices had been in charge of forwarding
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| her to check my email for me. 2.
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| | mail addressed to residents in their
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| Receipts. If you're planning to deduct
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| | service area, now this was handled at the
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| business travel expenses on your taxes,
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| | regional mail processing facility. My
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| then you need to save receipts and you
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| | postmaster could put in the request to
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| need a written record of the expenses and
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| | start or stop mail forwarding, but he had
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| their business purpose. What changed
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| | no direct control over the process, and
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| since 2003 in this regard is that more
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| | it took 7-10 days for the forwarding and
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| and more businesses provide receipts on
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| | the no-more-forwarding orders to take
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| thermal paper whose ink fades and smudges
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| | effect. Be prepared for these and other
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| with the least exposure to sun or
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| | changing conditions, and you'll have a
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| friction. This means that if you
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| | better, easier and more prosperous time
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| shoe-box your receipts into a pocket or a
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| | away from home.
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| compartment in the car before you record
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| | Marcia Yudkin is the author of Web Site
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| your expenses, you could be unable to
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| | Marketing Makeover and 10 other books.
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| decipher your evidence. I'm not sure
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| | She publishes a weekly newsletter on
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| what the IRS's take on this development
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| | creative marketing, Marketing Minute ( ).
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| will be, but I'm glad I had the
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| | Find out more about her report "Take Your
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| discipline to record the expenses in a
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| little notebook at least every day or
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