Business travel: how to optimize it?

Time is money. Every minute spent out of the office is time lost or gained depending on its optimization. This often generates, for the company, a whole series of expenses linked to employee travel.

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Do your employees have many business trips and cannot use public transport?

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Are they regularly required to meet clients in France or abroad? Does your staff travel to visit factories, production centers or even prospect?

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Do you want to help them optimize this time spent away from their workplace, save them time and allow them to work on the move?

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We give you some keys to optimizing your employees' business travel costs and making your mobility policy profitable.

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The train: a fast, ecological and profitable solution for business travel

\nDuring the week, wherever you go, you will be able to see many professionals. Many business leaders, consultants or salespeople use this means of transport as part of their professional activity. \n\nFast and efficient, when there is no problem with votes or strikes, the train is a simple way to optimize business travel and reduce travel costs. \n\nFor greater comfort and better working conditions, and following the conditions of the staff travel policy, the assistant responsible for reserving seats may favor first class. \n\nAll the equipment is present to allow your employee to prepare a meeting, move forward with their “to do”, prepare a presentation or complete a report. There is, however, a drawback: calls are difficult to make on board the wagons. \n

The plane: a solution to optimize employee travel

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Opt for the commercial line

\nIf your employees need to reach a location not served by train in less than 2 hours, then you can opt for the plane. Commercial connections allow employees to work on board the aircraft. Several levels of comfort are possible: \n

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• economy class : preferred for short journeys.
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• premium economy class : it allows the traveling employee to have a higher level of comfort than economy class and often quieter.
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• business class: ideal for night flights, these seats allow your employees to be in great shape for the day's meetings. A high-performance employee who is in good shape is a way of optimizing travel.
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\nThe choice of class must be part of a business travel policy, in which rules can be established. For example, from so many km of travel or flight hours, the employee can take a ticket for premium economy or business class. \n

Charter a private jet

\nCommercial aviation, although practical, does not perfectly optimize business travel. Indeed, there is a period of time, between the moment when the employee goes to the airport and the moment when he boards the aircraft, which can represent up to 3 hours of “lost” time (passage of the security, waiting before boarding, boarding, etc.). \n\nThere is a solution that we don't immediately think of but which is nevertheless perfectly suited to optimizing business travel: the private jet. We're talking about elsewhere, as the airline broker would say AEROAFFAIRES, “business aviation”. \n\nThis means of travel is intended for professionals and allows them to save up to 2 hours of travel time compared to a journey on a commercial line. Going through security and boarding can be done in less than 5 minutes. \n

Renting a private jet, for business travel, is interesting if:

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• Employees need to go to an underserved destination, which would require more connections via commercial aviation. Indeed, business aviation allows the traveler to be dropped off as close as possible to the final destination in record time (quick and simplified security clearance).
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• You want to move a large number of employees, during sales seminars for example.
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\nThe comfortable, intimate and discreet private jet offers perfect conditions to optimize travel times. If the travel involved is numerous and long, it can be an interesting and profitable solution for the company. This somewhat unusual means of travel offers: \n

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• flexibility in the choice of departure and arrival times
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• a saving of precious time because everything is done to ensure that the journey is optimized
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• unrivaled comfort compared to other means of transport.
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• the equipment necessary to enable good working conditions: meeting room in certain devices.
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Take advantage of carpooling for professional purposes:

\nA final option to optimize business travel costs is carpooling. Encourage your employees to share their company vehicles or their personal vehicle when possible. \n\nIt's better for the planet. And, it’s also a considerable cost reduction. On the other hand, this allows employees who do not drive to continue their activity while traveling. \n\nTransportation costs are an important line of expense for a company, to which are added catering costs and other costs related to an employee's travel. The travel time of your employees requires the implementation of a real strategy in order to optimize them. \n\nEvery minute spent out of the office is a “billed” minute. It is possible to make them profitable by choosing the most suitable means of transport. So to reduce your expenses and make each trip profitable, consider a company or company vehicle, the train or even the plane.\n