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Meals and Lodging
- Meals
- Lodging
- Contract hotels
- Direct payment of lodging expenses
- Lease of apartment or house
- Lodging receipt requirements
- Lodging reimbursements
- Requesting a higher maximum lodging reimbursement rate
- Reducing meal reimbursement rate to increase lodging rate
- Sharing lodging
- Inability to obtain reasonable lodging within the duty point
- Multi-day travel to duty point
- Hotel occupancy taxes
- Meal and lodging exceptions
- Exceptions for employees of the legislature or a state agency in the legislative branch
- Exceptions for certain key officials
- Exceptions for certain governmental meetings or conferences outside Texas
- Exceptions for designees of legislators or certain officials
- Exceptions for travel with legislators or certain officials
- Overnight Travel
- Non-Overnight Travel
Forms
- Travel Voucher (73-174) PDF
- Request to Increase Maximum Lodging Rate
- Travel to Washington DC - OSFR Official Form
Other Resources
- Comptroller Object Codes for Travel
- State Travel Management Program
- Electronic Signatures
- Mileage Calculator
- Travel Rules in Texas Administrative Code
- Texas Government Code Chapter 660
- Travel Regulations in the General Appropriations Act
Payment Search
Training
- Introduction to Travel
- Travel Voucher Completion
- Travel Workshop
Register through Training Center
Archive
Contacts
If you have questions, contact your agency's Travel Contact or call (512) 475-0966.
Or send a comment, suggestion or question through email.
Meal and lodging exceptions
This section includes exceptions for meal and lodging expenses.