Direct Payments
Direct Payment of Lodging Expenses

The supporting documentation for a payment to a commercial lodging establishment, a credit card issuer or a travel agency for a lodging expense must include the same receipts, statements, and other information (see Lodging) that would be required in the supporting documentation for the reimbursement of a state employee for that expense.

If meal expenses incurred at a commercial lodging establishment are billed directly:

• The lodging receipt must have a daily itemization of those expenses.
  — or —
• The supporting documentation must include the original or a copy of a receipt for each of those expenses.