Business Travel
Do not underestimate the saving to your staffs time by using a travel agent. The agents fee will be less than the cost of your staffs time because the systems a travel agency uses are much much quicker than the Internet. In addition agents
- Are a one stop shop. They can confirm Hotels, Car Hire etc.
- Credit account or credit card can be used for payment.
- Have all you travel invoices the same size will make your sytems clearer than having invoices all shapes and sizes.
- quickly offer the various choices possible.
- Quickly and clearly tell you the price of arrangements.
- Help avoid costly errors.
- Will quickly learn the clients requirements.
- Ensure adherence to policy.
- Give assistance out of hours. Particularly useful when airports make flights non operational.
- Use creative fares and consolidated fares.
- May be able to hold the flights on option.
- Assist building itineraries.
- Help trace staff in an emergency.
- Managemnt reports.
- Be your advocate in disputes with a carrier.
The travel agents knowledge and experience will help guide your staff to the best option whether it be price, flexibility of fare rules, speed/times of journey.
Firstly you will need to find which carriers operate a service? Having found which airlines operate a route each airlines web site will need to be checked to quite a low level to see the cost of each flight. If several airlines are checked this is very time consuming .
A specialist business travel agency like Transit Management will have CRS equipment such as Sabre, Amadeus or Worldspan that will very quickly check availability, prices and fare rules of all the airlines operating a route and will enable you to make a correct informed decision taking into account such criteria as price, fare rules, times, comfort etc.
Remember time is money, saving your staffs time is saving your Company money.
Have a good journey.
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