The Busy Business Traveller Blog

As a company grows, so does its corporate reach. Doing business within ever-increasing geographic boundaries is the natural evolution for ambitious CEOs. As this unfolds, business travel expenses escalate. In some organizations, these expenses escalate so quickly, the company loses the ability to effectively track and manage these expenses. This can quickly spin out of control into a genie-out of-the-bottle situation, since the travel budget for many companies represents the second largest controllable expense outside of wages and benefits. In some worst-case scenarios, it becomes a slush fund for personal indulgences masked as fraudulent travel and entertainment expenses. As with many business challenges, there can be multiple solutions.  For most, the implementation of, and adherence to, a Corporate Travel Policy is the first step (this could be an article of its own) and for a fair contingent of these companies, the use of a corporate Travel Management Company (TMC) serves as...

Flights require a particular set of items if you want to remain comfortable and relaxed. The more you travel, the more you learn what to pack — and what to leave behind. As a corporate travel agency , committed to simplifying all your travel requirements and business travels - TravelManor keeps up to date on ways to make your corporate travel easier and more prepared. We hope this blog has some useful and usable travel tips. As someone who has taken 15 flights in the last year, there are several items that are must-haves when traveling. Of course, it's a learn-by-doing process, but I've finally distilled my carry-on bag to a compact assortment of essentials. Each time I step foot on an airplane, I bring with me what I like to call my "plane kit." The kit is an assortment of smaller items grouped together in a makeup bag that I take from flight to flight. This way, I don't have to keep repacking my flight essentials and am sure that everything I need ...

Every corporate or business that engages the services of a professional corporate travel agency should pick the agency very carefully to ensure it is a good fit for their business and that the agency will be able to deliver services that will provide for financially efficient travel arrangements and support to help manage travel costs. We share this concise video, compliments of TravelManor Corporate Travel Agency, South Africa. Source:  https://corporatetraveltalk.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/keep-this-in-mind-when-choosing-a-corporate-travel-partner/

This article was originally written by Linda Bustos, provided courtesy of Human Services Directory (www.hrdirectory.org). Corporate incentive travel, is a great way to motivate and reward your valuable employees. Incentive travel can be group or individual, and the destination can be local or international. But every successful incentive travel program begins with careful planning. The following are tips to help you plan a corporate group travel program that fits your company’s culture, size and available budget: Determine your corporate incentive program goals. In specific terms, establish what the incentive program should accomplish. This could be an increase in sales, increase in production output or profits, or a reduction in defective products, sales returns or lost contracts. Be sure to assign a value to the improvement or reduction - a percentage, absolute number of units or contracts, or a dollar figure. Select the target group for the program. This could be mana...

We regularly work with corporate travel agencies and one of the things their client’s regularly complain about, is how they struggle to sleep on a plane and then have to be fresh and ready for that early morning business meeting. We found this great blog with a few super-easy tips to help you nod off at a few thousand miles in the air. While a few lucky folks can pass out easily upon takeoff, for most of us, quality in-flight sleep is a struggle. And that can lead to exhaustion and several nights of playing catch-up when you arrive at your final destination. Beyond the tips you likely already know—invest in earplugs, an eyemask, and a pillow; wear comfy clothing; and book a first class ticket with a lie-flat seat (#lifegoals)—here are more ways you can rest en route. 10 Secrets for In-Flight Sleep 1. Score a window seat. If you can reserve a window seat, lean against and rest your head on the side of the plane. (It's a lot easier than trying to fall asleep on a nec...