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November 06, 2009, 6:00 AM
Business "side trips" are a nice perk for many travelers. The trick is, to get the company to pay for as much of it as possible. For that to happen, you need to make the trip as attractive to your ...
Expense Reports; How Often to Submit Them?
November 04, 2009, 6:00 AM
Like with my Halloween candy, I tend to want to do my expense reporting in bulk. One giant report at the end of every trip makes things much easier to keep track of.
Itemized Receipts
November 02, 2009, 6:00 AM
How many receipts do you get when you pay for a meal in a restaurant? One? Three? Five? It’s crazy, isn’t it? If you split the bill, it gets even crazier. Does anybody really want that much information?
Day Tripping
October 30, 2009, 6:00 AM
The unfortunate irony of business travel is that the more work you need to accomplish at a remote site, the less time your managers seem to want to allocate for you to do it.
Minneapolis “Fly Over”
October 28, 2009, 6:00 AM
So, why didn’t anyone else have a GPS on the plane? Am I that much of a geek that I like to fly with one? I’ll turn it on and watch as the cities on the ground scroll past, underneath ...
Training Your Travelers
October 26, 2009, 11:35 AM
Software engineers rarely take business trips. Fortunately for my manager, software engineers rarely go crazy and expense all sort of expensive food and parties, either. We did spend a large amount of time experimenting and chatting about how to do ...
Reporting Suspicious Behavior
October 23, 2009, 6:00 AM
After several passengers complained of the suspicious behavior, six Muslim Imams were escorted off of the plane and were detained for questioning. What followed was an interesting soap opera of events that would last for three years. A legal saga ...
Using Corporate Travel Tools for Personal Trips? Why Not!
October 21, 2009, 6:00 PM
Does your company allow you to book personal trips with the corporate travel software? I bet that didn’t even occur to you, did it? Have you asked?
Keeping Track of Your Rewards
October 19, 2009, 6:00 AM
There are a zillion ways for hotels and airlines to lose track of your rewards points and your frequent flier miles. If you want the points you've earned, you must keep track of them!
Traveling State of Mind
October 16, 2009, 6:00 AM
Whether we travel 1 mile, or 1,200 miles, traveling to work is part of a bigger journey. We all do it; we have to, so why not enjoy it?
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That commercial is not believable for me unless they've made some radical changes. In the past year I've had to stay at one of their hotels twice because of limited availability of hotels where I was traveling. They certainly aren't the bottom of the barrel, but they have a long way to go before competing for business travelers. Perhaps this new make over will get them there.
So many fears of what may happen, and in some businesses the "getting back to work" time is too costly. If you take time off, it takes you double the time you took to get things rolling again.
I agree that we all need a vacation...I know I sure could use one. I actually have one planned in August, and I am looking forward to it. We'll see how long it takes to get things rolling again when I get back. I'll let you know. Have a good one Ken!
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The benefit to your company is that the more trips booked by co-workers thru the corporate booking tool, the better your company will be able to negotiate lower rates. Most airlines will only look at data which contains that company's trip designator. They won't care if the travel is business or personal.
I like doing it because I could quickly compare prices and schedules by going to the booking tool's Web site instead of 3 or 4 different airline sites.
Win-win all around.