Forty-six percent of professionals are attending more meetings than they were a year ago, and only eight percent are attending fewer meetings. About a quarter of respondents look forward to business travel, and 21 percent dislike it. Business professionals find frustration when flying. Asked to identify their irritations when traveling for business, most rate flight delays, as well as being cramped in coach seating as stressful. Conference calling cuts costs.
Bigger companies spend more to travel.
Smaller companies tend also to make fewer trips involving airplane travel, a major component in travel costs. Men Meet on Mars, Women Meet on Venus Women make more arrangements before embarking. In an effort to balance home and work, women do not miss meetings because of other priorities any more than men. However, over half of the women say making arrangements to take care of personal responsibilities while they're away is stressful, while four of ten men had the same reaction. Men find it harder to be away.