Corporate travel booking software

Choose corporate travel booking software by tracing a trip from request to return. Compare whether travellers can book, the right people can approve, finance can reconcile costs, and staff can get help when plans change. Assess the account and service arrangement you would buy.

Map the trips you need to manage

List common domestic and international trips, who books for whom, and the exceptions staff encounter. Include an employee booking independently, an assistant booking for someone else, and a trip changed after departure. Decide separately whether approval is needed for the trip’s purpose, a selected fare or an out-of-policy choice.

Ask finance what it must match after booking: trip reference, traveller, cost centre, supplier, payment, adjustments, refunds and final expense. Booking and payment records may arrive at different times, so agree on which record is authoritative at each stage.

Two Australian shortlist starting points

Confirm the Australian contract, plan and configured roles for either option.

Perk

Perk supports travel approval processes, specialist manager roles and approvals for changes to booked trips. It also offers a Concierge, custom report downloads, and exports of reviewed expenses, trips, transactions and invoices.

Corporate Traveller

Corporate Traveller describes an Australian travel management platform linking policy setup, approvals, payments and reporting. Its public page lists policy and workflow setup before bookings, built-in approval hierarchies and cost centres, and preferred supplier configuration. It also offers air, hotel and car options on one itinerary, plus Trip Options for sending, comparing and approving policy-fit trip options.

Corporate Traveller describes CT Pay as one account for travel payments, with a monthly statement and daily reports, hotel charges billed directly back to the account, and an exclusive line of credit. It also describes expense reconciliation with auto-matched payments to bookings and easy cost centre allocation. A dedicated travel manager handles complex or multi-city itineraries and changes, provides fare and routing advice, and provides round-the-clock emergency assistance.

Request a sample extract and integration specification for your finance system, including how booking, invoice or card charge, adjustment and expense records are matched and how refunds or credits appear. Confirm support channels for emergencies and non-urgent questions, and how your travellers should use each.

Perk vs Corporate Traveller: Key Features for Australian Teams

Pros and Cons of Perk vs Corporate Traveller for Australian Businesses

Compare one complete trip

Give suppliers the same fictional journey: a flight and hotel charged to a cost centre, an out-of-policy option requiring review, a changed return and a later credit or refund. Before a demonstration, state the expected notifications and records. Have a traveller, approver and finance reviewer inspect the steps through their intended roles.

Check the confirmation point: approval time may allow a fare or seat to change. Ask what happens when an approver is away, whether an arranger can bypass a gate, and who can edit the traveller’s details. Test reference matching against the sequence specified above. A dashboard total alone does not establish that finance can reconcile each transaction.

Choose the arrangement whose normal booking and disruption routes staff can operate and whose permissions and finance output meet the written requirements. Resolve material service and integration terms in the proposed agreement.

Complete Trip Journey: From Booking to Reconciliation