Answer:

Yes, if you are a University of Chicago employee and subject to the restrictions of your local unit. If you claim a per diem, you will be reimbursed up to the established federal maximum per diem rate for the locality. This is expected to cover all costs for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses. These federal per diem rates are all listed on the TravelNET web page. All per diem payments must be made in accordance with the federally established rates.

Federal Meals (M & IE) Per Diem - If you choose this option:

This per diem amount is intended to cover all the meal and incidental expenses (M&IE) for the entire trip.

You may account for lodging separately. However, your [meal per diem] + [daily room rate] may not exceed the daily total per diem allowance.

The per diem amount will be prorated for the first and last day of travel at ¾ percent.

Federal Daily Lodging & Meals - If you choose this option:

This per diem amount is intended to cover all lodging, meal and incidental expenses (M&IE) for the entire trip.

The per diem amount will be prorated for the first and last day of travel at ¾ percent.

Multi City Per Diems —This process is a special procedure. Choose this option in cases where a traveler visited several foreign cities and each city has a separate federal per diem rate. If you choose this option:

You can be reimbursed for the entire trip by either method, the meal only (M & IE) or daily lodging and meal.

You must manually calculate the total per diem amount and record this amount in the Multiple City Per Diem field.

You must submit a breakdown of the amount that lists the cities, dates of travel in each city and the per diem rate that was used in the calculation.

You must prorate the per diem for the first and last days of travel at ¾ percent.