The ultimate guide to small business travel management
Business travel booking: a complete guide
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See how to save money by automating your booking process
How can travel booking software help organisations with their travel management?
- Booking arrangements through one easy-to-use dashboard
- 24-hour support to resolve any issues on the road
- Guarantee greater compliance by integrating corporate travel policies into the booking process
- Improving the booking experience by allowing business travellers autonomy over their travel plans
- Automated workflows simplify approvals, freeing up time and minimising the risk of fare increases
- Centralising invoicing to reduce the workload for busy finance teams
- Generating travel expense reports at the click of a button
- Allows for greater visibility with access to more data allowing for deeper analysis of travel programmes' ROI
- Utilising existing systems like Slack for instant notifications
- Improving sustainability by highlighting greener travel options and assisting with carbon offsetting
- Saving up to 25% extra on annual travel spending with VAT reclaim support.
- Aiding duty of care and traveller safety with in-built travel risk management solutions
Best free business travel booking tools
Best business travel booking sites with a complete inventory
With a world-class inventory, TravelPerk offers competitive rates and a host of features to simplify every aspect of business travel. A comprehensive travel management solution, users can book flights, accommodation, trains, and car rentals on one user-friendly platform.TravelPerk offers a free version of its corporate travel management system alongside paid upgrades for travel managers looking to take advantage of their full range of features.Travel managers can seamlessly integrate corporate travel policies into automated approval flows in minutes. With parameters in place, business travellers can select arrangements according to their personal preferences while maintaining policy compliance.At the same time, the innovative GreenPerk system highlights more environmentally friendly options and tracks carbon emissions from travel.Travel spending is easy to monitor with real-time reporting that can be organised by destination, department, or individual employee plus, with FlexiPerk, business travellers can take advantage of flexible rates.Companies can cancel arrangements within two hours of departure with a guaranteed refund of 80%, no questions asked. Plus, TravelPerk allows admins to add temporary traveller profiles for friends and family looking to join employees on leisure trips.Benefit: TravelPerk's customer support team of real human beings is available 24/7, 365 days a year, and users can get answers to their questions in target 15 seconds
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Best free sites for booking flights
KAYAK
Best free sites for booking accommodation
Booking.com
Airbnb for Work
- Through employee roles, you can set access permissions for employees, determining who can book, manage, and download company reports
- The Airbnb for Work dashboard keeps track of employee spending and generates invoices and accurate reporting for each booking
- ‘Work ready’ listings on Airbnb for Work guarantee Wi-Fi, work-friendly spaces, self check-in and flexible cancellation conditions, designed with the business traveller in mind
- It’s a cost-effective option if colleagues are staying in one property rather than in multiple hotel rooms
- Airbnb for Work has spaces to rent for conferences, meeting rooms and offices
Best free software for travellers during their trip
TripIt
- Confirmation numbers, contact information, and reservations are all stored in one itinerary which can be checked and manually edited at any time
- Trips can be synced to your calendar and shared through text or email
- Travel documents can be stored securely in TripIt, which removes the need to carry physical copies or valuable documents
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- See our platform in action. Trusted by thousands of companies worldwide, TravelPerk makes business travel simpler to manage with more flexibility, full control of spending with easy reporting, and options to offset your carbon footprint.
- Find hundreds of resources on all things business travel, from tips on travelling more sustainably, to advice on setting up a business travel policy, and managing your expenses. Our latest e-books and blog posts have you covered.
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