To take or not to take- traveling with the laptop

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The question: This question came via a retweet on Twitter from @tcar:  RT @PoppyD: Take the mac on weekend away…or try and have a proper break? Decisions, decisions. < a good question for @gingerw #wwgwd

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Bringing the laptop on a business trip is often a necessity, but should you tote it along to your next beach vacation?  I am certainly guilty of taking my laptop on one too many vacations.  So many excuses on why we should bring it along- I have to finish a project, I have to post a blog, I can watch a video on the airplane, the list could go on for days.  Unfortunately, if we bring our laptops, we often get tied to our laptops.

Let me just finish this one little thing, I am going to check my stocks, let me look up the restaurant on yelp.

I can recall being in Hawaii, being sucked into my computer for more than half the day.  Put the puppy away and get outside!

I often say my favorite (and most relaxing vacations) are those that take place in Mexico.  Why?  I refuse to carry a computer when I cross the border.  The first few days are often rough.  Cut off the crack cold turkey.  The adjustment of not being tied to that little computer is tough, but I find that after a couple of days, I forget about my email.  The thought of even popping into an internet cafe isn’t appealing.  True relaxation happens when you remove yourself from the daily grind …and the laptop.

Yes, you heard me. Cut the crack.  Try it. You might find your next trip is one of the most relaxing vacations you ever had…

What would @gingerw do?

Ginger Knows started with an idea when a group of friends gathered together at Tutu Tango in Orlando, Florida. Mojitos were flowing, twittering was constant. The infamous Kelley Koehler asked the question- what would Ginger do, and so the story begins.

Ines and Jeff starting googling website domains.  A twitter hashtag was born, asking the very important question- what would gingerw do- #wwgwd and questions starting rolling in…

What would @gingerw do?

Ginger just seemed to have the answers that people wanted to hear, and so this website was born.   It was created for fun, but we answer serious and not so serious questions.  We aren’t always right but we have fun doing it.

Have a question and not sure what do?

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About

Ginger loves design, fashion, gourmet food and wine, travel and throwing fabulous parties & events.

She is a writer, speaker, trainer, uber community volunteer and an occasional salesperson. She lives in Larkspur, California just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Ginger has a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. In college, Ginger was the writer, producer and “talent” for the college radio station.

She is a social butterfly both on and offline. While Ginger is a social media superstar, she is famous for creating relationships in the offline world.