With so many business types doing their business away from the business; Well, today, I'm making it my business to look at what road warriors worry about when they're away from the mother ship.

A recent survey in Great Britain, for example, by BT Openzone found that the top concern of business travelers (two thirds of those asked) is missing email while on the road.

Other worries included batteries going dead and IT problems.

Here are some tips to head off stress at the pass when away from home base:

- Always have at least one fully charged battery ready to go, just in case.
- Pack an ethernet cable. You can't count on the one in the hotel room.
- Put all the files you need for the trip on a thumb drive. If your laptop fails, you can always plug the thumb drive into your host's system.
- Pack all the above in a carry- on. Never put it in checked luggage. Have you seen the stats lately for lost luggage?
- Think Skype. It's a great way to avoid getting hammered by roaming fees, which can be staggering in certain places.
- If possible, have a cell phone or other after hours number that works for your IT department.
- Look up and print off a list of all the nearby hotspots at your destination. Include location maps.
- If you want to do work on the plane, great. But try to avoid making it necessary. Get the Powerpoint done before you get off the ground. Traveling is exhausting enough without the demands of a last minute deadline.
- Let all the usual contacts you email the most with on a daily basis know that you will be out of pocket most of the time while you're away. If the usual suspects know you're only checking email after hours their time, they are less likely to send you urgent emails about issues that need to be resolved by noon.
- If you don't want to be interupted during your day unless it's an emergency, assign a specific ringtone to the phone numbers that you would give priority too (your spouse, your admin, your boss, etc.).

Bottomline: offload as much of the daily drudge from home, as possible. You're already taking on a full day of business elsewhere.