Monday, December 16, 2013

How Companies Can Cut Costs on Business Travel



It is very important to travel from one place to another while having any sort of business which can be from within the city to another or can even be abroad. There is always a big amount of money is spent during a business trip, but there are some methods by which a person can reduce the cost of business travel to a considerable extent helping to save some money of the company.

Using the latest technology

With the introduction of the latest technology like video calling and webconferencing, one can interact with the other person who in return saves a lot of time and money in traveling thousands of kilometers. Such a business plan can help in interacting with each other frequently just whenever they like, which increases the flexibility of doing business.

Use one card to pay travel bills.

If only one credit card is used to pay the full amount of travel then it can give each individual some benefits resulting in up gradation of traveling class, deluxe hotels as well as can be benefited with some free air tickets.

Negotiation in prices

If some negotiation can be done at the prices, offered in airline tickets, and accommodation then it can save a huge amount of money. It is really surprising that the most of the companies do not make any effort at negotiation resulting in a huge amount of expenditure.

Company travel policy

It is always required to have one company travel policy with business mates. With the help of company policy one can avoid the excess expenditure on air tickets and hotel accommodation. All members who are traveling on the business trip should be well aware of this policy. There should be a track of all business trips which is taking place along with all the details like the class of travel, total time spent on the trip and so on.


If such measures are taken, then easily the cost of such business trip can be reduced to a great extent.

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