The Fed per diem rates typically range from about $50 to about $75-ish

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Jul 23, 2017
8:36:42pm

dilbert All-American

The Fed per diem rates typically range from about $50 to about $75-ish

(at least for most places in the US).

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POLL: What does your employer give as a food allowance per day when traveling?

84 Grad

7/23/17 7:01pm

$60/day. Eat simply for breakfast and lunch, and go all out for dinner.

KingDave

7/23/17 7:02pm

$80 for most areas, $100 for big cities.

phageman

7/23/17 7:03pm

$100 a day

7/23/17 7:04pm

My goodness, that is absurd

Backcountry

7/23/17 7:06pm

Personal meals, around $100 a day, with clients $200 per person

mosterlow

7/23/17 7:09pm

$100 for myself. Unlimited if I have clients or junior employees on the tab.

7/23/17 7:12pm

He bore the fruits of a community organizer from Chicago.

Q-grr

7/23/17 7:12pm

No idea. 10 years ago when I traveled quite a bit and they gave me a credit

Born2Fish

7/23/17 7:21pm

We use gov't per deim guidelines, $56

ColoSpgs

7/23/17 7:26pm

Whatever I want. Office staff gets $27 per meal.

SuperTank

7/23/17 7:24pm

$25 for breakfast and lunch. $75 for dinner.

7/23/17 7:24pm

What in the world do you do with 75 soft tacos?

Ragnar Danneskjold

7/23/17 9:10pm

I've never been told an amount

StantonMac

7/23/17 7:27pm

$50 per meal.

ballen

7/23/17 7:29pm

I just turn in receipts and since I don't drink

Sea Chicken

7/23/17 7:32pm

Fed govt...different price in every city/county in the country.

idacoug

7/23/17 7:38pm

Yep.

dilbert

7/23/17 8:34pm

The Fed per diem rates typically range from about $50 to about $75-ish

dilbert

7/23/17 8:36pm

Depends on the location with higher cost places having higher allowances. As a

cheezedawg

7/23/17 7:53pm

Depends on what part of the country. But the general category is $50

TheLoneCougar

7/23/17 8:00pm

We just follow govt per diem for the location

mudpupper

7/23/17 8:03pm

I think ours is about 50, if out of state

Stucoug83

7/23/17 8:09pm

I usually do $100 a day, most goes to nice dinners.

mottman

7/23/17 8:44pm

$100 in most cities. $125 in New York, London, etc. However, when people get together with group meals

Rhino84

7/23/17 8:51pm

Mine was $150 per meal

stoils

7/23/17 8:52pm

How can a company justify this?

Backcountry

7/23/17 9:15pm

Higher ups want a uniform policy

stoils

7/24/17 8:24pm

I'm just amazed by these numbers. I had no idea. That is a massive budget.

Backcountry

7/24/17 8:32pm

I find it quite easy in any major city

stoils

7/24/17 8:44pm

What's the point of steak and lobster every meal. That's what I don't get

Backcountry

7/24/17 8:55pm

I can't help you then

stoils

7/24/17 8:58pm

yep...sometimes i'd go to in and out just for something different...

ds7

7/25/17 1:57pm

$60 for breakfast, $60 for lunch, $100 for dinner (when in LA or NY)

Cougblau

7/23/17 9:30pm

No set amount. I've just been told that we don't want to waste the travel budget

Breaded Hamster

7/23/17 10:39pm

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