5 Tips To Improve Business Trips For Your Employees

When employees go on business trips, you want the experience to be straightforward so they can achieve what needs to be done. You want to ensure they’re able to accomplish their work and also uphold a good reputation for the business.

Co-workers on a business trip

Both of these goals are easier to achieve if your employees feel they can focus less on the travel aspect and more on the business aspect of the trip. If they don’t have to worry about many of the small travel details, they’ll enjoy the process more and likely be more productive.

If your company is often sending employees on business trips, you might be looking for an easy way to improve the process.…

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How to Make Business Trips as Easy as Possible

Business travel can throw up a range of challenges that might take even the experienced by surprise. But even if you aren’t bowled over by any of them, you might find yourself exhausted by the time you get to the hotel – and therefore not at your best when you come to conduct the actual business.

Businessman on a business trip

You might take some reassurance from the fact that this is a common problem, and that there are a few effective measures you might take to limit the stress, and to ensure that the journey doesn’t take too much out of you.

Know your Train Schedules

Knowing exactly how and when you’re going to get to the airport will take a load off your mind.

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Why All Small Business Owners Should at Least Consider Travel Insurance

These days, you can take out an insurance policy on everything from your left leg to your labradoodle, but that doesn’t mean you need to. So when it comes to buying insurance for business trips, it may sound like just another silly expense — but don’t turn your nose up just yet.

Businesswoman in a business trip

Sure, as a small business CEO, your financial decisions have farther-reaching implications than they would if you ran a big-wig business. But some of the perks of a travel insurance policy may be worth the extra cost.

Consider, for example, these all-too-common scenarios:

1. You’re heading home with a meeting hangover

Tired doesn’t even begin to describe it, but the weather gods don’t seem to care.…

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Work-Life Balance: How To Afford To Have some Fun On Your Next Business Trip

All work and no play makes for not such a fun day – or trip. Even on business trips, you need some downtime. So, here’s how to keep calm and still get your work done.

business trip to Brooklyn

Don’t Be Afraid To Get Away From Your Travel Destination

There are many times when it’s OK to venture away from your destination. If you’re staying in a hotel, like most travelers do, it’s easy to get “stuck” inside those walls. If you’re attending a trade show or event, lots of times the event will be hosted in the lobby or an adjacent building. And, you won’t have to walk too far to get there.…

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