Sharon McDonnell The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
05-14-2008
Why travel is less fun for tall folk Tales of sore knees and 'shower limbo'
Byline: Sharon McDonnell The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
NEW YORK --
If you feel cramped when you fly, imagine the anguish if you were taller.
For extra-tall business travelers, the discomfort continues long after the flight, as their feet dangle off the edge of hotel beds, forcing some to position their bodies diagonally.
"The showerhead is so low I do what I call the 'shower limbo,' " Ann Marie Gothard said of her hotel in Vietnam on a recent business trip. Gothard, who is director of global ...