The farthest I've ever been away from home by myself was 3 hours... I was so nervous at first, but then it was kinda refreshing with no one to worry about but myself... it was also completely and 100% paid for by my company for 4 whole days in a beautiful Hilton with all the room service, bar service, etc... I wanted. To top it all off, I even ventured with a few people from class and went downtown to the casino for an hour and came home $250 richer than I was when I got there!