Business Trips

Travel habits of business travelers in the Federal Republic.

Topics: destinations, travel frequency and length of business trips in
the previous year; travel costs; use of various means of transport;
primary means of transport; opportunities of use, selection criteria
and limitation on use in the selection of primary means of transport;
reasons for travel; information-provider and decision-maker in travel
planning; travel department in the company; agreements or contracts
with hotels, airlines, rental car companies or the Federal Railway;
booking; gathering information on cities, regions and countries to be
visited on business; combining business trips and private short
vacations; use of cultural offerings on business trips; agent for these
cultural offerings; traveling in company of spouse; use of spouse
fares; taking out travel insurance; private and business credit card
possession; knowledge and possession of a telephone card; usefulness of
telephone cards on business trips; interest in use of telephone cards;
use of trains and special offers, services and fares of the railroad;
airplane use; frequency of travel and airlines used; use of
company-owned airplanes; airplane class and fares used, special offers
and services of the airlines; most important selection criteria for
airlines; airlines used for domestic and international trips; degree of
familiarity of international and national airlines; degree of
familiarity and use of American and German charter companies; airports
used in the last two years; use of various means of transport on the
way to the airport; frequency of use of duty-free shops; products
purchased; car possession; access to company car or staff car; car use
for business trips at home and abroad; number of kilometers driven
annually; use of car for short or long distances; possession of car
telephone; interest in car telephone; possession of drivers license;
use of rental car; preferred vehicle class; selection criteria for
rental car company; degree of familiarity and frequency of use of
rental car company; preference for rental car company and possession of
car credit card; selection criteria for choice of hotel at home and
abroad; preferred hotel category; way of paying hotel bill; possession
of a VIP-card or hotel club card; degree of familiarity and use of
hotel chains; preferred hotel chains; trade fairs visited at home and
abroad; length of employment; professional position; knowledge of
foreign languages; company size and area of business; size of
municipality class; media usage of domestic and foreign newspapers.