Originally Posted by
Traveloguy
No company or client I have worked for pays per diem, and this is my experience both in Europe & Australia. Everything is expenses based.
Generally there your company will have a policy which then states what class of travel, type of hotel, corporate rates etc will be paid out against.
It all depends. In Germany, almost everything is per diem as this is a requirement of the Tax office. You will only be able to claim extra expenses if you have to entertain people.
My current employer is only reimbursing actual cost with the MD checking that all is reasonable.