Articles tagged ‘Trip Planning’
Laptop Seizures? Big Brother Can Confiscate Your Laptop, Including Your Super-Confidential Business Files
By Carrie Thompson | October 25th, 2006 |
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Imagine my surprise when reading the Travel Daily News this morning to find that the ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives) is warning business travelers of just that. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol can view, download or even seize your laptop, files and electronic media for an indefinite amount of time. If [...]
Hate Doing Expense Reports? Make it Easier with ExpenseWire
By Carrie Thompson | October 25th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
As business travelers, unless we work on a per diem basis, we regularly have to deal with expense reports. Expense reports are, by their very nature, a pain in the neck. Many of you are probably required to enter detailed data in some outdated spreadsheet for you accounting department every week. That’s [...]
Train Tickets on Your Mobile Phone? Chiltern Railways is Checking it Out
By Carrie Thompson | October 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
For ages we’ve been printing our airline boarding passes from the office or the hotel business center. Chiltern, a progressive railway in England, has been allowing customers the option to print tickets for their Birmingham to London routes in the same manner. Now Chiltern is stepping it up a notch with mobile text [...]
Best Of Business Travel Logue
By Carrie Thompson | October 23rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Here at Business Travel Logue, our goal is to help you, the business traveler, with all aspects of the industry. We’ll give you up-to-date information on all of the important stuff, including:
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And we’d love to hear from you! If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions, put your [...]
I-Pass-Like Lanes at the Border Crossings? Passport Card to Satisfy WHTI Requirements
By Carrie Thompson | October 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The Department of State issued a statement yesterday regarding a new Passport Card system to expedite travel between western hemisphere countries once the new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative requirements are in place. For people who travel within the western hemisphere by land or water frequently, including the US, Mexico, Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean, [...]
Look Out Hertz. Zipcars Provide Transporatation Only When You Need It
By Carrie Thompson | October 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Car-sharing. What a crazy, wonderful idea. Zipcars go beyond public transportation to provide members with cars (including parking, gas, XM and insurance) for rent. These aren’t your standard rental cars. If you need the car for 2 hours, you get the car for 2 hours. Cars are parked in strategic [...]
Business Travel Logue Resource Guide - Beijing China
By Carrie Thompson | October 18th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
So you’re going to Beijing for work and you’re not sure what to expect?
As several airlines, including American, Continental, Northwest and US Airways, are duking it out for the right to add a daily flight direct from the US, you options may be expanding here. You’ll fly in to Beijing Capital International Airport.
Before [...]
In the Insecurity Business. DriverGuard will Protect You from All the Scary Locals when Traveling Abroad
By Carrie Thompson | October 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
What have we here? A service that plays on the anxiety felt by millions of westerners in the face of traveling to some un-civilized destination for business. It’s a lot like the scare tactics Volkswagen uses in their marketing campaign for the Safety Crash Ratings for their vehicles. You know the commercials [...]
Thank You WHTI for Changing Your Deadline
By Carrie Thompson | October 14th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of college students, cruise ship rats and strip-club regulars who depend on open access to Mexico, I would like to thank the people behind the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative for extending the new regulations requiring U.S. citizens to carry passports when traveling to Mexico and Canada from January [...]
Going to Canada? Don’t Forget Your Passport
By Carrie Thompson | October 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The days of visiting Tijuana or Vancouver with nothing but your driver’s license and a smile are soon to be over. As of January 8, 2007, air and sea travelers will be required to present a passport or other approved form of I.D. as a result of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). [...]
