Business Travel Insurance

Top Business Travel Tips

International business travel can be stressful at the best of times. You have all the usual worries of leaving your house, having to pack and getting your luggage in order alongside the professional concerns of making a good impression and making sure things go well for your business. Of course, ensuring you have quality business travel insurance is a good start and means you are covered in a worst case scenario, but how else can you make sure everything goes without a hitch?

Here are 5 business travel tips to make sure everything goes to plan on your trip:

Check the Import Regulations
This is a vital business travel tip, which is often overlooked. Telecommunication equipment, including laptops, phones and PDAs may be a crucial part of the office on the move, but some countries restrict their import meaning they could be confiscated. Check the import regulations of the country you are visiting in advance, and be prepared to fall back on the trusty old 'pen and paper' or a USB stick to transport your killer presentation when on international business travel.

When in Rome - go with their time zone!
Set your watch to the new time zone as soon as you take off and back to British time as soon as you leave. To avoid embarrassing fatigue in that key meeting, change your sleeping habits to match your new time zone as soon you land - even if it means going to bed a few hours earlier or later than you usually would.

Sort your business travel insurance out in advance
Yes, the chances are you will not need to claim on your business travel insurance, which is a good thing, but why take the chance? A major business deal could easily fall apart in the event of illness, but with our policy, the sick party is covered and replaced by another employee under the terms and conditions!

Get the best value from your mobile
Do a little homework and find out which phone network has the best roaming charges in your destination country, before you set off on your international business travel. There are some major discrepancies between the networks, so it is well worth shopping around if you need to be in constant contact with your office.

Look after your laptop
Do not let your laptop go into the hold luggage, even if you do not plan to use it on the flight. They are fragile, and if your work is on there, that is not a risk you want to take. Make sure all important work for the trip is backed up on a USB stick as well, in case technical failure decides to strike your laptop's journey!

If you follow these business travel tips, the scope for deal breaking disaster is limited, and your work should be safe!