What is unmanaged business travel?
The drawbacks of unmanaged business travel
Let’s take a closer look at some of the drawbacks:
Lack of policy (or policy enforcement)
- higher travel costs for your company
- non-compliance with legal travel regulations
- lack of data
- difficult or non-existent approval processes, resulting in a lack of oversight or knowledge about where your travel budget is going
- frustrated employees, who may unintentionally overspend due to unclear or non-existent policies
Fragmented booking processes
Insufficient travel support & risk management
The benefits of managed business travel
- it’s too expensive
- they’re not big enough to warrant a managed travel program
- they’ll encounter too much employee resistance
- it will be more difficult than asking employees to self-book
Systemized processes
Discounts and supplier connections
Manage risk & safeguard against emergencies
The key differences: unmanaged or managed business travel
Unmanaged business travel
Managed business travel
Travel policies
Travel spending is wholly dependent on your employees’ preferences.
Travel policies are easily and automatically enforced and baked into your travel management platform
Travel processes
No standardized processes create inefficient and fragmented workflows.
Processes can be standardized, streamlined and automated to save time and money.
Cost of travel
Travel Policies
Travel spend can be monitored and capped as needed, and reduced through exclusive suppliers and negotiated rates.
Risk management
Your company is solely responsible for employees’ safety and security while traveling.
Management tools and team provides risk management, emergency assistance and 24/7 support.
Preferred suppliers
Employees can make decisions on who they want to travel and book with, further fragmenting your process.
You are in control of preferred and approved providers, gaining additional discounts and preferred rates as a result.
Customer support
No support for employees, or HR or another internal team has to be “on-call” to help support
24/7, 7-star customer support (through TravelPerk) ensures employees are always supported during business trips
- only pay when you travel, and only pay for what you use
- negotiated rates that allow you to save up to 30% on business travel costs
- comprehensive, user-friendly platform that allows you to book and manage all travel-related reservations in one place
- consolidated invoices and automated processes to save time
- 24/7, 7-star customer support and Emergency Assistance