Finance expert Mike Periu shares money-saving tips for Small Business Travel that may help close deals.
As we prepare for 2013, it’s important for business owners to acknowledge that face-to-face meetings can’t be replaced with technology when its comes to closing a large deal. Traveling to meet clients and potential clients is far more expensive than a Skype or GoToMeeting conference, but it’s certainly possible to minimize the travel cost and still achieve your main goal—closing the deal.
Rhonda Abrams offers 11 tips on how small businesses can save on business travel. Among her best tips are:
- Travel early in the year. Fares in January and February tend to be lower as there is less demand for business-related travel.
- Use secondary airports. When searching for fares online, always check “nearby airports” which can reduce the ticket price significantly.
- Rent a car instead of using taxis. If traveling to cities like Miami or Houston which are expensive, it’s far cheaper to rent a car than to use taxis.
About Mike Periu
Mike is a seasoned executive with experience in small business finance and management. He is the founder of Proximo, LLC a leading provider of corporate, consumer and small business education and training services with an emphasis on finance and technology.
Mike Periu is also a leading national voice for individual empowerment through financial education and entrepreneurship. He has been interviewed over 500 times in national and international media, including NBC, Univision, CNN en español, Telemundo, HITN, TVE, RTE, SBS, MegaTV and others.
Mike writes regularly for American Express OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas and is a Huffington Post contributor.
Mike has degrees in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University. He is on the Board of Directors of the Council for Economic Education and was a Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation’s Labs for Enterprise Creation.
