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Travel advice and guides

Here are just a few of our top business travel tips, guides and advice for successful corporate travel management. We have a lot more where this came from.
  

Expert tips and guidance on corporate rail travel, air travel and more:

Savings guides

• How to tackle ancillary spend - Learn how to look beyond base fares and rates to effectively manage the total cost of travel

   

• Cost-effective domestic travel programmes - Short-haul travel in the UK is changing rapidly; use these changes to benefit your programme.

   

• Save 21% on your hotel programme - Read our top tips on how to get the most out of your hotel programme through optimisation.

   

• Ten tips to save on your business air programme - Advice and recommendations for saving money on business air travel - including how to maximise preferred supplier discounts.

   

• MOTLI FARES - with up to 75% off published prices, MOTLI fares are highly coveted in the energy sector, but who can use them?

   

• Accommodation solutions for oil and gas workers - Finding suitable accommodation for workers travelling to hostile environments can be a difficult task – discover the CWT specialised products and expert knowledge that our energy sector clients are using to help do just that.

   

• How to counter the rising cost of air travel - We can't wave a magic wand but there are still plenty of ways to keep costs under control.
  

   

• Save with greener business travel - It’s possible to achieve your organisation’s green goals and still save money on your business travel. Find out how...

   

• Simple steps to business travel savings - Travelling economy class and booking reduced flexibility tickets could save you a pretty penny, just as long as your employees are on board...

   

• Don't pay more for hotel extras - as the average price of a hotel breakfast in central London tops £18, travel budgets are feeling the pinch. Here’s how to avoid the often unforeseen cost.

   

   

Travel manager guides

• Create your perfect travel policy - Read our article for tips on how to create a policy, then download our hassle-free policy template

   

• Get your ground transportation programme firing on all cylinders  - Follow our top tips to find the solutions that offer the best combination of savings, convenience and safety for travellers

   

• Improve travel policy compliance through communication - Learn about the communication vehicles available to you that enable communication with travellers throughout the trip lifecycle.

   

• How to manage the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme - What is it, which companies will it affect, and what will travel managers need to do?

   

• Business Travel and cyclone management - moving people quickly when a cyclone hits is no easy task, find out how CWT stays one step ahead.

   

• Business Travel Stress - Understanding the top stress factors that business travellers encounter such as lost baggage, no internet connection or flying economy long-haul can help travel managers to minimise the impact on business opertaions and maximise traveller output.

   

• Increase travel policy compliance through communication - Raising awareness of your corporate travel goals can have a big impact on your bottom line.

   

• How to implement an online travel booking tool – get top tips from CWT experts.

   

• CSR tips for business travel – A best practice and guide for travel managers

   

• Greener business travel - a way to increase productivity? Find out how booking greener forms of business travel could actually mean your travellers are able to be more productive.

   

• See our top travel tips – quick wins and strategic ideas on how to save money