BUSINESS TRIP EXPENSES

ON-AIR TRAVEL

Although nowadays there are so many ways nowadays which we can use to meet people online and do our business meetings but still there are conditions where we need to meet face to face so we can say business travel is one of the extra expenses for businessmen, which they need to bear sometimes. But if they plan carefully not only they can reduce their costs but also make them profitable also.

Try to plan and schedule your air travel a week ago, because last-minute travel expense is always expensive. Use coupon websites, and deals to book flights. Try to avoid add-on charges like luggage charges, and meals charges. Always keep your luggage small, and take only important things with you related to your business trips. Try to stick with the same airlines or travel websites so you can use their loyalty programs or reward points. If you go airport by your car keep the free parking or low-cost parking things in your mind. Services like Flight Car or Premier Parking really help to reduce your parking costs. Last but not least sign up for airfare email notifications.

ON GROUND TRANSPORTATION

Ground transportation is another expense that can relate to business trip expenses which can be reduced or avoided by using some simple tricks like the book a hotel that provides an airport shuttle. Use cabs like UBER, and OLA instead of regular taxis. Use the right prepaid card, or credit card to book your cab.

 ON HOTELS

While booking an air ticket you should do a hotel booking. Coupon websites like hotelcoupons.com, highway coupons, or makemytrip.com offer combo deals or specifically for hotels. Other ways are bidding on two or three hotels like booking one hotel and making the reservation which you can cancel 24- 48 hours before check-in and can ask other hotels in the way that you have already reserved and if they give you cheap rates you can cancel your reservations. If you get cheap prices you can go back to your hotel and ask them to reduce more drop in price.

ON MEALS

Most of the hotels offers breakfast in the buffet form, eat them properly, so you can take light lunch or dinner. Breakfast is anyway the most important meal of the day so you can take heavy breakfasts. Also, use online coupons, and check nearby grocery stores of your hotel, and the menu before selecting the hotel.

I know it’s very easy to say all these things and difficult to attempt especially for a businessman who has already a lot of tasks but you can take the help of your secretary or office admins. You can tell them to sign up for such coupon or deals websites so they can inform you of the time and you can arrange your business trips accordingly.