Meal Per Diem and Incidental Policy (M&IE)

  • Only employees, students, volunteers, and candidates with departmental permission are eligible for M&IE allowance while in travel status.
  • Travelers will not receive meal per diem for hosted meals.
    • Hosted meals, regardless of name (breakfast/continental breakfast), include meals provided or prepaid along with a conference registration.
    • If the traveler has a business justification for skipping the provided meal, and was not hosted at another meeting, a note must be included as justification in the expense report.
  • Use the timeframe table below to determine when to start and end meal per diem allowances according to the travel time established by travel status.
    • UNLV does not utilize the first and last day at 75% in GSA guidelines.
    • Breakfast per diem will not be reimbursed for travelers with travel status that begins after 9 a.m.
    • Dinner per diem will not be reimbursed for travelers with travel status that ends before 5 p.m.
Meal Time
Breakfast 12:01 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Lunch 10:01 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Dinner 3:01 p.m.–12:00 a.m.

Incidentals

allow a per day per diem for "incidentals" to cover non-reimbursable items such as tips for porters, baggage carriers, or hotel staff.

Meal Per Diem and Incidental Breakdown

M&IE rates are set by GSA. The rates differ by travel location. View the per diem rate for your primary destination to determine which rates apply.

  • (Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, etc.) 

Back Country Camping Meal Per Diem Rate

The meal per diem rate is calculated at 70% of the