1. Brigham Young University College of Nursing
Travel
Brigham Young University
College of Nursing

2. Travel Types Conference (most common) Board meetings
Product Training meetings
Research Project
Meeting With Donors
Clinical Mileage— Forms must be turned in monthly

3. Accounts Travel Allowance College Account Research Account
$1700 total for travel for calendar year
$750 total for registration for calendar year
College Account
Represent College with prior approval of the Dean
Faculty who are on elected Boards of regional or national nursing organizations and need to attend the annual conference will be supported in their efforts. First check with the organization to see if travel funding is available for Board Members. (Also, presentations at these conferences are encouraged.) Examples: WIN, AACN, NSNA
Professional/Business meetings and/or mileage for faculty and staff are supported based on position responsibilities. Travel for faculty who are asked by the College to attend special meetings will be covered in addition to the individual faculty travel budget. Examples: Nursing Boot Camp
Research Account
Research Dissemination
Conducting research, data collection, working with external team, etc.
If you go over your travel allowance, you can pay for the rest from your research account or out of pocket.

4. Travel Cards
When your card expires, the ASB will contact you when your new card is ready for pick-up.
You can have the financial assistants pick it up, or you can pick it up from the ASB.
If you pick up your own card, be sure to bring it by my desk so I can update it in my travel card spreadsheet.
If you know your card is due to expire soon and you want the financial assistants to pick up your new card, please wait to ask them until after you have received the notification from the ASB about your new card.
If you are making your own travel arrangements online, the billing address for all travel cards is C-40 ASB.
Typically have all travel expenses paid on your college travel card.

5. Getting Started
Submit a travel application on the college website at least 2 months before your trip
The form will first be approved by Dean Ravert. After I receive her approval, I will submit a travel authorization through the university’s purchasing website which is then approved by Kathy. Once we have both approvals, I will start arranging your trip, or give you the go ahead to arrange your travel if you are doing it personally.
Check with me to make sure the travel application has been fully submitted. You have to validate AND submit the form before it comes to my queue.
If you encounter problems with the form, call Ken, Cy, or the assistant CSRs.
If you are arranging your own travel, do not start that until you hear from me about both approvals. If you end up spending money that you don’t have in your account, you will be required to pay that back to the college personally.
Be sure when you are doing the final submission to click both validate and submit. If you have any problems call Ken or the assistant CSR’s.

6. Be Sure to Include
If college travel will cause you to miss teaching any of your courses, you must indicate who will be covering your course(s) by name (e.g. you cannot just put that your class will be covered by adjunct faculty, etc).
The college prefers to have full-time faculty cover for you, as adjuncts are able to but will not receive any extra pay since we are unable to change their contracts. You may also give alternate assignments to take the place of classes the day(s) you will be gone. TA’s are not allowed to cover your course in your absence.
Make sure your dates all match up (e.g. your flight dates match your hotel check-in & check-out dates).
Always include rough estimate of # of meals so I can calculate the per diem.
For things that you mark that you will complete “personally,” please follow through on this. Vice versa, if you want me to arrange your hotel, shuttle, etc. please don’t make these reservations personally without letting me know first.

7. An Extra Note About Travel Allowance
Don’t forget to mark this section at the end of the form (for any trips paid for through your travel allowance): IF YOU DON’T MARK THIS AREA, THE DEFAULT MODE MARKS THAT YOU WILL PAY ANY OVERAGES PERSONALLY. YOU MARK THIS SECTION ONCE AT THE TOP OF THE FORM AND ONCE AT THE BOTTOM.
If my trip cost comes out to more than $1500 for all trips this year, I will pay for the additional amount:
From my research account 
Personally (this is the default setting)

9. Flights
Typically first thing we do after initial approvals, done through the travel office
I compare the days you have put down for your hotel stay to arrange your flight dates
Always try to get the cheapest flight
Try to get traveler to destination before dark
Do not arrange the flight yourself
Special circumstances—can personally arrange flights but you are required to get written/ ed permission from the Travel Office to do so.

10. Extra Flight Info
Frontier Airlines Carry-On Policy: BYU has a contract with Frontier that cancels the carry-on fees for flights made through the BYU Travel Office.
Special circumstances—travelers may personally arrange flights through the travel office for things like companion tickets for family members, but you must talk to me first and we will get written permission from the travel office.

11. Hotel We always try to get you into the conference hotel if possible.
The college will pay through the duration of the conference, and up to the night before and the night after the conference.
If you are staying at a hotel where there is not a lower conference rate (things like research trips, meeting with donors, etc.) we can still have the Travel Office see if BYU is contracted with them to get you a cheaper rate.

12. Extra Hotel Info
If you put in your travel application late and we have to get you a hotel that is more expensive than the conference hotel, your overall travel costs will be higher, which may result in limiting the amount of trips you take and increasing the chance that you may need to pay the difference personally. This may also mean a higher cost of conference city transportation between your hotel and the conference.
Always bring back final hotel bills (these may also be ed from the hotel directly).

13. Send to the financial assistants!
Conf. Registrations
Send to the financial assistants!
Don’t print off the entire registration.
Logins/usernames/passwords
Session preferences (if applicable)
Meal preferences (if applicable)
Emergency contact
Title & Credentials
Financial assistant
The earlier the better—can save over $100 in early bird rates

14. Conf. Registration
Be sure you’re attending conferences, before requesting to attend a conference.
Have all of this stuff figured out before you submit your application:
Funding questions
Family events
Running away from us (don’t do this)
Early-bird deadline
Student travel: all registration information & a valid way for us to contact them
Dates you’re traveling
If you’ll need a cash advance (see #28 for more info)

15. Registrations Cont.
You can check out the purchasing card from the financial assistants (Ben & Katelyn).
Send receipt to Ben/Katelyn ASAP.
THIS IS TRUE FOR ALL PURCHASES! (Quick Orders, P-Card, Print and Copy, BYU Store, etc)
Do not register for a conference on your corporate card or personal card.
If you would rather register yourself for the conference, you can check out the purchasing card from the financial assistants (Ben & Katelyn). If you do this, be sure to send a copy of the confirmation of your registration to both me and the financial assistants so I can include a copy in your binder.

16. Local Conference Registrations
These are for any day trips to a conference. Costs for meals, transportation, hotel, flight, AND MILEAGE are not available on the form and the college only pays for the conference registration itself.
These go strictly through the financial assistants.
A good example of a local conference registration would be any one-day conference in Salt Lake City.

17. Non-funded Travel Applications & Exceptions
These are usually just for personal absences and just let us know where you are and how long you’re gone, and how to contact you while you’re away.
These can also be used for when another group or association is paying for your travel up front and isn’t requiring you to make any arrangements yourself.
However, if the association requires you to have the college pay for your travel arrangements first (regardless of whether it is coming from college/travel/research funds) and then will reimburse you, you will need to put in a faculty travel application.

18. Conference City Transportation
Always try to find the cheapest modes of transport:
Shuttles
usually the cheapest, some hotels have free shuttles
Do not use Shuttlefare.com (cards have been compromised using their site)
We typically use SuperShuttle.com
Taxis
Best for large groups (2 or more people)
Rental Cars
Must use Hertz, National, or Enterprise or BYU rental cars (if driving from Provo)
You will be reimbursed up to what the cheapest mode of transport would have been
Refill fuel on rental cars before returning to company to avoid fees.
The college only pays for transport between the conference/hotel and airport. Travelers must pay personally for transport for things like going out to eat, etc.
Most likely won’t be reimbursed for hotel parking.

19. Mileage, Xpress Shuttle, & Miscellaneous Charges
usually $34 one-way or $68 roundtrip from Provo
Airport parking
Baggage
Driving to conference
You will be reimbursed for mileage up to what the cheapest flight, shuttles, and airport mileage/airport parking would have been, whichever is cheaper.
You will only be reimbursed for mileage if you mark it on your reimbursement form. You will also only be reimbursed for airport parking/baggage if you bring back receipts.

20. Meals Mark meals on travel application
Per diem policy: just bring back receipts
List of per diem rates per city, state on BYU purchasing website
You will need to pay personally if you go over the per diem rate for the city to which you are traveling.

21. Receipts Tape them to the paper in your folder in a single layer.
Get Itemized receipts!!
Tape them to the paper in your folder in a single layer.
Label them
Example: Friday Breakfast; Taxi ride from hotel to airport
Missing Receipt Form
If there are any charges you paid for personally (but that should be covered by the college), please indicate them as such so I can reimburse you on the expense report.
Please use TAPE or the stickers provided in your binder, do not STAPLE. Please put them in a single layer (don’t tape a stack of receipts to one piece of paper). You can do them single sided or on both sides of the page, but please just pick ONE and BE CONSISTENT. The reason for this is that I have to send them through the copy machine and then I have to attach an electronic copy of these receipts to the expense report, which will be reviewed by the travel office.

22. Receipt Types
Itemized Receipt
Not Itemized

23. Before Your Trip
Always double-check any confirmations the financial assistants or I send you.
Confirmations (white travel binder & yellow folder) at least a week before your trip.

24. Family
You must personally reimburse the college for any charges for family members accrued on your travel card.
If possible, please try to pay for family meals on separate cards. If you can’t do that, mark what each person had so I know which is college and which is personal.

25. Student Travel The college will pay for the following:
Hotel
Flight (plus one bag)
Meals
Conference city transportation
The college will not pay for the following (not even from a research account):
Transportation to the SLC Airport
Airport parking

26. Student Travel Cont.
Please choose ONE of the following payment options (and stick with it):
Have the students pay for their own meals and bring their receipts to me.
OR pay for their meals on your corporate card and mark who had what. This is best if you are both going under the same account.

27. Cancelling/Changing Trips
Try not to do this!
Major cancellation fees—registration, flights, hotel deposits
If you are unsure about your plans for a conference, it’s usually best if you wait until you have all of your information together before you submit the form. (i.e. schedules, hotel/flight plans, accompanying family, what will be paid for by the conference organization, etc.)

28. Foreign Travel Research your area:
For many foreign trips, it’s often a good idea to take cash because there are lots of places that don’t accept credit cards.
If you want me to arrange your conference city transport, find out what will be best for your trip and let me know ASAP what you prefer.
BYU does not pay for “acclimation time” if you are traveling over the dateline. The same rules still apply—the max BYU pays is the night before the conference, through the conference, and the night the conference ends for you to come home the next day.

29. Cash Advances
This may only be used for Foreign Travel for trips of 7 days or more, with a minimum amount of $500.
The cash advance must be requested on the travel authorization. This means that you cannot let us know a week before your trip that you need a cash advance. So when you put in your travel application a few months before your trip, include in the notes section how much you need and why.
Still use your travel card whenever possible.
Leftover cash should be returned to the travel office.
If you personally have cash that you can use instead, that is much easier to organize on the expense report and you still get reimbursed.

30. Foreign Travel Expense Reports
For purchases that are made with your travel card, don’t worry about converting foreign currency to USD on your receipts and your reimbursement sheet: I am required to go off of the amount that the BYU purchasing website’s currency converter says is the USD amount (which may be different than the amount that you calculated).
Continue to label receipts (especially if it involves personal purchases for family members).

31. After Your Trip
Bring your travel folder and ALL receipts back to me upon arrival home.
We will let you know if you owe the university for personal charges. If you owe money, please bring me the check upon notification.
There are income tax implications if you are late with receipts or money due.
Reasons for owing money: paying for family on travel card, left over cash advance money, paying for personal items on the travel card.

32. Upcoming Conferences

33. Quiz

34. When planning a trip, what is the first thing you should do?

35. Submit a travel application on the college website.
Answer
Submit a travel application on the college website.

36. What is the difference between your travel allowance and the college account?

37. Answer
Travel allowance —your allotted allowance for the year. You typically choose to attend the conference on your own.
College account—The dean asks you to attend the conference.

38. What two things must be approved before we start arranging your travel
What two things must be approved before we start arranging your travel? (even if you are making your own arrangements)

39. Travel application (first) and travel authorization (second)
Answer
Travel application (first) and travel authorization (second)

40. How many hotel nights will the college cover?

41. Night before, duration of conference, night after conference
Answer
Night before, duration of conference, night after conference

42. Who registers you for conferences and how do they pay for it?

43. Answer
Financial assistants—with the college purchasing card (or you may check the card out from them).

44. Which rental car companies can you use?

45. Hertz or National/Enterprise
Answer
Hertz or National/Enterprise

46. What is the policy for driving to a conference?

47. Answer
The traveler will be reimbursed up to whatever mileage/Xpress shuttle to airport, flight, and conference city transportation would have been; whichever was cheapest.

48. If it is cheaper for you and your spouse to share a taxi than to reserve two shuttle spots, will you owe anything to the college?

49. Answer
If one shuttle spot is cheaper than taxi fare, the traveler will owe the college the difference.

50. Which of the following are NOT covered by the College?
Hotel stay beginning the night before the conference and lasting through the end of the conference
Taxi to restaurant
Mileage to the SLC Airport
Airport parking
All are covered by the college

51. Answer
B. Taxi to Restaurant

52. What do you do with receipts after your trip (but before you give them to Emilie)?

53. Answer
Mark all receipts and tape them to the paper provided in your white travel folder.