|
|
Article: Who's the boss? Keep your company's travelers in line with a clear-cut business travel policy.(BIZ TRAVEL)
- Article from:
- Entrepreneur
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Entrepreneur Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
MANAGING your company's travelers is almost like managing kids--both need clear boundaries. If you're finding it increasingly difficult to rein in travel expenses (typically the third-highest controllable cost at most companies), it's time to set those boundaries with a travel policy. Here's how to get started:
* REVIEW RECENT EXPENSE REPORTS and talk with your most frequent travelers about their travel patterns, preferred hotels, airlines and car rental companies. If you engage your travelers in the policy's formulation, buy-in will be much easier.
* BASED ON THEIR INPUT AND YOUR NEED TO CONTROL COSTS, write a travel policy that establishes boundaries ...