| Are you doing all you can to curb rising | | | | for businesses followed by hotel. |
| costs? | | | | |
| | | | At Safe Harbors, we want to ensure that all |
| It is no secret that business travel costs | | | | of the available tools are being utilized to |
| are on the rise and the trend is predicted to | | | | make the best possible decisions when |
| continue in 2007. In November 2006, as part | | | | purchasing travel. Using an online booking |
| of the Safe Harbors seminar series, we hosted | | | | system for online savvy travelers, use a |
| the 2007 Corporate Travel Briefing. One of | | | | travel counselor for hands on support or |
| the speakers, Kristi Long, Senior Director of | | | | complicated reservations and integrate |
| Education at the National Business Travel | | | | purchases through one seamless expense system |
| Association (NBTA) cited statistics | | | | are some ways to monitor and curb rising |
| predicting car rental rates will increase by | | | | travel costs. Lastly, utilize your dashboard |
| 6% and hotel rates and airfare will increase | | | | for all resources from online boarding passes |
| by 7% in 2007. She added that the cost of | | | | to travel insurance to tracking your flight. |
| airfare is the largest controllable expense | | | | |