Why ‘Cheap’ Could Be Expensive In Business Travel
The cost of business travel isn’t just about the cost of the flight and the hotel; other factors must come into play when calculating the true cost of a trip on behalf of the company, as a ‘discussion’ between a senior manager and his secretary proves… The boss always had his secretary sort out his business travel. She’d find him a suitable flight and make the necessary arrangements – but she wasn’t allowed to book it until he’d looked over the plan first. That was his first mistake. Aside from the wasteful micromanagement that was going on, he was wasting valuable time. On this occasion he rejected the plan, saying he’d found a cheaper flight with another carrier from another airport. That was his second mistake. She came right back at him with a sheet of paper with a list of figures. She’d proved that although his flight was cheaper, and involved similar flight times, the total cost was actually greater. She’d factored in the cost of travelling to a more distant airport, p