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Montreal Travel KitTravel to Montreal
It is worth mentioning here that one of the best way to travel to Montreal is to deal with your favourite domestic travel agency. By developing a contractual association with a corporate travel agency, you could save up to 30% or 50% on airfares, car rentals, hotel reservations and sightseeing tours for spouses during your annual assemblies.
Some travel agencies specialize in business trips and business travelers are wise to use their services to save time and money. Business travel, including Montreal business travel, is a service that you, as a business person has to use repeatedly. Like most services, they can be negotiated. The key is that business travel services are purchased in small quantities by SMEs and in large quantities by corporations, nothing else. Examine Your Travel Items 
The answer is to examine your business travel records and to list your expenses. Deals and discounts for travel related products and services can allways be negotiated. It is rather important that you become familiar with your main obligations towards your customers as well as with your main requirements towards you, your employees and your company. This exercise will help you improve your negotiations with your domestic travel agency. It will make you feel more in charge and less overwhelmed by all the required arrangements and by all the costs. You could, eventually, decide to deal exclusively with a single travel agency and use their corporate travel services on a contract basis. Prepare a Detailed Schedule 
Project your travel plans for the next year, starting with the number of times you and others will be coming to Montreal for instance, the estimated length of each trip and the reason of your travels. Include conventions, trade-shows and industry related meetings and seminars you anticipate attending, including the product and service presentations you intend to give to customers and potential customers. Consolidate and Negotiate 
Total the number of trips you plan on taking during the next year, the number of airlines, of nights spent in hotels, of car rentals and use the information to project your travel budget. Facilities may be a trade-off. The health club and pool, the fax and computer, the meeting facilities may offset a high hotel rate, but only if you use those facilities. Only negotiate for what you are going to use. When you are ready, start calling and start negotiating. Use travel agency reviews to help you find the perfect agency that will meet all your requirements. Become a Contract Customer 
Although every corporate travel agent will advise advance booking, not all business trips can be planned in advance. But, if you are a contract customer, your domestic travel agency will most probably be able to get you a good fare at the last minute. Remember that rule of purchasing. Consolidating all your travel buying through a single domestic travel agency is one competent way to negotiate deals, to profit from discounts and to benefit from a steady service while travelling.
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