I've flown in domestic First from Boston to Orlando, and I've flown in coach from LAX to Tokyo. My general rule of thumb is that for business travel I will travel as if it were my own money, but with a bit more lean toward the "time" side of "time/money" tradeoffs since they're paying for my time. ("Money/comfort" tradeoffs are different, and IME usually addressed by organizational policy like the 5 hour rule dd_b mentions.)
This means that I'll take the T to the airport instead of a cab or car service unless the flight is a really early departure or a really late arrival (or it's a long enough trip that I'm dealing with more baggage than usual), and it means that I'll see if there's a cheaper breakfast option near enough to the hotel that I can get a similar meal for about 2/3 the price by walking for 3 minutes. It doesn't mean that I'll stay in a hotel other than the conference HQ, or share a room with three other people.
I'm flying to Worldcon (on my money), because the (time+comfort)/money tradeoff between that and taking the bus is worth it to me. If there were reasonable rail options (there aren't), I'd certainly have considered them.
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Date: 2009-05-11 05:14 pm (UTC)I've flown in domestic First from Boston to Orlando, and I've flown in coach from LAX to Tokyo. My general rule of thumb is that for business travel I will travel as if it were my own money, but with a bit more lean toward the "time" side of "time/money" tradeoffs since they're paying for my time. ("Money/comfort" tradeoffs are different, and IME usually addressed by organizational policy like the 5 hour rule
This means that I'll take the T to the airport instead of a cab or car service unless the flight is a really early departure or a really late arrival (or it's a long enough trip that I'm dealing with more baggage than usual), and it means that I'll see if there's a cheaper breakfast option near enough to the hotel that I can get a similar meal for about 2/3 the price by walking for 3 minutes. It doesn't mean that I'll stay in a hotel other than the conference HQ, or share a room with three other people.
I'm flying to Worldcon (on my money), because the (time+comfort)/money tradeoff between that and taking the bus is worth it to me. If there were reasonable rail options (there aren't), I'd certainly have considered them.