<p>Corporate travel fails on the same thing every time: nobody knows what the trip will cost until it has happened, and the reconciliation comes months later.</p><h2>The four cost centres</h2><ul><li><strong>Airfare.</strong> The largest single line. Cut it by booking two weeks ahead, avoiding Friday evening departures, and agreeing that economy is the default for flights under six hours.</li><li><strong>Accommodation.</strong> Cut it by using a corporate rate rather than a public one, which is typically 12 to 18% lower, and by setting a nightly ceiling by city rather than by hotel.</li><li><strong>Ground transport.</strong> Cut it by using a monthly car hire or a fixed airport transfer rate, and by not paying for airport parking when the office is a ten-minute walk from the terminal.</li><li><strong>Administration.</strong> The hidden one. Manual expense claims cost a finance team hours per trip. A credit account with net terms and a single monthly statement costs nothing and removes most of that.</li></ul><h2>The fix</h2><p>A corporate account with us gives you net rates, a credit limit, 30-day terms and a single consolidated monthly invoice. No traveller pays anything out of pocket, so nothing gets lost in a receipt.</p>