AmTrav Blog
Insights, tricks and tips to help you deliver a great business travel program & traveller experience for your organization.
Vegan Business Travelers: Your Guide to Eating In Flight
If there was ever a good time to be vegan, it’s now. Food options–even in New Orleans over Thanksgiving–are plentiful. The same is true for today’s in-flight meals. Virtually every airline offers vega...
Dealing with Serious Hurricane Situations While Running a Nationwide Sales Business
Guest post by our own Dewey Warner – Director, Business Development In early September, a mere weeks after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas, Hurricane Irma came barrelling towards Florida. For a Ke...
How Homeland Security’s REAL ID Act Affects Your Business Travel
Update (12/28/17):
Trick or Treat? 5 Common Travel Deals Too Spooky to Be True
They say you should never look a gift horse in the mouth, but if the gift horse is offering you a travel “deal,” seriously scrutinize its back molars. When you’re off the clock and planning a fun week...
The Future of Hotel Security
With the events in Las Vegas, the big (and big is an understatement) question is “what now” with hotel security. Hotel operators, government officials and security experts are all trying to crack a se...
How to Handle a Travel Crisis: What You Need to Know
There’s little doubt that business travel can be fraught with minor frustrations and occasional inconveniences. Delayed flights and lost luggage seem to be par for the course. There are circumstances,...
The 5 Haunted Hotel Destinations You’ll Want to Seek Out This Halloween
Although most of us would shudder at the thought of encountering a real, live ghostly apparition, there’s an entire population who relish the idea and travel the country seeking out the country’s most...
The Pros and Cons of Checking Bags for Business Travel
Let’s face it. You didn’t get to where you are in your career because you shy away from the tough decisions. From making the right hire to choosing which vendors and suppliers to use, you’ve got it do...
Winning the Battle to Lose the War? When Saving on Business Travel Backfires
Oftentimes, when the leader of a company sets out to increase the bottom line, one of the first major budget cuts is business travel. According to AmTrav’s President Craig Fichtelberg, this strategy d...