AmTrav Blog

Insights, tricks and tips to help you deliver a great business travel program & traveller experience for your organization.
Getting the hotel room and rate you need with AmTrav

Getting the hotel room and rate you need with AmTrav

Along with social distancing, face coverings, and meetings switching from in-person to virtual, one change that we’ve seen at AmTrav is an increase in hotel bookings relative to flight bookings. While...

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What to Expect at Your Hotel: Three Questions to Ask Before You Arrive

What to Expect at Your Hotel: Three Questions to Ask Before You Arrive

Many aspects of travel have changed with COVID, including the hotel experience. While hotels strive to provide consistent amenities and meals, they’re now facing safety and economic challenges that pr...

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Room Blocks Are for Weddings, Not Business

Room Blocks Are for Weddings, Not Business

Hotel room blocks work really well for weddings. Room blocks offer a lot of flexibility, giving guests the ability to adjust their departure or arrival dates, or they can choose to stay elsewhere. Plu...

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Introducing AmTrav’s New Post-Trip Surveys

Introducing AmTrav’s New Post-Trip Surveys

One of the hardest tasks for a travel administrator or budget owner is to determine which trips are worth taking. Which trips are a great use of the traveler’s time and the company’s money -- the sale...

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To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine? Navigating State COVID Travel Restrictions

To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine? Navigating State COVID Travel Restrictions

If you or your coworkers are traveling during the COVID pandemic, you need to remember to bring your mask and hand sanitizer, to book a COVID Clean hotel, and to make sure you’re following state trave...

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Tired of Unused Tickets? No? Me Neither!

Tired of Unused Tickets? No? Me Neither!

A colleague shared some data with me today. It inspired me to share a story with you.

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The Little Marketing Initiative That Could: Reflecting on Six Months of Communications in 2020

The Little Marketing Initiative That Could: Reflecting on Six Months of Communications in 2020

Coming into 2020 we thought it was a good time to put an emphasis on communicating regularly with our administrators, coordinators and travelers. We had exciting new time and money-saving product upda...

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What to Do If an Employee Gets COVID-19 On the Road

What to Do If an Employee Gets COVID-19 On the Road

As part of your duty of care to employees, you should have an action plan that outlines the specific steps to take should someone become ill while traveling on company business. There are two steps: 1...

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Fast, Confident Travel Preparation: The AmTrav COVID Resource Center

Fast, Confident Travel Preparation: The AmTrav COVID Resource Center

Today we are launching a new COVID Resources Center webpage displaying current travel restrictions and supplier policies to help you and your team quickly and confidently prepare for travel. This page...

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