Originally Posted by YClass

Haven't had time to read all of the posts, but from a quick review it seems that several people are missing a major point (bear in mind I don't know what industries people work in). Most people would agree that if you have a flight where you are not cramped, you are relaxed and have a decent meal you will inevitable work better that day/the next. Just as if I sleep 8hrs I will work better and more efficiently than if I sleep 4hrs. Of course I can work after 4hrs but I would rather not. Secondly work travel (especially if you travel a lot) drains you and such travel should be made so that you feel just as fine and eat/sleep just as well as if you were working a normal day and going home. IMO it follows that if you are on a revenue producing trip it is in the companies interest to ensure that you are well when you arrive. Paying $10k so that your employee brings home a $xm deal is a good idea. However, non-revenue travel and excessive food bills are much harder to justify as producing more money for the firm as much as the Petrus may make the trip more enjoyable (just as IMO business v. FIRST) and so these should be cut down. I always found it funny how banks would ask you not to print documents to save on ink. Not for environmental reaons, but financial reasons (before people shout, of course you can review a legal doc on a screen but I have found that for more people its much more efficient and better to review on paper). If I ran my own little firm I would of course save where I can - savings in my pocket. But in a multi-national organisation where each individual genereate $xm of revenues, a few trips in business in return for good work is decent deal. Cutting on business necessary costs but sustaining unnecessarily high entertainment/ random travel budgets is just ridiculous.