We posted yesterday about a service that links you up with friends and business associates who might randomly be in the same city you happen to be traveling to.
So what happens when this can’t be arranged and life returns to being a lonely businessman on the road?
Well, arrange a dinner with other like-minded souls.
According to their website, Dinnerpoint.com “provides a nightly service for people on the move enabling them to meet up, socialize and network over dinner in cities they are visiting or living in.”
Before all the spouses of traveling businesspeople start freaking out, this is not a dating service for lonely souls on the road. The site does not pair SWFs with SWMs in search of a romantic meal together (that’s what sleazy hotel bars are for). DinnerPoint evenings are a minimum of four people and a maximum of eight–most all of whom will be fellow traveling businesspeople also stuck in some godforsaken city with no friends.
Me? I’ve taken my share of business trips and tend to gravitate to a restaurant with a bar. There is something less lonely about eating your meal at a crowded bar then sitting by yourself at a table. Choosing to sit with a handful of strangers at a prearranged meal might be the perfect escape if they happen to be good company. If not, it could be a nightmare. Fortunately the site allows you to flag bad dinner companions so that future diners can learn from your mistakes.
(Via Business 2.0)