Organize your business trips

Business travel often starts with pre-transport; whether this is done on foot, in a personal vehicle, in a taxi or on public transport; it allows the employee to get from their home to the train station or airport. Sufficient time must therefore be allowed (including potential hiccups) to make sure they arrive on time for their train or flight.

Train journeys and flights themselves can also be subject to potential delays, so employees greatly appreciate being kept up to date by the company. Once on board, there’s no time to lounge around – they need to put the finishing touches to their upcoming meeting, sort/classify/purge their emails, etc.

On arrival: post-transport. What possible modes of transport are available to take them to the meeting? Are there traffic jams or bottlenecks at that time? What’s the weather like? In short, a whole bunch of questions that your employee might ask.

The meeting is going so well that it runs over a bit: it’s going to be difficult to catch the return train or flight. Again, what’s the traffic like? Is public transport crowded? Can they change their ticket? Themselves or via their travel agency? What time does the agency close?

Let’s suppose the employee caught their train/flight on time. They can then make a start on the minutes of their meeting, deal with the day’s emails, etc. before arriving home in time to prepare for the next day.