The local area includes separate cities, towns, or installations adjacent to or close to each other, where the commuting public travels daily during normal business hours.
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A per diem is money that you get to spend on food and other incidentals (including tips and phone calls). If you are away on travel for more than 12 hours and more than 50 miles from home, then you are eligible for 3/4 per diem. If you are away less than 12 hours, you do not get per diem.
Official duty station is defined in 5 CFR 550.112(j) and 551.422(d). An agency may prescribe a mileage radius of not greater than 50 miles to determine whether an employee's travel is within or outside the limits of the employee's official duty station for determining entitlement to overtime pay for travel.
Policy. The Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) [PDF] require DoD travelers on temporary duty (TDY) to an Integrated Lodging Program site or surrounding metro area to book DoD Preferred commercial lodging before other commercial lodging options.
Key Takeaways. Commuting expense is different from business travel; commuting happens before you start working, and business travel happens while you are working. Getting to your job—even if you work at home or if your job is more than 100 miles away—is commuting.
The traveler may use the Government rate for personal travel if the hotel offers such rate when the traveler is on personal travel. Section 301-41.060. Cancelled or Interrupted Personal Travel.
In the Defense Travel System, or DTS, users can search for airline, hotel, and rental car reservations, check per diem rates, and prepare personal travel documents or, with the proper permissions, documents for others.