Domestic business trip checklist: what to pack and prepare
A checklist of what to pack, what to arrange before you leave, and how to handle expenses for a domestic business trip.
A domestic trip comes down to three things: booking, packing and expensing. Here are the easy-to-miss points, in the order you prepare them.
Before you leave
Get your trip request approved first, then book stay and transport. Check your company's lodging cap and per-diem up front.
- Submit and get the trip request approved
- Book stay, rail and flights
- Save the address and map of each visit
- Check lodging cap, per-diem and travel policy
What to pack
Keep it lean for the nights you're away. Chargers and business cards are the usual shortfalls.
- ID / employee card
- Business cards (a few extra)
- Laptop, charger, power bank
- Medication and a change of clothes (nights + 1)
- Folding umbrella
On the day and expensing
Get receipts in the company name and log out-of-pocket costs the same day to make reconciliation easy.
- Receipts addressed to the company
- Keep your IC-card travel history
- Log out-of-pocket costs the same day
- Photograph and keep receipts
Final check before you go
- Is the trip request approved?
- Confirmed stay and transport bookings?
- Laptop, charger, power bank packed?
- Business cards and ID?
- Ready to collect receipts?
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