This page provides limits for expenses incurred on or after October 1, 2006. For previous limits in effect from January 21, 2006 to September 30, 2006, see Lodging, Meal, and Incidental Expense Limits (Jan 21, 2006-Sep 30, 2006)

Lodging, Meal, and Incidental Expense Limits

State Funds Limits -- Virginia & the Washington, D.C. Area

For travel meals, the limits in these two tables represent maximum per diem amounts. For business meals, they represent the maximum for actual expenses incurred.

Please note:

  • If a specific city is listed in the table, that rate also applies to other cities within 15 minutes travel time from the listed city unless otherwise noted.
  • Some city rates include specified outlying counties or suburbs.
  • Some county rates may not include a major city within that county.
  • If a specific locality is not included in the table below, the standard rate listed at the top of the table applies.

Location

Meals

(Travel or business meals, includes tips and taxes)

Overnight Travel
Break-fast Lunch Dinner Meals Total
per diem		 Incidentals

(Includes: transportation to and from meals,
tips, personal phone calls, and laundry)

 Lodging

(Excludes taxes & surcharges)
STANDARD $7 $11 $18 $36 $3 $60
Charlottesville

(City)

 $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 $87
Chesapeake / Suffolk $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 10/1 - 3/31 $74
4/1 - 8/31 $99
9/1 - 9/30 $74
Chesterfield / Henrico Counties

(Does not include city of Richmond)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 $81
Fredericksburg

(includes Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 $63
Hampton / Newport News

$8 $12 $21 $41 $3 10/1 - 3/31 $73
4/1 - 6/30 $88
7/1 - 9/30 $73
Loudoun County

$11 $16 $29 $56 $3 $131
Lynchburg

(includes Campbell County)

 $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 $68
Manassas

(City Limits)

 $7 $11 $18 $36 $3 $87
Norfolk / Portsmouth

$11 $16 $29 $56 $3 10/1 - 10/31 94
11/1 - 3/31 $77
4/1 - 9/30 $94
Richmond

(City Limits)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 $102
Roanoke

(City Limits)

 $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 $76
Stafford / Prince William Counties $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 $80
Virginia Beach

(City Limits)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 10/1 - 3/31 $68
4/1 - 5/31 $83
6/1 - 8/31 $129
9/1 - 9/30 $68
Wallops Island

(includes Accomack County)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 10/1 - 6/30 $78
7/1 - 8/31 $111
9/1 - 9/30 $78
Warrenton

(includes Fauquier County)

 $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 $73
Washington, D.C. area

(includes Virginia cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax; Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax; Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 10/1 - 11/30 $195
12/1 - 5/31 $188
6/1 - 8/31 $162
9/1 - 9/30 $195
Williamsburg area

(includes James City County and York County)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 10/1 - 3/31 $70
4/1 - 8/31 $89
9/1 - 9/30 $70

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State Funds Limits -- Out-of-State Locations

For travel meals, the limits in these two tables represent maximum per diem amounts. For business meals, they represent the maximum for actual expenses incurred.

Please note:

  • If a specific city is listed in the table, that rate also applies to other cities within 15 minutes travel time from the listed city unless otherwise noted.
  • Some city rates include specified outlying counties or suburbs.
  • If a specific locality is not included in the table below, the standard rate listed at the top of the table applies.

Location

Meals

(Travel or business meals, includes tips and taxes)

Overnight Travel
Break-fast Lunch Dinner Meals Total
per diem		 Incidentals

(Includes: transportation to and from meals,
tips, personal phone calls, and laundry)

 Lodging

(Excludes taxes & surcharges)
STANDARD $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 $88
Atlanta, GA

(includes Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb Counties)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 $124
Baltimore, MD

(City Limits)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 $148
Baltimore County, MD

(Does not include city of Baltimore)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 $92
Boston/Cambridge, MA

(includes Suffolk, City of Cambridge)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 10/1 - 10/31 $203
11/1 - 8/31 $168
9/1 - 9/30 $203
Charleston, SC

(includes Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester Counties)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 $92
Charlotte, NC

(includes Mecklenburg County)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 $78
Chicago, IL

(includes Cook and Lake Counties)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 10/1 - 11/30 $173
12/1 - 4/30 $138
5/1 - 6/30 $169
7/1 - 8/31 $141
9/1 - 9/30 $173
Cincinnati, OH

(includes Clermont and Hamilton Counties)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 $86
Cleveland, OH

(includes Cuyahoga County)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 $98
Dallas, TX

(Dallas County and City Limits)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 10/1 - 12/31 $100
1/1 - 4/30 $111
5/1 - 9/30 $100
Denver / Aurora, CO

(includes Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson, Counties)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 $127
Detroit, MI

(includes Wayne County)

 $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 $100
Fort Worth / Arlington / Grapevine, TX

(includes Tarrant County and city limits of Grapevine)

 $8 $12 $21 $41 $3 $120
Houston, TX

(includes Johnson Space Center and Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery counties)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 $95
Kansas City, MO

(includes Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte Counties)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 $96
Las Vegas, NV

(includes Clark County)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 10/1 - 4/30 $114
5/1 - 8/31 $100
9/1 - 9/30 $114
Los Angeles, CA

(includes Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura Counties and Edwards Air Force Base)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 $110
Miami, FL

(includes Miami-Dade County)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 10/1 - 12/31 $107
1/1 - 3/31 $157
4/1 - 9/30 $107
Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN

(includes Hennepin and Ramsey Counties)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 $113
Nassau County, NY

(includes Floral Park, Garden City, Glen Cove, Great Neck, Roslyn Cities)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 $159
Newark, NJ

(includes Essex, Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 $116
New Orleans, LA

(includes Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemine, and St. Bernard Parishes)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 10/1 - 5/31 $148
6/1 - 9/30 $102
New York City, NY

(includes Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, and Richmond County)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 1/1 - 6/30 $214
7/1 - 8/31 $196
9/1 - 9/30 $274
10/1 - 12/31 $274
Orlando, FL

(includes Orange County)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 10/1 - 12/31 $89
1/1 - 3/31 $114
4/1 - 9/30 $89
Queens, NY

(Borough)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 10/1 - 12/31 $177
1/1 - 4/30 $152
5/1 - 6/30 $163
7/1 - 8/31 $153
9/1 - 9/30 $177
Philadelphia, PA

(includes Philadelphia County)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 $138
Phoenix / Scottsdale, AZ

(includes Maricopa County)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 10/1 -12/31 $103
1/1 - 3/31 $141
4/1 - 5/31 $109
6/1 - 8/31 $74
9/1 - 9/30 $103
Pittsburgh, PA

(includes Allegheny County)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 $100
San Antonio, TX

(includes Bexar County)

 $10 $15 $26 $51 $3 $103
San Diego, CA

(includes San Diego County)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 $131
San Francisco, CA

(includes San Francisco County)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 $140
Savannah, GA

(includes Chatman County)

 $9 $13 $24 $46 $3 $95
Seattle, WA

(includes King County)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 $136
St. Louis, MO

(includes St. Louis City, St. Louis and St. Charles Counties)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 $103
Washington, D.C. area

(includes Virginia cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax; Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax; Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges)

 $12 $18 $31 $61 $3 10/1 - 11/30 $195
12/1 - 5/31 $188
6/1 - 8/31 $162
9/1 - 9/30 $195
White Plains / Tarrytown / New Rochelle / Yonkers, NY

(includes Westchester County)

 $11 $16 $29 $56 $3 $137

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State Funds Limits -- Internal Catering

The limits in this table represent the maximum for actual expenses incurred. They are NOT per diem amounts.
These limits are applicable ONLY to the following internal caterers:

  • University Dining Services
  • Nutrition Services
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Miscellaneous Items

(coffee breaks, etc.)
$15 $15 $40 $5

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Local Funds Limits -- All Locations

The limits in this table represent the maximum for actual expenses incurred. They are NOT per diem amounts.

Meals

(Includes taxes and tips)

Lodging

(Excludes taxes and surcharges. Includes transportation to and from meals, tips, personal phone calls, and laundry)
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Maximum Per Day
$65 $65 $65 $110 $250

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