Make Your Business Travelling More Effective and Productive as a Woman

MILA JONES
Future Travel
Published in
4 min readJun 10, 2019

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As a businesswoman, it is not just about being productive and efficient while on a business trip, but it is also about staying safe.

No matter, if you are an entrepreneur, or lead your sales team, travelling is an important element of your work life to make new connections and to close more deals.

Amid all this, more often than not, our productivity tends to suffer. Here in this article, we will have a closer look at how you can make the most out of your business trips by staying focused and productive.

1. Optimize the cost, time and value

As a smart business woman, you should prioritize things properly. It is highly recommended to evaluate every travel opportunity based on certain important features.

First of all, it is imperative to analyze if the account is actually worth the efforts and time. The math is simple here. Calculate your hourly earnings, and justify if an 8-hour day trip to meet the potential customer is even helping you earn the required commission. Also, do not forget to include the costs associated with lodging and transportation.

Next, it is important to check if an on-site visit to the client is really important, or would you be able to manage to close the deal even through phone, video chat or email as well.

Thirdly, see if an 8-hour travel period is actually worth it. If you can cold call 80 new prospects during that time and can make a deal with 7 new accounts, you should be able to make a better commission.

2. Use technology to its fullest

Technology makes it possible to arrange the schedule simply. Arrange your schedule with some of the newest technology or mobile applications with reminders suitable for each task.

Use your gadgets like laptops, tablets and mobile phones handily, whereas feat for any meeting or company seminars. Further, conjointly arrange if carrying a portable computer, mobile, and pill is important or if you’ll be ready to manage with simple mobile and pill. this might assist you to save the house.

Additionally, conjointly positive that you simply have web property with you throughout the journey, in edifice rooms and flights so you’ll simply team together with your colleagues. it’s essential to cultivate technology management skills to create the foremost out of all the out there resources.

3. Manage your calendar while you are travelling

Managing the calendar is necessary, no matter if you are going on adventure travel or business travel. However, if you are a business traveller, it is all the more necessary to keep all your essentials necessary for the journey starting from your attires to your office supplies, chargers, and other essentials so that they are on your side even if you are miles away from your home.

Likewise, it is equally important to keep yourself updated with all your schedules and travel details. Try to book a direct flight to avoid any unwanted hassles.

4. Get familiar with your destination

For a successful business trip, is necessary to make yourself aware of the new place you are heading to. Make sure that your chosen accommodation is near-by your conference hall and meeting place. Further, if it is far away, make sure that you can find cabs easily.

Use your smartphones to download some of the latest applications for booking of flights, hotels and taxis/cabs, just in case. This would help you in saving time, while also staying productive throughout.

5. Eat fresh and stay healthy

To reach your desired goals and objectives and for efficient productivity in business, it is important to take a healthy diet. Take a diet rich in iron and protein to improve your work stamina and workplace culture too.

Make healthy choices to create a winning environment, select nutritious options at the vending machines along with ample amounts of fresh fruit.

6. Find your focus and be productive

Being focused and staying organized is important to boost your productivity, especially when you are a solo traveller as women in such places like India, Bhutan, Indonesia or Thailand etc. Once you have reached your travel destination, take some time out of your business schedule and relax.

You might want to meditate, or, talk to your family and friends to de-stress yourself. Next, plan properly and set your schedule. You might want to organize your work table with your laptops, mobile, files and storage devices so that you may easily get back to work in your hotel room when you are back from your meeting.

For being more productive as a women entrepreneur, it’s very important to take short naps, read a book and meditate for some time.

7. Choose more efficient travel modes

So, what is the best way to reach your destination? Should you board a flight or choose a train or personal transport?

Make sure that whatever travel mode you choose is not only safe and quick but reliable too. Also, make sure the mode selected for travelling has enough space for you to work on your laptop if required. Select a stress-free ride for you to stay attentive and productive while you are on your business trip.

Over to You

Simply adopt the above-mentioned strategies and stay productive and focused while on a business trip. As you see, it is all about careful planning and prioritizing the right things, in addition to making the best use of available resources.

So what are your views on this? How do you stay focused? Do let us know in the comments below!

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MILA JONES
Future Travel

Mila Jones is a Senior Business Consultant, With rich experience in the domains of technology consulting and strategy.Twitter: @miilajones