Jan. 3, 2024 – As of Jan. 1, 2024, travel meal reimbursements and incidental expenses (M&IE) will be based on geographical per diem for all travel after Jan. 1.
What does this mean?
This means that rather than the current daily limit of $55 per day, based on actual expenses, your daily meal limit will be a flat rate based on your travel location. Take a moment to see rate options below:
M&IE Breakdown
M&IE Total | Continental Breakfast/Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | Incidental Expenses | First & Last Day of Travel |
$59 | $13 | $15 | $26 | $5 | $44.25 |
$64 | $14 | $16 | $29 | $5 | $48 |
$69 | $16 | $17 | $31 | $5 | $51.75 |
$74 | $17 | $18 | $34 | $5 | $55.50 |
$79 | $18 | $20 | $36 | $5 | $59.25 |
How will you know what your per diem rate is?
You may search rates by location by visiting www.gsa.gov. Step by step instructions are attached.
How will you report this information on your reimbursement?
Between Jan. 1 and mid-February 2024, all travel reimbursements will need to be submitted using our Travel Expense Claim PDF form and submitted through Adobe Sign using the AP Invoice Workflow.
Reimbursement requests of any kind will no longer be accepted through Certify.
For business expense reimbursements, please use our Business Expense Claim PDF and submit as previously noted.
You may still use Certify for booking/reserving travel, but we ask that you limit booking anything too far out.
In early 2024 our travel reservation and reimbursement process will be moving to a new platform: Concur. This move will bring us in line with other CSU campuses and the Chancellor's office.
More information about the Concur platform will be shared in the future.
Where can you find more information about this process?
Two Q&A sessions have been scheduled to address these changes on Thursday, Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. After the session, Financial Services will post the slide deck and a recording of the Q&A on our forms and tutorials webpage. Once this policy goes into effect, our Travel website will be updated.
For more information contact Financial Services at financialservices@csuci.edu.