Our job is done. We've chosen our winners. Now they get to enjoy their 15 days of fame.
After three years of reading your amazing entries in our annual Ultimate Road Warrior contest, we've noticed that while many of you have mastered the ins and outs of extensive travel, you don't seem to make time for respite. So this year's questions were aimed at finding people who are successful at both traveling well and playing well. After sifting through almost 10,000 entries, these five people stood out as Road Warriors who know how to make the best out of life on the road, and (almost) effortlessly balance work and play. Turn the page for a closer look at our winners (pictured here at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort), as well as excerpts from their answers to the question, "What's your funniest, strangest, or most memorable business trip?" Then keep turning the pages to read tips, stories, and more from dozens of our other entrants.

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Grand-Prize Winner
Archie Tew
Santa Fe, New Mexico

My job takes me to all parts of the world. It is a great gift. I design and deliver corporate training courses around the world. We use high-element outdoor courses that we design, build, and adapt to challenge our clients.

But there are some moments in one's life, no matter how remarkable or not, that stand still in time. Such a moment happened in Indonesia last year.

My job was to design and build a four-day cultural-change course that would include one day in the rainforest. We located a site high in the mountains south of Surabaya. It was barely accessible up there, and pretty much inaccessible if it rained. We hit the tail end of the monsoon [season]. So there we were, Americans in a Muslim country, in a monsoonal downpour, high in the rainforest.

On the mountain, there was a tent big enough to shelter 80 people for eating purposes. There was also a prayer tent, as it was important to respect the frequent prayer times that Muslims take during the day.