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Travel Arrangements

Travel glamorous? HA!

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in WorkLife, Travel Arrangements, Meeting Planning on Jun 28, 2008

I flew from SEA to IAD on Friday afternoon. Fortunately, my flight was on time - and even arrived a few minutes early.

The day before, clients on flights from SEA to IAD were delayed on different flights from one to 2.5 hours.

Delayed flights and cancelled flights contribute to the nightmare of travel. More, airports and TSA do not seem ready to handle the huge numbers of people flying this

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WHY is the industry not talking more?

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Travel costs, Travel Arrangements, Site Selection, Meetings, Meeting Planning, Industry Associations, Events, CVB, Contracts, Conferences, Airlines on Jun 04, 2008

I am astounded that the industry, at least as far as I can see, is not talking about even more airline cuts today. CO announced cuts in flights and personnel. This on top of DL, AA and UA. The capacity cuts are going to impact meetings beyond anyone's comprehension I fear. And yet, I'm not seeing this as a subject that is being addressed on the web sites of the industry organizations. On

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Will anyone be able to afford to attend meetings?

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Travel costs, Travel Arrangements, Meetings, Conventions, Conferences on Apr 21, 2008

No really - I just made two airline reservations - one for August and one for January. The cost for each, with a Saturday night stay (it's baaaaaack) was far more than I've paid before.

Ok.. sure: I fly a few particular carriers bec. I upgrade and maybe there were cheaper fares somewhere but I'm not alone in wanting some comfort for long flights. And then one of these carriers is being talked

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"Looks like a great meeting; sorry I can't get there."

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Travel costs, Travel Arrangements, Speakers, Meetings, Conventions on Apr 07, 2008

THIS is what I fear we are going to hear more and more. With the number of airlines that folded in the last few days, with the planes that were out of service for safety checks (something I see now as ongoing) and with capacity cut on all airlines (see this about USAirways http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/04/07/daily1.html?b=1207540800^1616337&ana=e_abd) and gas prices

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