Fewer establishments impose specific limits on meal or lodging expenses.
Meal expenses incurred on business trips tend to be fully reimbursed by employers, although many firms warn that those costs must be reasonable. Hotel costs or accommodations are subject to specific constraints at just 28 percent of the surveyed companies. Eight percent require business travelers to use designated hotels or hotel chains. BNA s survey of expense reimbursement and business travel policies was conducted in September and October 1999. The survey report is based on responses from 450 human resource and employee relations executives representing a cross section of U.S. employers, both public and private.