Survival On The Road A Resource For The On The Road Sales Professional
t makes no difference if reservation, or you got to the
you are a Saleswomen, a airport to late?
Salesman, a rookie or a
seasoned pro, we all face What if you had no rental car
challenges while on the road. You reservation?
may set up your own flights, cars
and lodging, you may have a Is the car you reserved
travel department that does it available?
all for you, or if you are like
the vast majority of "rocket Do you use a computer on the
roadsters" you drive your own road?
car.
What if it quite working?
The successful sales road trip
begins long before the first On your return trip, you leave
appointment. Imagine if you have items on the plane, or in your
driven or flown all day, made all hotel room, or in the rental car.
of your sales calls, and get to How would you get them back?
your hotel only to find you don't
have a reservation, they don't If you had an accident away from
have an ironing board in the home, who would you need to get
room, they don't have a data port hold of for an insurance claim?
on the phone, they don't have Do you have what you need with
high speed Internet...we could go you to check into a medical
on and on, but you get the idea, facility, or get emergency care?
at this point you feel that the
entire world is picking on you. Careful planning to cover these
and other surprise occurrences
Do you fly to your appointments, will help make your road trip a
what if you did not have a success. In days gone by...it was
easy to make all of your travel changes, push a few buttons...and
arrangements through a travel you are done! The travel site, if
agent, doing so gave you one you choose the option, will even
number to call, one point of call your cell phone to let you
contact if something went wrong. know the status of your flight,
Today we have the Internet...you while you are on your way to the
log on to your favorite travel airport.
site...bring up a saved itinerary
from a previous trip, make any Jim Newell
About the Author:
Jim Newell an on the road sales professional for more than 30 years, publishes a web site at http://www.RoadWarrior101.com with the mission of bringing resources pertaining sales training, sales tips, travel arrangements, a little humor and much more to one easily accessible site.
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