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Carpocalypse: How to Prepare for Rental Car and Rideshare Price Surge

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The first piece of advice no matter your favored mode of transport is to plan ahead. Doing your research and comparing your options ahead of time is a necessity this summer if you want to avoid transportation sticker shock. If a new driving job or unemployment benefits are paying the same or more, why return to rideshares?

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Prepare for GMID 2023: Resolve to Continue Advocating for Events

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As the industry prepares to come together with receptions, panel discussions and virtual celebrations on March 30, Freeman urged everyone associated with meetings and events to tell their stories. The post Prepare for GMID 2023: Resolve to Continue Advocating for Events appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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No More Detours: How Traffic Management Keeps Your Special Event on Schedule

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Planning and executing a successful large-scale special event can be an exhilarating experience, but one that comes with its fair share of challenges, especially when it comes to managing traffic and ensuring smooth transportation for attendees.

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Is Your Meeting Storm Ready?

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What Planners Can Do to Be Prepared When it comes to severe storms, the best things any event professional can do is prepare as much as they can. How does transportation need to be arranged? A second storm is predicted to move across the U.S. Having a plan B (C, or even D) will surely work in your favor.

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Get Around Green in Orange County

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Sustainable Transportation in Anaheim Reducing carbon emissions in transportation has been at the forefront of conversations in the meeting industry, and Anaheim has been taking it seriously. Not only for the day-to-day public transportation system in the city, but also for visitors as well.

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How A Destination Management Company Will Help Your Corporate Event

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Their work in providing a range of services that include transportation, accommodation, dining, entertainment, and team-building activities. Will they travel by foot, car, or public transport? This would be so that they can come prepared and avoid any potential legal issues. Others may include prevalent types of crime.

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CWT Study: Business Travel Costs Are Still Going Up, Slightly

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increase (forecast: 18.5%), ground transportation increased by 9.8% (forecast: 7.3%), and meetings and events, measured by the average cost per attendee per day, increased by 58.1% (forecast: 25%). According to Internal Air Transport Association, airlines are expected to carry 4.35 In 2022, air travel saw a 72.2%

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