The entrepreneur Ilana Greene put a lot of planning into her business travel. Since that, she is a small business owner, her primary concern is cost-effective travel means. On several occasions, the business travel proves expensive to her, because she books on short notice that implies she has to go during peak times.
Despite her inability to control the costs, the company can meet the cost, and give her comfortable traveling. As a business person, Ilana knows how to cut travel cost by taking advantage of opportunities or even planning in advance. The following are tips that she uses to cut cost, that you may also fund useful when traveling.

Look for available discount

To ensure her company saves money, Ilana asks for corporate discounts. Especially when she books a flight on short notice, she just calls the airline and books online. Asking for corporate discount gives her many advantages including the size of the company, and the number of passengers is irrelevant when booking. There are many hotels, car rental agencies, and airlines giving discounts, with some giving as high as 25 % discount.

Acquire many rewards

By joining a frequent flyer program, Ilana is able to get rewards from credit card companies. She uses Southwest airline Visa Signature card, which gives her one point for each dollar spent and 2 points for each dollar she spends with approved Southwest Rapid Rewards partners for hotels and car rentals.
With these points, she can travel freely on Southwest in two years and a United Airline’s frequent flyer for two free flights per year. The discount and the points accumulated saves her business a lot of money and helps her write off the travel expense from tax.
What is key to the techniques, is to install a travel agent app that allows her to contact an agent directly through the e-mail.

Use Travel agencies

Ilana uses Campbell Travel Agents to book flights to get access to their affiliate companies and travel partners. Through travel agents, she has been able to save thousands of dollars.

Explore regional airports

Regional airports usually give Ilana subsidies travel fares and offer her improved checkpoint security that improves her overall travel experience. Also, use a network of regional airports helps Ilana be more productive since she is less concerned about booking arrangements, especially at peak times such as winter storm.

Use train, if possible

Since train travel is less costly than air transport, Ilana has found it useful in saving money and having comfortable travel. Plus, the train travel saves her money on accommodation.