If You Have to Ask … Concur Request Can Get Answers

Travel spending jumped 178% between the first and fourth quarters last year.¹ And individual spending violations were up 7.9% from 2021, costing companies over $91.3 million.²  

Mistakes happen, of course, but with numbers like those it’s imperative to minimize money-losing ones. Concur^® Request can do just that by providing control through pre-spend authorizations. To help assess the worth of a business trip, Concur Request collects the details that matter from employees, allowing you to weigh goals, costs, and risks before they hit the road and accumulate expenses. 

Our updated eBook, A Versatile Way to Boost Convenience, Spend Control, and Safety, tells how Concur Request provides a simple way to seek trip approvals, gives companies spending visibility, and can serve as a powerful solution to help manage remote and hybrid work, support duty of care, and facilitate employee education and development. 

Preapproving Travel with Simplicity, Consistency 

Read our eBook for more on how Concur Request can be a powerful tool for ensuring each trip is a good and safe investment before money is spent. 

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How do trip preapprovals work? 

Concur Request gives you an authorization process where employees provide answers to key questions, ones that help remind them about spending policies and maintain compliance. 

• Where do they want to go what does the trip involve? 
• Is it essential and what are its costs and risks? 

With a process in place that accommodates your workflows, managers can make well-informed decisions about whether to approve or deny a trip. Travelers receive details on local regulations and the safety of destinations, helping the business meet its duty of care. Overall, the company gains control over and visibility into spending. 

How can I manage and support remote and hybrid work? 

The past several years made it clear many employees like flexible work, and businesses have found it workable as well. Concur Request can help employers meet the challenges involved, such as tracking facility use, providing systems and support, and seeing and controlling expenses. 

• Know who is onsite and who is working remotely – whether at home or on the road.  
• Readily institute new processes and provide a mechanism for employees to make requests. 
• Get insights into how your team is working and how to keep them connected. 

What else can Concur Request do for us? 

Whether employees are working down the hall or many miles away at home, managing their career development is an ongoing, important process. Concur Request lets you handle requests for continuing education, work on advanced degrees, and other types of train. Employees have a way to start the discussion with managers, and the business can track requests and costs and achieve a consistent approach across the company. 

Read the eBook to learn more about how Concur Request can provide control over budgets while helping manage and simplify travel requests before flights and hotels are booked and money spent. 

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