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Company travel without clearly defined travel policy - where would you draw the line?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by AroundTheWorld, Aug 9, 2009.

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  1. Space Ghost

    Space Ghost Member

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    And they do. Any company with a significant amount of employees keeps a close tab on expenditures and know who their top spenders are. Doesn't bode well when it comes time for promotions or layoffs if that person is unjustly spending their max. Wasting the company money just because its company money is unethical.
     
    #21 Space Ghost, Aug 10, 2009
  2. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Which is exactly why they set up per diem rates and rules to follow for expenses.

    I responded to the post where the poster wrote:

    "When traveling for work, there's no real reason to try to cut costs."

    Budgets and bottom lines are the real reasons to try to cut costs.
     
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    I'd agree with this. (though I didn't think there was much difference between a Four Seasons and a Hyatt). Standard room in a good, convenient business hotel.

    You should also look to setting up some travel policies before it becomes an issue. (or before TeamUSA joins your company).
     
    #23 bnb, Aug 10, 2009
  4. AroundTheWorld

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    Yeah, that's the thing I am concerned about. I travel all across Europe and am the person in the company that travels the most, so I will naturally cause more cost than almost anyone else (I am now in charge of all countries except the UK and the US.) - I guess the CEO causes more cost because he actually stays in better hotels and I doubt he flies economy like everyone else does. In London, I usually don't spend more than 100 GBP which is not much for London at all.

    Now I'm in Amsterdam and I was very tempted to stay at a hotel called "Pulitzer" which is part of the Starwood chain (I have top status on Starwood, Hilton and Hyatt and I like to stay at these chains because I get upgrades), but in the end decided to stay at a hotel of a chain (Moevenpick) with which I don't have any status at all. The Starwood hotel would have been € 200, whereas the other one is like € 120 or so.

    I just want to avoid getting a bad rep for something like this, even though part of me feels that I "deserve" to stay in the better hotel because I am working my butt off for the company and my travel schedule is getting to the point that I actually consider it stressful (and I love to travel).
     
    #24 AroundTheWorld, Aug 10, 2009
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