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5 ESSENTIAL DO'S AND DON'TS OF YOUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRIP

You’re about to be the face of your company in an entirely different country. No pressure, right? Being ready for what curveballs internatio...
5 Spooky Destinations Not to Miss During Your Fall Business Travel

5 Spooky Destinations Not to Miss During Your Fall Business Travel

We all know that business travel can sometimes feel like a chore. But one of the perks of corporate travel is that you are able to visit and...
How Business Travelers Can Handle The Busiest Travel Seasons

How Business Travelers Can Handle The Busiest Travel Seasons

Let’s face it — business trips don’t always align with slow travel seasons. While every business traveler can dream of having easy travel fo...

How to Maximize Productivity During Summer Business Travel

Ahh, summertime. It really can be a double-edged sword. For business travelers used to living in multi-season climates, the warmth of the su...

Balancing Business Travel and Family During Summer

When summertime hits, balancing business travel and family can become a bit more complicated. After all, you want to give your all to both, ...

How to Prevent Security Hacks on the Road

As the travel industry grows, so does the risk for security threats. There have been hundreds of data breaches in recent years, particularly...

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR SURVIVING LONG-HAUL FLIGHTS

If you’re anything like me, enduring a flight longer than four hours is near impossible. As aircrafts become more advanced and uninterrupted...

Your Checklist: Making Your International Trip a Success

Your company just invested $16,000 in your full, unrestricted first-class fare to China. In addition to the pressure you’re feeling to accom...
A new rule goes into effect on June 30, 2018 for travelers flying to the US that powder-like substances over 12 ounces must be packed in your checked bag.

Let’s Talk Talc: New TSA Rules on Packing Powder

We get it. A little talc on the toes goes a long way towards comfort when your FitBit says you’re putting 10 miles on your feet, walking you...

Understanding Travel Documents: What are eTAs, Who Needs Them, and for Which Countries?

In November of 2016, Canada began enforcing a new program that has caught many travelers off guard, including one U.K. comedian who missed h...
8 Tips For Going Green While Traveling

8 Tips For Going Green While Traveling

Grappling with the logistics of green travel? Traveling green has never been easier, thanks to the collective, growing awareness of how we c...

Wheels up? You’ve Got This Down. Tips for Millennials New to Corporate Travel

For those new to business travel, the glamour wears thin quickly. Flights get delayed or canceled, and sleeping in strange hotel rooms never...

How Airport Lounges Profoundly Impact Productivity

If you’ve ever sat by the gate awaiting your flight, wishing your portable charger hadn’t run out of juice, balancing your PC on your lap tr...

The ABC’s of IDP’s (International Driving Permits)

When traveling internationally, there is only so much time to cram in all that you want to see and do. Renting a car is the only way to full...

The “Smart” Luggage Ban: How to Plan For It

Smart luggage is officially dumb. At this writing, in a rare act of solidarity, all of the major U.S. airlines have joined together in banni...

Secrets To Selecting the Best Seats

Sometimes, choosing your seat for business travel can feel like a shot in the dark. Fortunately, if you do a little research — and have a bi...
Vegan Business Travelers: Your Guide to Eating In Flight

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 ...

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 Tex...

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 ba...

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 lug...
To Check, or Not to Check? The Pros and Cons of Checking Bags for Business Travel

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 c...

How to Perfect Your Hotel Experience

Frequent business travelers know that hotel experiences can vary widely from the pitch perfect to the downright dreadful. While it is true t...

The AmTrav 2017 List: Top 15 Business Travel Apps

The clever apps your fellow road warriors are chatting up make business travel easier than ever before. The likelihood you’re using travel a...
The Electricity Challenge: Matching Outlets to Countries

The Electricity Challenge: Matching Outlets to Countries

In a perfect world, there’d be one universal electrical outlet and no need for a blog to navigate this strange territory. Rather, in a perfe...

Service Animals on Flights: Ferreting out the Truth

If you’re a frequent traveler, you have, undoubtedly, noticed a marked increase in the number of passengers traveling with emotional support...

Traveling Abroad? Make Sure the Travel “Bug” Is the Only One You Return With

International travel is an exotic crash course in human relations. There is simply no substitute for immersing one’s self in different cultu...

10 Must-Pack Items for Your Next Business Trip

A last-minute business trip can result in a flurry of “pack-tivity” as you scramble to remember everything you will need for the next few da...
United Takes a New Approach to Lure Travelers Back to the “Friendly Skies”

United Takes a New Approach to Lure Travelers Back to the “Friendly Skies”

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz emerged from the rubble that resulted from an intense social media shelling over the past few weeks long eno...

Overbooked Flights: What Are Your Rights, Anyhow?

A recent viral video has been raising many questions about travelers’ rights on overbooked flights. Let it be said that the video of a docto...
Eco-Travelers: What You Need to Know About Staying at Green Key Hotels

Eco-Travelers: What You Need to Know About Staying at Green Key Hotels

If you’re an eco-business traveler concerned about your impact on the environment, Green Key certified hotels may be a great fit for you.
LAX: The Mess You’ll Want to Miss

LAX: The Mess You’ll Want to Miss

When it comes to travel for either business or leisure, you know that even the slightest wrinkle has a ripple effect on your plans. Lost bag...
U.S. Limits Electronic Devices on Carriers from Several Middle East Countries – What You Need to Know

U.S. Limits Electronic Devices on Carriers from Several Middle East Countries

Early this morning, the US Department of Homeland Security put out a memo hitting Middle Eastern Airlines with a ban on passengers’ electron...

Gluten-Free Business Travel: A Guide to Survival

According to a 2015 Gallup poll, one in five Americans is currently eating gluten-free. And whether that’s due to celiac disease, dietary ne...

Airport Yoga Trend: What You Need to Know

In 2012, San Francisco International Airport kicked off a popular new trend: airport yoga rooms. The airport has two, both open 24 hours, fr...

Flight Attendant Confidential: What They Wish You Knew About Flying First Class

There’s First Class, and then there’s FIRST CLASS. There’s a huge disparity between First Class on United Airlines versus First Class on Emi...
What You Don't Know - But Should - About Unused Airline Tickets

What You Don't Know - But Should - About Unused Airline Tickets

When you book a business flight — whether individually or through a business travel agency — the assumption is you’ll use the ticket. Unfort...
Why TSA Precheck Is a Must-Have For Business Travelers

Why TSA Precheck Is a Must-Have For Business Travelers

You know who wants to wait in long lines at the airport? Nobody. That’s why AmTrav recommends all business travelers register for TSA Preche...

In-Flight Wi-Fi: What You Need to Know

Someday, we will all be having a good laugh about how we tried to do business while enduring these covered wagon days of Wi-Fi access on fli...

5 Airports to Avoid During the Holidays

‘Tis the season for holiday-related travel delays, folks. For many travelers across the country, holiday travel begins with a happy heart, a...

Winter is Coming: What the Colder Weather Could Mean for Your Travel Plans

Depending on what region of the country you live in, you might take a glance up at your window right now to see a cold, grey winter sky look...

Debunking 5 Myths About Holiday Travel

You might think the holiday travel myths had gone the way of the Samsung Galaxy 7 (banned on all U.S. flights, by the way, if you didn’t get...

Making the Most of Your Downtime: What’s a Business Traveler To Do?

So, you’re going on a business trip. You know as well as we do that business travel absolutely does not equate to “vacation.” You’ll be busy...