Can you negotiate travel expenses?

Even if it wasn't the figure you hoped for, don't be scared to negotiate the rest of your package. Believe it or not, vacation time, travel expenses, flexible schedules (coming in to work later, for example), student loan repayment (if offered), and relocation costs are all example benefits you can negotiate.



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Reach out to your direct manager or company's Human Resources (HR) department to ask for their policy on reimbursement of business travel expenses.

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Discuss how much travel the employer anticipates for you. While traveling to a convention twice a year might not give you a lot of room for negotiation, being asked to fly across the country twice a week means a major adjustment to your lifestyle and is grounds for additional compensation.

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Typically it's per year. 10% travel means that about 5 weeks out of the year you can expect to be away from home. Whether that means 1 day every two weeks or one month-long trip a year is something you'll have to clarify with the potential employer. You're both right, in that it could be either.

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Under EC 261, you could be entitled to file a delayed flight claim for up to €600 cash flight compensation if… You arrived at your destination more than 3 hours later than planned. You checked in for your flight on time (generally no less than 45 minutes before departure).

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All it takes is a just little more effort and planning for any 30+ year old to fit traveling in their lives. And when they do, they'll find that it's a way better experience than traveling in their 20s. Because traveling in your 30s is amazing. It's also much more meaningful, at least for me.

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30% of working time means that 30% of the total hours you are expected to work in a given period should be dedicated to travel. For example, if you are expected to work 40 hours per week and 30% of your working time is allocated for travel, then 12 hours (or 1.5 days) should be spent on traveling during that week.

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Also, 20% travel could mean overnight travel once a week or a full week out of town every 5 weeks or a full month out of town every 5 months. So it's important to ask for specific examples of what the travel will look like if you are agreeing up front to travel requirements for the role.

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I always interpret that to mean Monday to Thursday unless the description specifies 50% travel during a business week. Otherwise, you get Fri-Sun local, so 3 days out of 7, close enough to 50%

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