Business travel, many people have done it, for their business success, some follow up or might be a breakthrough to crack numbers of selling. Instead of those, building contact or close relationship within you and your existing or future customers is the most important thing why business travel had to be done.

Traveling, especially for business purpose required not just a little budget to spend, not to mention if you’re having long distances travel. Travel with airplanes, trains, or even a bus should be consider with the consequences, of course we don’t want to let our customer waiting so long. So what ever the choices are, make sure that you had adjust it with the time.
And for payment or money related transaction, instead of credit cards, Business Checks should be prepared as well.

You might also want to consider doing some survey based on the goals and some needs that will be asked by your clients or customers. Although it is important to expand your network connection, but in a business travel, you might want to skip or waste your time go to prospective buyer, who might only interested for free explanation, large discounts or other small things. Focus on your schedule, then the rest of the remaining time, you could do it what you want.

For prospective buyer, its better to send some introduction email or phone before meeting them face to face. Its going to save you some times, and expenses.

Routine business travel, in order to check your clients or customers needs or complaints in certain time, also important to build further connection. Instead of the right price, business based on relationship are likely more success then the other factors.

Always prepared for important documents such as proposal and your demo product if any. Other than that your own belonging also need to be check, documents such as passport, or id, your laptop, and your formal clothes needs to be prepared.