Business Travel: How to Travel More for Less
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Although, as we have commented on many occasions, thanks to technology we can prevent many business travel probably unnecessary, remain many companies that continue to require travel.
However, posts to travel, of what is at issue is to maintain the productivity and get the maximum return of the trip. In this sense, of the hand of the portal specialized course.It is, we offer you ten tips that can generate substantial savings and maintain the commercial activity of the companies.
Use the cheaper fares on the Internet.
A single seat in a flight to London can cost between 50 and 1,000 euros. You can complement an economy fare with a cancellation insurance “all-risk” by a minimum amount, if not able to travel by any cause.
If, however, book tickets “by if anything,” without having the dates clear, we will have to search banknotes very flexible to be closer to those 1,000 euros the previous example. The use of more economical rates is profitable, even when you have to lose some ticket.
Book with advance
This point is closely related to the preceding paragraph, because if we look forward to the last day is very possible that no longer exist fares and we have to pay a 100 percent more than it would have been unable to pay booking 10 days before.
Although many times this is not possible, yes that many companies seek to raise awareness among travellers on the importance of having this planning in their travel; and in fact introduce these parameters in its policy of travel in a way that is measured to employees on the basis of its compliance. A good step is to obtain listings of advance media in purchases and distributed to employees, so that each traveler view as this contributing or as you need to get closer to the average of the company.
Take advantage of “visual guilt” or “factor of guilt” that gives us Internet
In a online agency the traveler sees all fares of all companies in a single screen. An employee it generates some rejection to choose an tarifa face to move in a particular airline if at the same screen shows him an alternative to 80 per cent cheaper.
Adapting in possible our meeting with the best prices
If located a rate very economical to be in destination at 10 in the morning, the fact of commit ourselves to be at 9 in the morning you can mean having to pay the double by your ticket.
If enconctramos a good fare, spare your ticket, slamming the meeting and purchase subsequently the ticket. There are Even functions on the web that offer us information on the day cheaper for travel within a week or a month. If we can visit the distributor of Malaga Thursday instead of on friday and save a 30 percent of the ticket, why not?
Do not adhere to an airline
The best web on the Internet offer us objectively the combinations of all the airlines for the final price is as low as possible.
Go with a and back with another can give very good savings, as they take advantage of the best deals of all companies. There is much talk of the low-cost airlines, but constantly seeing offers regular airlines that baten rates of any company “low cost”.
Clearly defining the objectives of the meetings
It is not to make fewer meetings, but to attend the people needed to cover the objectives. In incentive travel, the US Travel Association recommends that there is no more than 10 percent of executives of the signature sponsor.
Find the best hotels offers on the Internet
Although available negotiated rates, in some occasions we may be advantageous to benefit from the promotions hotel chains published on the Internet, both in their own web as in the agencies on-line. Another good choice is taking advantage of the advantages in price reserving flight + hotel.
Distribute among employees reports on average costs on the main routes
All those who are consistently above they seek to download to suit which has your company.
Reward and encourage savings among employees
An economic incentive on the basis of savings generated can reduce the costs of travel in large measure and sensitize the traveler on the adoption of the necessary measures discussed above (reserve in advance, search among all the airlines, adapting the meetings, etc. ) It is also very effective “example” that can give a Chief Financial Officer traveling in a “low cost” to London
Try to benefit from the special prices that airlines benefit to the market on weekends
The own web of airlines and the agencies on-line are the best tend to show these options. Many smes already know and are connected to the Internet on Sundays to book flights of the week.