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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC to San Diego flights can be found for $300 round trip.  Car rentals for that time can be under $100.  So we’re talking $400 (which is probably close to OP’s per diem) for his wife’s happiness.  If she has a car it’s irrelevant where the restaurants are in relation to the hotel.

What I’m getting from OP’s posts is that he really likes his work trips and has no interest in wife joining him for whatever reason that he hasn’t actually admitted to yet.  And he’s looking for any excuse (too much money, waste of vacation days, childcare issues, where hotel is isolated, wife will complain about early morning noise) to convince himself that he’s right by him not wanting her there.

If he actually just admits he doesn’t want her there because he doesn’t want her around I think things would be a lot easier but then he’d have to admit there’s something fatally wrong in his marriage overall.  I’d bet if he was single and dating he’d jump on that person accompanying him in a heartbeat.  [/quote]

She isn't going to have fun if she has to drive a long distance to get to a touristy venue.  Usually the fun part of these trips are that they are in a fun area to begin with - the beach, Disney World, Vegas, NYC, etc.  All you have to do is get up and walk out the door and there is a ton to do.

But where Op is going sounds like a regular old office in the middle of a suburban industrial park.  Boring.  Yes, his colleagues might take him out on the town one night, but if he has a resentful wife stewing back in the isolated hotel room how much is he really going to enjoy dinner out with his colleagues?  Again, it's not a vacation.  It's a business trip.

I would suggest that Op just lay it out on the line for her and if she still wants to come at least she has had fair warning.[/quote]

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