Perhaps less likely to succeed in speaking engagements, but for consulting, one of the most dollars-per-words-uttered pieces of advice I received, from @tqbf: Put "I will expense travel as per your standard policies." in all statements of work.https://twitter.com/sehurlburt/status/1042940547264995328 …
I'm trying to imagine what the concern is here. Is it "They don't let you get Starwood points"? Then you don't get Starwood points. Is it "They book you accommodations which turn out to be unsafe?" Then you leave, get a real hotel, and client relations it over in the morning.
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Some companies have terrible travel policies. E.g. you will travel 5 hours, arrive for a 9am meeting, work 8 hours and travel 5 hours home same day. No, policy does not allow an overnight stay, even though the hotel is cheaper than the flight required to arrive by 9am.
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The ability to make rational travel choices is one of the attractions of running my own business. I guess you can book what you like and bill them as per their policy, but then maybe you need to price cheapest fare through their provider etc...
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We fly LA-NY often, and work on the plane. We fly our people business; they sometimes don’t. We stay in a particular hotel in NY; not part of a chain.
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Point is that sometimes you may need to build travel expense into your opex to preserve the culture of your own company while serving your clients. We are hired to help them because we are us, not them.
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