Mobile technology is transforming business travel by providing useful tools and information at your fingertips. For small businesses, the right mobile technologies can provide convenience, productivity and cost savings. This document provides tips for traveling smarter such as eliminating roaming fees, connecting anywhere with mobile internet solutions, and using travel-focused mobile apps to navigate, manage travel plans and expenses, book accommodations, convert currencies, track time zones, and hail taxis. It also suggests bringing your social network with you using mobile social media.
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Tech Tips for Small Business - Travel
1. Tech Tips for
Small Business
How to travel “smarter” when you’re on the road
Mobile technology is rapidly transforming business travel—for the better. Broadband
networks, feature-rich smartphones and tablets and an explosion of mobile applications
now deliver useful information and tools to your fingertips, making it safer and easier
for you to get from A to B and back.
For small businesses, this is great news. The right mobile technologies can provide the
convenience, productivity and cost savings you’re looking for. But there’s an awful lot
of information out there.
Here are some tips to guide you toward smarter travel when your business
takes you on the road.
1. Eliminate the uncertainty of roaming fees
Do you regularly travel to the U.S. on business? Roaming fees can be a shock. Ask your service provider
about roaming offers that will help you save when you travel outside of Canada. For the occasional business
traveller, a one-day or one-week roaming data pass lets you enjoy worry-free data use when checking email,
surfing the mobile internet or using location based services, such as Google Maps. Roaming options are also
available for voice calls and text messaging.
2. Connect when and where you need it
If you travel for business, you know the hassle of searching for Wi-Fi or Ethernet networks. Now you can
save time and stay connected wherever you are with a high-speed mobile Internet solution. USB modems
turn your laptop into a mobile office. Some laptops even come with built-in connectivity. If you travel with a
team or want to set up a temporary network anywhere, ask your service provider about portable “hubs” that
provide multiple wireless data connections and, in some cases, phone service.
You should also ask your provider about plans that allow you to make unlimited voice calls back to Canada
over a Wi-Fi network—without using any of your plan minutes. To take advantage of Wi-Fi calling, you’ll
need a UMA-enabled smartphone.