We asked one of our clients to book her corporate travel over the internet and to let us know how long it took her. She booked a standard domestic flight with two nights accommodation and two days car hire.
Action
Time Taken
1. Connect to internet
30 seconds
2. Log into relevant website
30 seconds
3. Navigate way through site
30 seconds
4. Find appropriate flight options
1 minute
5. Make a booking
2 minutes
6. Check two alternate airline websites for cheaper prices or better seat availability - repeat steps 1-5
9 minutes
7. Find appropriate hotel website
30 seconds
8. Search for appropriate hotel
5 minutes
9. Make an accommodation booking
2 minutes
10. Ring car hire company - dependant on hold time
4 minutes
11. Produce itinerary
2 minutes
One Booking Time
27 minutes
12. Need to make changes to airline ticket - call airline to make changes or log on to the internet
5 minutes
13. Repeat steps 9-11 to match airline changes
6 minutes
One Booking with One Change
38 minutes
Two Bookings a Day with One Change Each
1 hour 16 minutes
The next day we asked her to book the same trip through her FCm Travel Manager. It took her:
ONE phone call, and in TWO minutes and she was given THREE options to choose from
With only a few more minutes when she e-mailed to make a few changes
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Page Added: Friday 11th of July 2008
Page Updated: Tuesday 12th of May 2009