Business travel can be incredibly stressful. Not only do you have to negotiate a big deal, meet new clients and sell your business, but you also have to navigate yourself round a foreign country. Thankfully, there are a number of great apps that help to make your business travel far easier, allowing you to focus on the task in hand instead of fumbling around with all of your paper confirmations, itineraries and maps.
Here are just some of the great business travel apps:
Travel Light with TripIt
One of the worst things about business travel is trying to organize several members of staff, especially if you’re all traveling to the same destination at different times. From booking conformation emails to reference numbers, managing all of these details can be time consuming and frustrating. But with TripIt, everything is consolidated into one handy place, so you have a master itinerary for each staff member.
GateGuru
If you know exactly where your gate is in the airport and whether there have been any unexpected changes, this will avoid any nasty surprises when you arrive at the airport. GateGuru will provide you with all of this information so you can set off a little bit earlier or have a little bit more time relaxing before you catch your flight.
Dufl
Packing suitcases is a chore for most people and when you’re traveling for business, it can be an even more unenjoyable task. Dufl is a personalized wardrobe concierge that will have your clothes pressed and clean and waiting for you at your new destination so you don’t have to worry about unpacking or ironing when you get there. Just make sure you’ve checked this weather app first, so you know what clothes you’ll need to have delivered.
Concur
No matter how organized you are when you travel, it’s highly probable that you’ll end up losing a receipt or booking confirmation somewhere along the line. So to make things easier for your accounting team, download Concur, which will keep track of all of this information for you so you never lose an important receipt again. You can also integrate it with your credit card so you can report back your expenditure, which is great if you need to get things signed off whilst you’re away.
BestParking
Nothing’s worse than arriving at your next business meeting to find that there’s nowhere to park so make sure you’ve got BestParking downloaded to avoid these problems and the subsequent arguments with backseat drivers! This app helps you to find the best parking lots and will also point you in the direction of the ones that are cheapest too.
Google Translate
If you’re traveling abroad on business, you’ll not want to be carting a phrase book around with you. So opt for Google Translate instead, which will allow you to take a picture of a book, menu or sign before translating it for you at the click of a button.
A guest post by Richard Heath who travels extensively for business. He writes about using technology to make the most of your time and make life less hectic when you’re rushing from a meeting to the airport.
