Travel Costs: Rising Cost for Business and Pleasure
With gas prices through the roof
and dominating the news this week, it goes without saying that sky-high travel
costs – for both business and pleasure -- are on everyone’s minds.
On the pleasure side, this
Memorial Day weekend kicks off the unofficial beginning of summer vacation
season. Travel is expected to be low this year as a
result of gas costs. For those who do find themselves traveling, separation
anxiety from your home or work computer's documents, images or
videos can be equally troubling. But, there’s no need to worry while vacationing
(it kind of defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?)— Services like WebEx’s
PCNow keep vacationers tied to important documents and programs via
poolside, hotel room or wherever their leisured lifestyle has landed them.
On the business side, work travel
has gotten so expensive that employees and employers are requesting working from
home 1-2 days a week and business travel is on the wane. These changes
can be seamless – and cost effective -- by using web
collaboration. WebOffice, for example, is perfect for small
businesses, teams or departments with remote employees that need easy and
organized access to a console of documents, calendars and/or databases for
interacting with co-workers as if they were sitting in the next cubicle – not
several miles away.
Colin Smith, Dir., Public Relations, WebEx
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