How U.S. and UK Travelers Differ When on the Company Dime
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Business travelers from the U.S. are more likely to disregard travel policy and do whatever they want. UK travelers, though, are actually more adventurous when it comes to choosing where they want to stay on any particular trip.
Getting business travelers to follow their company's travel policy is an ongoing challenge. Strict policies don't work, and many lenient programs simply encourage more bad behavior.
This dynamic also extends across the Atlantic, according to new data from American Express Global Business Travel on business travel booking behavior.
American Express Global Business Travel and research firm GfK polled 825 business travelers from the U.S. and UK on their habits and experiences planning business trips.
So who behaves the worst when it comes to following business travel policies? Well, the rowdy Americans, of course. More than two-in-three polled, 68 percent, said they don't use or don't know about the travel management comp
