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Is Travel Insurance Necessary or a Waste of Money?

Success

With the recent global tech outage causing multiple days of flight cancellations and thousands of stranded passengers, the discussion around travel insurance has become even more relevant. Travel insurance is one of those things you don’t need until you really need it, so many people choose to travel without it.

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A day in the life: Matthew Want, PA, Marcham Publishing

Practically Perfect PA

For any of us that have heard Lucy speak, we will know that Matthew is the person that keeps the wheels rolling at Executive Secretary Magazine while Lucy travels around the world promoting the industry. Meeting and greeting visitors, liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff in a professional manner.

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Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 26, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Find out about the area you are travelling to beforehand, especially travel warnings & regional issues. Try not to go alone if possible.

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How can assistants stay on top of the scene?

Practically Perfect PA

I spent a lot of time researching great venues, restaurants, hotels and suppliers and I really enjoyed it. I really like the Afar website and email updates for overall travel news and ideas for any trips colleagues or clients may want my advise on. The Stylist website travel section is full of great travel, hotel and restaurant tips.

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Which tasks should assistants manage?

Practically Perfect PA

Deciding which documents their executive should read (assistants should schedule time in the Executive’s diary for catching up on paperwork / reading etc), forwarding documents to other members of staff as appropriate or filing information for a later date. Business travel. The assistant should ensure this all runs smoothly.

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Picking up skills along the EA career path

Practically Perfect PA

Arranging catering and dealing with external suppliers. Junior PA: Booking travel and hotels for colleagues . Establishing and maintaining filing systems. Keeping a visible desk area clean and with a professional appearance. Sorting and distributing post. Screening calls on behalf of other colleagues.

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Serviced Apartments – pros and cons

Practically Perfect PA

In addition I met with a number of serviced apartment suppliers and from the outset it was clear that the apartments were considerably cheaper than the best corporate rate I was offered at a hotel. Filed under: Accomodation. Using this tactic reduced the department’s spend by over 40%.