Business travellers swap limos and room service for Uber and Airbnb
Business travel buyers are planning to cut costs this year by reducing spend on luxury hotels and transfers.
The latest survey by the Business Travel Show found that although 32% of business travel buyers will have more money to spend in 2017, 41% intend to spend less on five-star hotels.
They intend to use mid-range and budget hotels, serviced apartments and Airbnb and other home-stay companies instead.
Of the 178 buyers who took part in the survey, 87% said they intended to use more mid-range hotels, 60% said they would use more budget hotels and 17% said they would use more Airbnb.
They are also looking for more affordable transfer options, swapping from chauffeur-driven limos to taxis, Uber, car rental, car pool services and train travel.
In fact, 84% said they planned to use more trains next year, while 61% said they favoured greater use of taxis, 56% will spend more with Uber and 52% on car rental.
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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