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Airfare - Reimbursable expenses
- Coach class round-trip from/to a domestic airports.
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Airfare - Non-reimbursable expenses
- Business/first/premium class fare,
- Any upgrades,
- Luggage check-in fees
- International fare
- In-flight wifi
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Ground transportation - Reimbursable expenses
- Rideshare,
- Hotel shuttles,
- mileage if driving personal vehicle,
- parking at the airport/hotel, and
- public transportation (train/tram).
We may occasionally reimburse taxi fare but we recommend Uber/Lyft when available.
If there is a shuttle service provided by the hotel to/from the airport (free or paid) ground transportation to/from the hotel is not reimbursable.
Tips upto 15%
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Ground transportation - Non-reimbursable expenses
- Rental car
- Ride for family members or guests of faculty
- Gas (please request mileage reimbursement if using pesonal vehicle)
- Any other form of transportation not listed on "reimbursed" list
- Ground transportation to/from the venue if it offers free or paid shuttle service to the airport.
- In-city transporation if the conference provides on-site lodging or lodging within 10-minute walk of the conference venue. (This applies even if faculty chose to stay at a different hotel - no in-city transportation (Taxi, Uber, etc.) reimbursement for faculty who stay at a venue not offered by the conference.)
- Tips over 15%
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Meal - Reimbursable expenses:
Upto $100 per day (including tips) for upto 2 days in meal expenses are reimbursable when meals are NOT offered to faculty on-site. If the meal is offered on-site (breakfast, lunch, dinner) - reimbursement is not provided for those meals unless faculty's travel schedule does not allow them to be on-site during the meal hours.
Tips upto 15% (within the allowable total)
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Meal - Non-reimbursable expenses
- Meal reimbursement is not provided for meal expenses incurred by faculty for family members, guests, other conference attendees, etc.
- Please submit only the amounts for your meal.
- No reimbursement for alcohol
- No reimbursement without an itemized receipt. Credit card in lieu of an itemized receipt is not accepted.
- Meal expenses when the meal was provided to faculty on-site is not reimbursable. For example: if there is a faculty dinner on a certain date and faculty chooses to dine elsewhere, expenses for dinner on that date is not reimbursed unless faculy's travel schedule doesn't allow them to attend the faculty dinner. Similarly, if the meal is provided on-site during the conference, those expenses are not reimbursable.
- Tips over 15%
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Lodging - Reimbursable expenses:
Binaytara Foundation reimburses faculty for upto two nights (the night before your talk/session, and the night of your talk/session) at the hotel contracted by the conference. The lodging costs as well as asscoiated mandatory taxes and fees are prepaid by BTF.
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Lodging - Non-reimbursable expenses
- Lodging for family members or accompanying guests
- Air B & B
- Room at a hotel not contracted by the conference
- Suite upgrades
- Pet fee, extra beds, additional amenities
- Spa, gift shop, personal expenses
- Room service for accompanying guests or faculty
- Wifi/gratuity not included in the room plan
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