Key Steps for Successful Business Travel Planning
SAP Concur's blog publishes a business travel planning guide covering cost control and productivity balance, steps to streamline travel processes, useful planning apps, and strategies for delays and cancellations. The article notes 1-2% of flights are canceled and 20-25% are delayed by more than 15 minutes, recommending contingency plans and travel insurance.
Impact and considerations
Travel managers must balance cost control with employee satisfaction while managing operational disruptions like flight delays and cancellations. Systematic planning processes and tools can improve compliance, productivity, and employee experience.
Key points
- Business travel planning must ensure compliance, budget adherence, trip goal achievement, and traveler safety.
- Cost control and employee satisfaction must be balanced; employees who feel valued are more productive.
- Recommends building an employee database, itinerary template, feedback system, and special request process.
- Recommends planning apps including FLIO, Clime, Google Travel, and CityMapper.
- 1-2% of flights are canceled and 20-25% are delayed by more than 15 minutes.
- Recommends contingency plans and travel insurance to handle delays and cancellations.
- Understanding destination culture helps build business relationships.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 26 Oct 2023, 21:02
- Page published
- 14 Aug 2026, 08:18
- Last updated
- 26 Oct 2023, 21:02
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：Key Steps for Successful Business Travel Planning (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 26 Oct 2023, 21:02