Less than half the time on a business trip is spent doing work

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Less than half the time on a business trip is spent doing work – with reading and watching TV filling time between meetings, research has found.  A poll of 1,000 adults who have travelled for work spend most of the time simply frittering away the hours, with just 48 per cent of it spent working productively.  Watching telly in the hotel, reading a book and playing video games are among the most common things to do to kill time between meetings or work events.  And 94 per cent find time to explore the local area on an average 72-hour work trip.  But 60 per cent find it frustrating when they don’t do anything useful or meaningful with the free time they have.  The research was commissioned by Premier Inn, which has released The Downtime Series to help business travellers get the most out of their time away [www.premierinn.com/downtime-series].

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00:00When I'm travelling for work, the thing that helps me relax is a nice warm shower

00:04and then I get into bed and I watch some rubbish TV.

00:09Our time is precious, especially the downtime we get, so much so how we use it is more important

00:16than ever. 65% of us say we'd love more time to ourselves when travelling for work,

00:20so I'm here at Premier Inn to launch the downtime series.

00:26Why is downtime important to you?

00:28Because it gives me a real balance of life.

00:32I think I've spent a lot of time thinking, just keep doing, just keep doing,

00:36but actually the big stuff, the big answers, the problem solving, that's fed by seeing the

00:42outside world, isn't it? And that's why downtime is important, because we find things when we're

00:47not expecting them. Downtime is so important, especially when it comes to travelling as well,

00:52and if you don't have that downtime before we go to sleep, it'll affect whatever you're doing

00:57the next day, whether that's business or leisure. When I'm travelling for work and I stay in hotels,

01:03I always try and have a bath because I never have time to have one at home, and also I'll get a book

01:07and just read, even if it's a magazine, just to try and break things up and do things differently,

01:12so I feel like it's a special moment for me. What's your top tip for getting quality downtime?

01:18I think being able to cut off and go and do something that you genuinely enjoy. For me,

01:23it's swimming. Read a book, listen to a podcast. My number one tip for people travelling for

01:27work to make sure that they're getting that downtime is to prioritise it. It's so important

01:33that we make time for the downtime. So you've built up three businesses, you've worked really

01:38hard, but you know better than anyone how important it is to slow down. Sleep and life kind of took

01:45a back step a little, and eventually I had a stroke, so yeah, the importance of downtime is critical.

01:53What's Premier Inn doing to help support this idea of getting more downtime for ourselves?

01:58We really think about making sure that people can get great night's sleep, and everything from the

02:03bed to the blackout curtains, and the way that the room's set up, you know, it's trying to create a

02:08really kind of relaxing environment. I have loved hosting the downtime series for Premier Inn.

02:15I'm off for a nap.

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