While employers vary in their enforcement of cost-saving travel policies, the majority of Travel Leaders associates who serve business clients - 68 percent - say their business clients are at least somewhat strict in their enforcement. However, another 29 percent loosely or rarely enforce their policies, and three percent actually have not travel policies at all. In addition, while air travel policies are most often enforce, employers tend to be more relaxed about enforcing hotel and car rental policies.
Because corporate travel policies are designed to save cost while ensuring quality, road warriors may find that enforcement in general will tighten as employers continue to navigate the ups and downs of the economy.
In addition, a growing dispute between the airlines and the companies that own the global distribution systems used to search for, reserve and purchase airline tickets could have an effect on travel costs. According to Travel Leaders executives, some airline would like to force travelers, including corporate travel departments, to "buy direct" by pulling their flight data from the global distribution system. Ultimately, business travelers could pay more for tickets.
The survey also revealed that corporate travel departments still reward their business travelers by allowing them to keep frequent flyer miles and loyalty rewards points earned while traveling on business. All of Travel Leaders associates surveyed said their clients are able to earn loyalty rewards points fro their hotel stays; and 97 percent said heir clients are able to earn loyalty reward points fro their car rentals.
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