Per Diem Rates

Audience:  All Employees who Travel on University Business

At Tufts University, travelers can opt for travel reimbursement via Per Diem Meals & Incidentals.  In doing so, the traveler will retain receipts for expenses other than meals and incidentals (e.g. tips, water, coffee) and in return be reimbursed a daily rate for the particular city.  Alternatively, the traveler can choose to retain receipts for all expenses.  For expenses (e.g. transportation and lodging) the traveler can use their own funds and be reimbursed or use the Travel Card.  A traveler cannot combine methods of reimbursement on the same trip (using both per diem and by receipt for all expenses).

Per Diem travel on Sponsored Grants is allowed unless the terms & conditions of the award state otherwise.

To see in advance what the rates are for your destination, use the calculators provided below:

• Domestic Per Diem Calculator. 

• Foreign Per Diem Calculator.

When submitting your travel expense report Apptricity will automatically load the per diem rate once you enter the destination.

Per the U.S. General Services Administration, per diem rates are reduced to 75% of the listed amounts on the departure and return dates. 

Which receipts do you need to submit when getting an M&IE Per Diem