Corporate Travel - How to Minimize Your Expenses?

Travelling across the oceans for work is a common thing nowadays. However, with this, comes a lot of planning and considerations to make your visit comfortable and cost-effective. Being an entrepreneur, I have boarded a lot of corporate journeys till date and there are many more to come soon. Initially, I found my everyday expenses to be quite reasonable but when those bills piled up, I realized the hole these bills were creating in my pocket.

So, it was the time to review my travel arrangements - from hotel stay to city rides and from international roaming charges to airfares. Considering the tips mentioned below, I charted out a cheaper yet suitable corporate travel plan, which helped me save a lot more than before.

Here we go!

• Reconsider Your Stay

The hotel or accommodation where you are going to stay is going to wipe a major chunk of money from your decided budget. Though, each and everyone have their own preferences, you can look out for cost-effective yet comfy accommodation options that are quite in trend these days. For instance, you can checkout airbnb's global product suite for businesses that has made a significant impact in the realm of shared economy. The good part is that you need not to compromise on free WiFi, clean bed & bath, meals, etc; what else would one ask for!

• Travel Agents are Valuable

This might sound false to you at first, but trust me if you’ve a good agent in hand, it’s going to be worth it. These agents can help you save big bucks as they know when flight rates are at peak and when not. The best part is that you are not bothered with all the research, calls, comparisons for airfare as your agent makes it all and brings the itinerary at a lesser (or same) price range as available on internet. Don’t believe? Check the original fares on the web. All in all, there’s no planning headache and you save money as well.

• Check for Calling Discounts

While you are miles apart from your colleagues and families, it becomes a real monetary burden when you have to connect with them. Making calls, especially for long duration generates huge bills that makes you sweat. While I too have been bothered with the same problem, a simple solution is to find a useful international roaming app that let’s you make calls through internet for free. You just need to install the app on your handheld device with a few settings and you're good to go.

With these considerations in mind, you can make the most of your corporate trip without investing too much into it.