Great news. It turns out that we’re still social animals. Despite living in a hyper-connected world where we can hide behind tech and our computer screens, smart businesses still recognise the importance of face to face meetings.
There is no questioning the importance of proper expense management for any size of business; from the smallest startup to the largest corporation, the implementation of best practices with regards to business expenses is a huge factor in the growth, revenue, and ultimately, success of the business.
Employees can now request a cash advance and use this advance as a payment method when they submit an expense.
Our lives are made easier by Business Travel Expense apps. They assist us in keeping track of our spending, and in addition to the insights we get, they eliminate a lot of tedious or time-consuming labor that we would otherwise have to perform ourselves. The best expense apps answer the need that in today’s world you need more than just an app that only registers how much money you have spent. You should have an app that does that as well as the following: Receipt scanner to extract relevant data The first thing the best business travel expense apps should be capable of is scanning receipts. With scanning recei
As tedious and uninviting as it is, proper expense reporting practices are imperative to the success of a business; not only can good expense reporting provide many opportunities for tax reimbursements, but a lack of expense reporting can lead to significant trouble in the event of an audit.
Hitting the road in the name of your job can be an adventure or a hassle. It can be smooth sailing or a long drawn out misery.
Workers who use their own funds to pay for work expenses are spending nearly £400, and almost half of those fail to claim the money back from their employer. Half of employees use their own cash or credit cards to settle expenses, and spend an average of £367 a year doing so.
While credit cards facilitate the payment process by postponing our bank account’s throughput, they also increase the risk of irresponsible spending.
With Rydoo the calculation of business travel expenses becomes very easy. The rate of mileage allowance and the date from which it applies can be configured directly in the system.
Great news. It turns out that we’re still social animals. Despite living in a hyper-connected world where we can hide behind tech and our computer screens, smart businesses still recognize the importance of face-to-face meetings.
This is why business travel spend is set to reach a huge $1.6 Trillion by 2020, according to the latest research by The Global Business Travel Association.
With more companies working, collaborating, and trading internationally than ever before, traveling for business is an ever-increasing part of our professional lives. So how does mobile make this even easier for us?
Focus on closing that business deal or entertaining that client and take the stress out of international travel with our pick of the best mobile apps.
Navigating your way through a new city can be tricky. From the London underground to New York’s metro, from minicabs to luxury vehicles, here is our pick of the best apps to keep you moving and connected when you travel internationally. And with most of them offering mobile payments and tickets, we also take the admin hassle away.
CityMapper
Promising to save ‘Londoners from London’, ‘Edokkos from Tokyo’, and 36 other global cities in-between, CityMapper is the definitive journey planning app. Whether you want to walk, ride, drive, (or catapult), CityMapper uses real-time data to find you the best route and avoid any disruption or delays. Available on iOS and Android.
SNCB Europe
Pulitzer-prize winning Edna St.Vincent Mallay famously wrote that ‘There isn’t a train that I wouldn’t take.’ She clearly never tried travelling by rail around Europe for business. With so many railway lines, providers, and ticket options, download the SNCB app to simplify your travel. It lets you pre-book international train tickets to 1000s of European destinations, and keep mobile train tickets on your smartphone.
Amtrak
The best app for rail travel in the US. Free on iOS and Android, use it to pre-book tickets, check train statuses and save journeys for future reference.
Uber & Lyft
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you would have definitely heard of the daddy of all ride-hailing apps- Uber. But it is too useful not to mention. Alongside competitor Lyft which is also a good option, both apps work across iOS and Android and offer all ride types from economy to premium.
Juggling Euros, Pounds, Dollars, conversion rates, and a wallet full of receipts can be tiresome after a while. With these mobile apps, you can focus on entertaining clients without worrying about exchange rates, local currency, or losing that big expense receipt.
Revolut
Unlock the world with the RevolutCard and mobile app that empowers you to instantly send and spend money globally. Just order your RevolutCard, set up your profile and then make purchases all over the world at the real exchange rate in over 120 currencies. Perfect for your personal money when travelling internationally.
Rydoo
From taxis to train tickets, client meals to hotels, one thing is for sure traveling for business can leave you weighed down with dozens of receipts. Take the stress out of expense management by snapping and digitising your expense receipts in real-time with Rydoo. Its smart, secure technology extracts all of the relevant data and integrates it with your accounting process or software in real-time, leaving you to forget about expense management and focus on closing that business deal.
Taking your client out for dinner and having no idea what’s on the menu? Trying to find your way around a new city? These translation apps are going to make your time abroad a whole lot easier.
Google Translate
See the world in your language with the Google Translate app. Their cool camera translation tech lets you instantly visualize the text in 29 languages by simply holding your smartphone camera over the text. Perfect for those complicated foreign menus. It also lets you translate 52 languages by typing when you have no internet connection, and offers a huge 103 languages overall.
iTranslate
With over 50 million downloads worldwide, iTranslate helps you to read, write and speak in over 90 languages. Its voice conversion mode instantly recognizes your voice, translates your words, and reads them out loud in your chosen language. It also offers an offline version that is perfect to save your data.
With all that tech, you’re all set to conquer your next business trip. But before you jet off, make sure you have the basics covered:
Oh and don’t forget your passport! Safe travels.
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