5 quick wins to save money on travel. Jackpot!
It’s no secret that 9 out of 10 times, booking travel in advance is cheaper than last-minute. Or that it’s a good idea to keep an eye on travel sales and offers.
But that's just scratching the surface. When you’re ready to think seriously about saving money on business travel, you’ll find there’s lots of quick wins when you’re working with a corporate travel agency. Here’s just five ideas to get the cogs turning on the possibilities.
1. Know your costs
Data, data, data. Imagine the value you’d get from seeing numbers at a glance and reports with one click. Yes, you want to know what you’re spending on flights and hotels but there’s a bigger picture. Choose a travel partner that charges a simple, consistent fee structure. That way you can measure everything and actually see real savings, plus there’s no hidden fees.
2. Create a policy
It’s a drum we’ll keep beating! Setting a policy helps determine your company’s travel budget and outlines what you expect from travellers and travel bookers. Say a traveller got stranded overseas…something we’ve seen more frequently recently. With a travel policy in place, the traveller would know exactly what to do and your company isn’t hit with random, unexpected costs.
3. Plan ahead
As someone managing the travel budget, it’s possible to look into the future and know exactly where that money is going. Advance purchase reporting gives you visibility over what travel has been booked; you’ll also spot patterns and the same suppliers which can be used as leverage to save money too.
4. Review your travel spend regularly
…and be proactive with those numbers. We can help with that! There are endless ways of finding efficiencies and small changes (and yes, larger ones) to get the most out of your travel budget when you’re working with travel experts. Our teams find ways to optimise our customers’ travel spend every day.
5. Knowledge is power
You might be a pro at launching a start-up or running HR…but perhaps not so much on travel. Our teams have decades of experience and pretty much know everything there is to know about travel. The best TMCs will listen to your company goals and needs, then find money-savings and other efficient solutions. Plus, at Corporate Traveller our people have all the travel connections you could hope for. So when plans change or things don’t go to schedule, we can pull in the favours and get fees waived thanks to our travel friends.
About Flight Centre Travel Group
The Flight Centre Travel Group is one of the world’s largest travel retailers and corporate travel managers. The company, which is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, has company-owned leisure and corporate travel business in dozens of countries, spanning Australia, New Zealand, the Americas, Europe, the United Kingdom, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, and Asia. ASX listed Flight Centre Travel Group (FLT) also operates the global FCM corporate travel management network, which extends to more than 100 countries through company-owned businesses and independent licensees, along with Corporate Traveller, the flagship business specific to the small-to-medium-sized enterprise sector. For more information, visit fctgl.com.
It's time for better business travel management
With Corporate Traveller, you get a travel management company that blends the best in tech with over 30 years of travel expertise, plus:
- A team of travel agents that grow with your business
- An all-in-one travel platform for desktop and mobile
- 24/7 emergency support
- Traveller tracking and duty of care dashboard
- Exclusive deals, negotiated rates, linked loyalty programs, and more
