How to improve corporate travel policy compliance in 4 steps
There are many reasons why employees may not be complying with your corporate travel policy. It could be that your policy isn't clear enough, perhaps it's not accessible, or perhaps it's just not ingrained into your company culture—
yet.Not to worry, there are a few sure-fire ways to win travel policy compliance from your team and keep business travel running smoothly and employees happy.
Here are four steps you can take to ensure employees are sticking to your policy, time and time again.
Many employees disregard documents if they think they're out of date and no longer used. Ensure you keep your policy doc updated with the latest changes in travel—and your business. Better still, showcase this and leave a note at the top of the doc letting users know the last time it was updated.
- Nip compliance problems in the bud
No matter how well put together your policy is, there will still be employees who may not comply—for whatever reason. You won't know those reasons unless you actively track and look out for them.
Travel management software
can help you track why employees aren't complying and better combat these issues in your next policy rendition.
Use a
travel booking platform
to give your employees the booking autonomy they deserve while ensuring things stay within policy. When you use booking software, you can set in-app limitations that will stop your employee from accidentally breaching the policy.
- Pick a tool employees love
A huge part of using a booking tool to help implement your travel policy is that its use comes easily to your employees. When scoping out potential booking platforms, ensure the tool you've got your eyes on has raving reviews in the UX department. You'll then be able to integrate your policy into your tool and build a smooth booking process that travellers love—
and your finance team love even more!