Travel$ense User's Guide (PDF, 139 MB) - NBAA

182HOW WILL FUTURE VERSIONS BE IMPROVED?TRAVEL$ENSEThat is up to you. Aside from providing a valuation strategy for customers andguests, future releases of Travel$ense also will incorporate several exciting andinnovative features now under development. User suggestions are highlyencouraged. To make your own, please call NBAA at (202) 783-9000.Questions from New Travel$ense UsersWHAT DO I NEED TO RUN TRAVEL$ENSE?A standalone 32-bit Windows application, Travel$ense is designed to run underWindows 95, Windows 95 or Windows NT only. It does not run under OS/2,Windows 3.1 or Windows 3.11.Travel$ense runs best on faster Pentium computers with at least 32 MB ofRAM. Additional RAM is recommended, particularly with Windows NT. A fasterPentium II processor will be useful when running more complex trips (six pluslegs, many passengers). The program runs only off of your hard drive andinitially requires about 20 MB of free disk space to install.The program has no known limitations with regard to the number of trips thatcan be analyzed. Trip information is stored in a Microsoft Access MDB file (inMicrosoft Access97 or Access 8 format), which can be read and analyzed usingMicrosoft Access, Microsoft Office applications or Access-compatible databaseprograms.Travel$ense has been designed to be used on an 800 by 600 screen (SVGA) andwill not benefit from being maximized on higher resolution screens. Travel$ensewill startup “normalized” centered on the screen. Although the program can berun on computers with higher screen resolutions, it will appear in a windowthat is inelastic, occupying only a portion of the screen.For more information, see System Requirements on page 13.HOW DO I USE TRAVEL$ENSE?Travel$ense analyzes travel options and generates a report, unique to everytrip, that is subject to management interpretation. The program does not makedecisions or recommend options. If used properly, Travel$ense reports are theresult of management-defined assumptions, and consequently benefits frommanagement leadership, priorities and accountability.Although it may be interesting to check whether or not a few specific companytrips do in fact make business sense, the substantial potential of Travel$enserests in tracking daily business travel and illustrating the value a flightdepartment can provide to a company over time. This is accomplished byrunning analyses on every flight and summarizing the cumulative results ofCopyright © 1999, National Business Aviation Association, Inc.