Travel Risk
Journey Management Planning
One movement, planned to the standard it deserves.
Who it is for
Who this is for.
Any movement of a principal or team where the ground is unfamiliar or the exposure is real.
What it solves
Planning a journey from start to finish, including the different movements and transport needed along the way. It considers timings, routes, transfer points, transport, people, locations, known risks, communications and contingencies, so everyone involved understands the plan and what to do if it changes.
Turnaround
Set against the movement date
What you receive
- Journey management plan covering the complete movement
- Primary and alternate routes and transport options
- Departure, arrival and transfer planning
- Timings, key locations and movement points
- Driver, vehicle and ground transport requirements where needed
- Route reconnaissance and advance work where required
- Known hazards, choke points and safe havens
- Communications and contact arrangements
- Contingencies, escalation and abort criteria
- Pre-movement checks appropriate to each stage
Movement planning
Journey management.
Every movement is built in the same order, and the plan is finished before anyone gets in a vehicle. On the day there is nothing left to work out. There is a plan to follow, or a condition to abort on.
- 01
Reconnaissance
The ground is looked at before the route is chosen. Chokepoints, alternates, and where you cannot turn around.
- 02
Route
Primary and alternate, chosen against the threat picture and the time of day.
- 03
Movement
Vehicles, drivers and ground transport held to a stated standard, and checked against it.
- 04
Communications
Timings, checkpoints, and who is expecting the call that does not come.
- 05
Contingencies
The conditions that stop the move, and the safe havens to stop at. Agreed before departure.
Built to this standard for movements in UK & Europe and in Asia, each with a full annex pack and deployment checklist.
Why Daniel
Experience behind the advice.
Movement planning, journey management and multi-agency liaison in humanitarian and complex environments, and route and venue reconnaissance and driver coordination for senior leadership travel across the UK, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
The advice is independent. Daniel Smith Advisory does not supply guarding, install systems or take commission on anything recommended, so a recommendation only appears if it is needed.
Delivered work
Private client / Hong Kong and international
Family protection during civil unrest
Safe family movement and continuity maintained throughout a volatile operating environment.
- 14-person team
- 9 protection officers
- 5 drivers
- Continuity maintained
Humanitarian / field security
Humanitarian movement in a complex environment
Tasking completed without staff injury, with arrivals on time and repeat tasking awarded.
- Zero staff injuries
- On-time arrivals
- Repeat tasking
Client and principal identities are withheld. These are genuine assignments and documented outcomes, and operational detail is deliberately limited.
Next step
Talk it through first.
Fifteen minutes to establish the exposure and what the work would involve. You will leave the call with a fixed scope and price, or with the reasons the work is not warranted yet.