How to Find Healthy Food During Business Travels

Intro:

Finding healthy food while traveling for business isn’t always so simple. 

Here’s the thing about traveling—it takes up quite a bit of time. 

Either you need to be in a car, in a plane, on a bus, at a meeting, etc. 

It leaves very little time for you to source food and spend time preparing it. 

This is why business travelers tend to eat so much fast food, and why they tend to eat out so often. 

However, while eating out is certainly delicious, it also comes with its own list of downsides. 

Fast food eateries (and other restaurants) tend to serve foods that are higher in calories, higher in unhealthy fat content, deep-fried, and just in general packed with processed sugars that aren’t good for you. 

But what can you do about it if you’re a busy traveler? 

How can you actually find healthy foods during your business travels, and consume them without wasting valuable work time? 

These are great questions. 

And in this post, you’re going to learn five steps to help you do exactly that. 

Let’s dive into it.

Step 1: Plan Ahead

It’s certainly true that traveling makes it more difficult to access healthy food options. 

Therefore, you really have no option but to plan ahead if you really want to eat healthy while you’re traveling for business. 

Making a plan for how you can eat healthy while also getting your business accomplished may be a bit of a task. 

But putting some planning and forethought into this before you leave can be hugely beneficial.

Step 2: Avoid The Drive Through

If you fail to make a plan to eat healthy, you’ll probably end up going to the drive thru more than once. 

While this may be a delicious option, and possibly even an acceptable option once or twice—over time, it will definitely add up to too many extra calories. 

And those processed foods and deep fried treats will take their toll on your health and wellness. 

So if possible, avoid them.

Step 3: Treat The Grocery Store Like Your Friend

This is another little-known productivity hack (check out more here) that seasoned professional travelers and travel managers tend to utilize. 

Instead of stopping at the drive through, make it a habit to stop at grocery stores as you travel. 

Thankfully, there are more and more smaller neighborhood markets available in neighborhoods all over the world. 

These markets allow you to jump in, grab some essential food items, and then dip out quickly to get back to business. 

Some of these food items can be healthy foods that you’ll prepare at your hotel room or suite—and others can be on the go items like fruits, nuts, berries, etc.

Step 4: Bring A Cooler And Fill It With Ice

One of the difficult things about carrying healthy food with you is that it tends to spoil easily. 

So to help solve this problem, you can bring a cooler with you and keep it filled with ice. 

This will help you to keep your perishables from going bad as you travel.

Plus, a little cooler doesn’t take up much room at all. 

You can even use a freezer bag and stick it right in your duffel, and fill it with ice for free before leaving your hotel room for the day. 

Step 5: Stay In A Hotel That Has A Kitchen

When booking travel accommodations, it’s always in your best interest to look for hotels or corporate lodging options that have their own kitchen space. 

It’s a lot easier to prepare a healthy meal when you have access to a stove, a refrigerator, and some basic cooking utensils. 

Cook up some lean meat and some veggies—with a side of fruit or nuts—and you’ll have yourself a fantastic healthy meal that will help to energize you and keep you going while you travel. 

Conclusion

Hopefully these five steps have helped you to make a plan that will empower you to find healthy food during your business travels. 

Of course, it will definitely require a bit of extra effort. 

There’s a reason for why the drive through is so popular.

Not only does it taste good, but it’s also super convenient. 

You may have to go out of your way a little bit to prepare healthier food options, but it’s definitely worth it. 

Your health and wellness is just too important not to take seriously—so take some steps today to eat healthier food options while traveling for business. 

You definitely won’t regret it.