To Save On Travel Expense Mean Save More On Your Budget Travel

By Ramet Petsumrit

In today's business environment, we need to make more money,
but it's just as important to find legitimate ways to spend it
wisely. Nowhere is this more relevant than in travel, since
airfares and hotel costs have been change over the past five
years.

The tragedies of 911 placed a short-term dampener on airfares.
However, indirect costs to travelers have included restructuring
of airlines by dramatically reducing capacity and decreasing
availability of flights, the laying off of staff with a
corresponding drop in customer service and morale, and attempts
to tighten security with significant inconveniences. The travel
experience has been made more arduous not only by airfares
creeping up, but also by increases in penalties associated with
nonrefundable tickets, by costly new rules for excess baggage,
and by cutbacks in meal and other in flight service. An emerging
variable to factor in to the travel planning Process is an
inversion of the old paradigm, whereby the typical leisure
Traveler purchased travel far in advance, while the business
traveler sought Airline tickets and hotel accommodation at the
last minute. Specifically, we is now seeing an increase in the
leisure travelers planning trips at the last minute and business
travelers purchasing tickets in advance. This adds another layer
of complexity to how travel suppliers will price their product.
Similarly, as hotel occupancy rates have edged up toward prior
highs, hotel rates have moved in tandem. All of these changes
challenge the patience and resilience of world travelers and
road warriors alike. With this article, however, we promise to
help you find your way through the maze that travel has become,
confident that you know how to get the best service for your
travel dollar.

According to American Express Travel Service's annual surveys
of their business clients, travel and entertainment have been
the second-largest controllable business expense after salaries.
The Professional Sales Association indicates that entrepreneurs
and sales professionals spend an average of fifty-seven nights
away from home each year. Even Internet-focused companies
acknowledge that truly understanding a client or closing a sale
requires face-to-face communication. So how can we help you
survive the challenges of travel post 911? Through trial and
error-and sometimes paying too much-we have learned how to
travel in luxury for (much, much) less. The more money you want
to save, the more time you will need to invest, especially as
you acquire basic skills. It's just like learning how to select
mutual funds or deliver a performance review. The more time you
put in especially when starting out-the more you will save. We
acknowledge that there are points in your career when you have
more time than money, and points when you have more money than
time. Many of the ideas you will learn from this website apply
to anybody with an interest in basic cost management-regardless
of your financial situation.

It's like taking your vitamins and flossing your teeth. You may
choose not to take advantage of all the skills you can learn,
but just know that these powerful strategies are available to
you. And we guarantee that as prudent world travelers and road
warriors, each of you will find certain strategies in the
following article that are perfect for your unique
circumstances.