SpeakerTravel Blog

Automate Speaker Travel with the SpeakerTravel API

By Maarten Balliauw ·

The SpeakerTravel API lets you programmatically invite speakers, check booking status, and retrieve flight and train details. Useful for conferences with custom tooling, recurring events, or integrations with Power Automate, Logic Apps, or scripts.

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Flights vs. Trains: When Should Your Speakers Take the Rail?

By Maarten Balliauw ·

For European routes under 4 hours by train, rail beats flights door-to-door almost every time. We compare popular city pairs, break down when each mode wins, and show how to offer both without extra work.

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What Top Conferences Do Differently to Attract Great Speakers

By Maarten Balliauw ·

The conferences that consistently land great lineups aren't lucky. They've built habits around early outreach, respectful CfP processes, clear packages, frictionless travel, on-site support, promotion, and feedback loops.

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From Sessionize CfP to SpeakerTravel: From Accepted to Booked, No Email Chaos

By Maarten Balliauw ·

Export accepted speakers from Sessionize, import into SpeakerTravel in 3 steps, and let speakers self-book their travel. No spreadsheets, no email threads. Accepted to booked.

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What Speakers Actually Want from Conference Travel

By Maarten Balliauw ·

Speakers want to pick their own flights or trains within budget, not front the cost themselves, get clear updates at every step, and have the option to take the train. Here's what that means for organizers.

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Introducing Train Booking

By Maarten Balliauw · · Updated

SpeakerTravel now offers train bookings alongside flights. Speakers can search trains from operators like Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn, SNCF, Trenitalia, and more, across 15 European countries.

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Best Software Tools for Conference Organizers (2026)

By Maarten Balliauw · · Updated

A practical overview of the best tools for each stage of conference organizing, from planning and call for papers through travel booking, ticketing, and post-event feedback. Updated for 2026.

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Import Travellers and Automatically Approve Flights

By Maarten Balliauw ·

Import speakers from Excel, CSV, or Sessionize into SpeakerTravel in bulk, enable auto-approval for bookings within budget, and let the whole travel process run without manual intervention.

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Do we need a travel policy for our conference?

By Maarten Balliauw · · Updated

If your conference covers speaker travel, spell out what's included and what's not. A good travel policy covers transportation, accommodation, meals, changes after booking, and a "when in doubt" clause. This post includes a copy-paste template.

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Hello, World! Hello, SpeakerTravel!

By Maarten Balliauw ·

SpeakerTravel gives conference organizers a self-service booking system for speakers. Set a budget, invite speakers, let them pick flights or trains, approve within budget, done.

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