People that travel on business have a lot of needs; Restaurant recommendations, directory assistance, directions, flight information, and more. Travelling internationally compounds the need to access information fast, which often becomes problematic or expensive for companies. Depending on cell phone internet access and reading a GPS while driving can be iffy, especially when driving in an unfamiliar car, unfamiliar locations, and sometimes on an unfamiliar side of the road!
Keeping employees safe while travelling internationally is a high priority for business owners. Many international travelers find the need to employ a personal assistant to keep things running smoothly. Personal assistants make hotel reservations, coordinate flight times, make dinner reservations, check movie times, and even do research to make sure that the hotels, airlines and restaurants are highly recommended. Personal assistants check the weather, make sure that your flights are on time, and even give you directions to the places that you need to go.
Having a personal assistant is quite the luxury and can help to keep you safe and on schedule during an international business trip. The downside is that they cost a lot to employ and they really can’t be available 24/7. Plus they’re limited to information that they can find online, which may not be totally accurate, up to date, or non-biased. This is why many companies turn to personal mobile concierge services for their travel needs.
Mobile concierge services give you access to an international phone directory that is often updated more regularly than traditional directory assistance lines. They can give you actual restaurant and hotel recommendations based on many sources, not just the one source that your personal assistant may have found. You can call any time, 24/7, and get flight information, turn by turn directions, restaurant dining guide information, and even stock quotes and weather information from anywhere in the world.
These services are considerably cheaper than hiring a personal assistant, generally costing less than $10/month. You can get a live person on the phone that can help you make your trips run smoothly at anytime from anywhere.
Business owners love the flexibility and low cost of providing their traveling employees with mobile concierge services. They feel like their employees will be safer using a speaker phone to get information, like directions, flight times, and restaurant suggestions, than they would if they were trying to research on the internet while driving. Mobile concierge services go beyond regular directory assistance by providing international phone directory information, turn by turn directions, and more for a really low monthly fee.