Australian workers love escaping their office cubicles, with more than two-thirds finding business trips more enjoyable than everyday working life.
However, they often arrive home stressed, tired and relieved to be back with family and friends. 
A new survey by Expedia's corporate travel arm, Egencia, also found more than 60 per cent of Australian travellers prefer to book plans for their corporate trips themselves for greater control and to save time.
Companies are increasingly rolling out self-booking technology to their employees to give them a similar experience to booking a holiday.
"Having greater direct control over my travel plans reduces the stressful side of business travel and allows me more time to enjoy my trip," Egencia Asia-Pacific managing director Kyle Davis said.
"Technology does make business travel easier. Now I can even book ground transportation such as Uber using Egencia TripNavigator on my iPhone."

Flexibility fails
Half of the travellers surveyed struggled with altering their bookings when plans changed and 45 per cent found the travel experience more stressful than their day job despite it being enjoyable overall.
"Travelling for business is something I personally look forward to. It gives me the opportunity to shake hands, make real eye contact, forge more personal relationships," Mr Davis said.
"All of this helps build trust. It also leads me to experiences I don't often have in the office, like being able to think without interruption at 38,000 feet or the chance to meet people in their home environments and to share a meal of local cuisine. You can't generate the value of these kinds of interactions over the phone or a video conference."
One-third of travellers polled said they are more sociable than usual when they travel for business, presumably because they have networking opportunities while they are on the road.

Team tips
American Express Global Business Travel chief executive Bill Glenn said companies were increasingly putting in place internal recommendation systems that allowed staff to know what restaurants and activities were preferred by their colleagues in a given city. In some cases, systems allow for staff to know what other employees are travelling to the same city so they can dine together if preferred.
"Some chief procurement officers would say, 'Why are you encouraging my people to go out and spend money?'" Mr Glenn said of the recommendation system. "A lot of them say, 'If you can make good recommendations that are reasonable and within policy, I want my employees to have a good meal and enjoy themselves, but it gives an idea of where other employees have gone, what is within policy.'"