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Printable Mileage Log - It's a Snap in the Digital Age!

By John Mann

Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 02Jun2008 Word count: 546 Viewed: 1298 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site

A printable mileage log is often required of people who must record their vehicle mileage for business or other purposes. Anyone who has ever tried to keep a mileage log manually will agree that the whole process is tedious at best. This article will show you how easy it can be with the right tool.

There are many different ways to prepare a printable mileage log; the most common way would probably be to take data that you have recorded by hand in your personal planner or on miscellaneous scraps of paper and then enter that information into an Excel spreadsheet.

The spreadsheet would probably have columns for the date, trip description, beginning mileage and ending mileage and then quite possibly a pre-formatted column that would automatically calculate the total miles driven for that particular trip.

Other ways to prepare a printable mileage log could include a hand written report, a company's expense report computer program or some other type of software.

The problem with this is that all of these different methods still remain tedious for one main reason - they all rely on the driver to manually record the beginning and ending mileage.

Now this may sound easy to anyone who has never routinely needed a printable mileage log and I guess it really isn't particularly hard to do. It just that most of us either forget to record one of the mileage figures or to record the mileage entirely.

Add to that the fact that actually preparing a printable mileage log is just not a "fun" thing to do. It's one of those things that people hate to do that must be done.

The good news for folks who need to regularly keep track of a mileage log is a relatively new but still unknown little digital gizmo called a "digital mileage log." This little wonder is quite portable, it's smaller than the size of a dollar bill and it's a snap to use.

The digital mileage log uses GPS technology to monitor your vehicle's position (and thereby calculate and record its mileage). To use it, you simply plug it into your vehicle's cigarette lighter and turn it on at the beginning of your trip. Then at the end of your trip, you simply turn it off. Your mileage data will get uploaded to the company's website via cellular towers and you'll then be able to login and add details to your report or download and print it.

With this handy little digital tool, your mileage log "duties" will become much faster and simpler as well as more accurate which will result in you maximizing your mileage reimbursements, whether they be from the IRS or an expense account. The printable mileage log you can produce will satisfy any requirements you have.

Believe me, if you have a consistent need for a log of your mileage, the "way to go" in 2008 is to grab yourself a digital mileage log and enjoy its many features.

I won't say that your new digital tool is going to make this chore into something that is actually pleasant (although you'll probably enjoy using it the first few times) but you will be amazed just how easy, accurate and complete it can be producing your printable mileage log.

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