I have to admit that since the economy went sour, I've taken quite a few measures to minimize my business expenses.For instance, when I'm out of town for business - I try as much as possible to avoid paying for expensive cab fares. Many times I will either walk, or take the local metro train.
Because I travel quite a bit, $40 - $70 cab rides can add up to a couple hundred dollars very quickly.
Fortunately, in most cities that I travel to - like New York, Newark, Atlanta, and DC - you can take the metro from the airport right in to downtown.
In other cities like LA or Miami though, the metro doesn't run to the airport. In those cases, you have to take a cab - but when traveling from your hotel to your meeting or conference, you can take the metro.
Of course, not all cities even have a metro system. In such cases, I just end up walking. I've found that a 1 or 2 mile walk isn't that bad at all.
I haven't resorted to taking the bus yet, but I'm thinking about it. Laugh all you want, but I know I've saved at least a thousand dollars this year already.
I'm not proud to ride the bus. Well, maybe a little.
What is your recession confession?
Glad to hear that one and I don't feel so alone in my quest to go green in some kind of way.
ReplyDeletelast week at the blogging in brown conference, I took the bus and the railway at the end of the day.
I was so excited about catching the bus in an unfamiliar city and getting the right bus to catch I squealed when the driver confirmed I was on the right bus.
She was so tickled pink at my excitement she let me ride for free.
I might also add that the people at the CTA were so friendly in helping a Detroit Sistah figure out how to pay for a transit ticket because I was seriously confused. Thank you soo very much!