Travel Restart Kit
Get your travelers back on the road safely & confidently.
With the vaccine roll-out in full swing across the globe, many companies are considering allowing employees to fly the friendly skies again. Whether you’ve already begun traveling or you’re not ready to make a final decision yet, FROSCH is here to guide and empower you to make the right choice for your company and employees.
PHASE 1 • evaluate your company’s current state of travel
Every travel program will restart at its own pace. For some of our clients, business is back to normal, albeit with face masks, and for others, being 30,000 feet in the air is still a far-off thought. Either way, with vaccinations becoming more widespread, and optimism in the industry on the rise, it’s time to look beyond this pause in travel and prepare for a new future.
step 1 • CONSIDER & MEASURE TRAVELER SENTIMENT
While traveler optimism continues to grow overall, it will be important to gauge how your organizations’ travelers feel about returning to travel. A study by PwC indicated that traveler confidence increases dramatically following the first flight or hotel stay. Use a simple survey to gauge your travelers’ confidence to help you make informed decisions.
Sample Traveler Survey
Work with your Account Manager to use FROSCH’s traveler sentiment survey to gauge your travelers’ confidence about getting back to travel.
List of Possible Survey Questions
Prefer to create your own internal survey? Download this question library to craft a survey that will produce the insights that align with your priorities.
step 2 • collaborate with FROSCH & your account manager
Your Account Manager can provide valuable insight into your travel program. For Account Reviews this quarter, we’ve developed a custom slide to help you forecast your 2021 travel volumes. While travel certainly won’t hit pre-pandemic peaks any time soon, there is no doubt business travelers will be emerging from lockdown ready to shake hands, or at least bump elbows!
GuideMe: Ensure Travel Preparedness
Keeping your travelers safe and ‘in the know’ has never been more important. GuideMe provides timely, automated notifications to your travelers to ensure they are prepared to travel. All notifications will include current information regarding travel restrictions specific to the itinerary, as well as PPE requirements, operational updates, and more.
step 3 • Engage with key stakeholders across your organization
In March, we learned how important it was to collaborate across departments. As we move forward, travel decisions will likely be heavily influenced by HR and legal requirements. Rely on your strengthened relationships with Human Resources, Legal, Security, Sales, and Leadership to evaluate your organization’s unique state of travel.
Use this pause to strategically review your current travel program. The pandemic has afforded travel managers the unique opportunity to look back at the height of travel with “20/20” vision.
✓ Were certain preferred hotels utilized more than others?
✓ What wasn’t working?
✓ Which new duty of care elements need to be implemented?
✓ Is there a program upgrade you had been putting off?
✓ Would a pre-trip approval process streamline travel requests?
Preparing to Unpause: Key Stakeholders Meeting Agenda
If you’re just starting to think about travel, download the customizable Meeting Agenda to guide your first “prepare to unpause” meeting.
TRAVEL PRIORITY WORKSHEET
This in-depth worksheet will guide you through unpausing travel — whether for a specific location, trip, or your company-wide program. Answer a series of questions, using FROSCH as a resource, to evaluate your unique state of travel.
Use GuideMe on the FROSCH Traveler Health Safety & Security Hub to find:
✓ Percent of the population vaccinated in a country
✓ COVID-19 Confirmed Cases to Date
✓ Current Travel Restrictions
✓ Face Mask Requirements
