Start With the Fixed Appointments
Build a roadshow outward from the investor, client, board, or presentation appointments that cannot move. Then add flights, hotels, airport legs, and meeting-to-meeting transfers around those fixed points. This avoids a common planning error: selecting convenient flights first and discovering later that the ground schedule leaves no credible arrival buffer.
Identify the Fragile Legs
Not every transfer needs the same margin. Flag tight airport connections, cross-town rush-hour legs, venue loading restrictions, same-day city changes, and any meeting with an immovable start. Give the authorised coordinator a simple decision rule for an overrun: who must be told, which later leg is affected, and whether the priority is the next meeting, airport, or group movement.
Choose Vehicles by Each Movement
Choose a vehicle for each leg, not for the tour as a whole. A sedan may suit one executive preparing between meetings; an SUV may better fit passengers and luggage; a van can keep a deal team together after a presentation. For parallel executive, guest, or equipment movements, list each party, pickup, destination, and decision-maker separately so capacity is checked before the day begins.
Create One Operating Brief
The useful brief includes the current city sequence, flights, venues and entrances, passenger and luggage counts, vehicle assignments, primary and backup contacts, confidentiality instructions, and the channel for approved changes. Reissue the brief when a material change is confirmed so dispatch and the arranging team work from the same version.
This is a planning guide, not a booking substitute. For a commercial operating review of a financial or investor itinerary, use the roadshow operating brief. For a recurring corporate programme outside a roadshow, start with the corporate travel chauffeur service.
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