A business journey can also create an opportunity for a personal stay, a city visit or time with someone accompanying you. Good planning begins by identifying the working commitments and the personal time around them.
Protect the purpose of the business trip
Start with the meeting locations, required arrival time and the dates the organisation needs you to travel. Then discuss where a leisure extension fits. An appealing hotel or destination should complement the working itinerary rather than make it harder to manage.
Agree what changes before you book
Obtain the appropriate employer approval and clarify which additional costs are personal. Review the effect of a later return or different routing, and confirm who is responsible for each element. Relevant insurance arrangements and official entry requirements should be checked for the actual traveller and itinerary.
Make the time away feel worthwhile
A short city stay and a longer resort break call for different choices. Consider transfer times, room category, board basis and cancellation conditions. Tell us what you value most, whether that is a slower pace, somewhere distinctive to stay or simply a little time to explore.
We can discuss the flight, stay and onward journey together, with confirmed inclusions separated from optional requests. Our elite travel and concierge service offers another route into a more personal planning conversation.
For a practical checklist, read Combining business and leisure travel: what to agree first.
