| Business trips can often take place at the last minute. | | | | of for taxi drivers to take a longer route than |
| Something crops up that just absolutely has to be | | | | necessary if they perceive that you aren't local to |
| sorted out face to face. Which means if your job | | | | their city.If it's close enough to travel by car, driving |
| could potentially involve business travel, it's essential | | | | will be your best option. Again, bookmark your |
| to be prepare as much as possible in advance.In | | | | favorite route planning site so that you can call on it |
| general, all travel trips are being booked later and | | | | at short notice. If you haven't used a route planning |
| later, so unless there's a major conference going on | | | | service before, test it out by entering a journey you |
| in your destination city, you should be able to find | | | | do regularly to see how good the directions are. Not |
| somewhere to stay. What can be more difficult to | | | | all online route planners are created equal!When you |
| ensure is that it's somewhere you want to stay and | | | | reach your destination, you will probably need to get |
| that it's within your budget.If you know your job is | | | | hotel accommodation booked.For peace of mind, it's |
| likely to involve travel, it's worth planning ahead and | | | | worth booking before you set off for your trip. |
| setting up a new folder in your bookmarks so that | | | | Some hotels will offer an online booking service but |
| you're not hunting around the search engines, | | | | you need to be aware that these services don't |
| desperately trying to find your preferred airlines and | | | | always show all the rooms available, especially at the |
| hotel bookers.Start your search while you're not | | | | last minute. If you can't get your chosen room online, |
| rushed!Make sure that you bookmark at least two of | | | | remember that you can always use the telephone - |
| everything, in case the site you use doesn't have | | | | we're so used to doing everything online nowadays |
| anything available for your trip.For flights, choose one | | | | that we can sometimes forget this!Because web |
| of the sites that lists lots of different airlines. But | | | | sites prefer you to book using their online system, |
| remember that these don't always list the budget | | | | you may need to have a directory enquiries number |
| airlines, so bookmark the web site of any budget | | | | to hand so that you can find out the hotel's contact |
| airline that flies from your local airport.When choosing | | | | details. If they're fully booked when you call, most |
| flights, make sure that you check the number of | | | | hotel receptionists will be able to recommend |
| stopovers. This is easily missed when you are | | | | somewhere else to stay.Also make yourself a |
| traveling at the last minute. Stopovers can add hours | | | | "pre-travel" check list ahead of time. This should |
| to a flight time and they increase the likelihood of | | | | include things like flight, car rental and hotel |
| delays on your journey.Taxi journeys from the | | | | reservations as well as the usual things you would |
| airport to your final destination should be | | | | pack for any trip.Copyright 2005 Smooth HoundS |
| straightforward. But take the precaution of checking | | | | Wander offers affordable hotel and guest house |
| the likely fare before accepting the ride, even if the | | | | accommodation throughout the world. |
| cab has a meter to display the price. It's not unheard | | | | |