Originally Posted by
Cloudship
I am going to be doing a work related trip later this fall. Our organization rarely even deals with travel, so we don't have many good policies in place. I am not issued a company credit card.
I will be staying for several nights in a hotel. I can book a group rate for the event I am attending, but the hotel does not charge the credit card until I actually arrive. They will need to see the credit card to place the charge.
My organization thinks the easiest thing to do would be for me to charge the stay on my own card and they will pay me back. I am quite uncomfortable with that to begin with, and don't really have a spare $1000 on my credit card to do that anyways. How does your company handle this? Is there an easier way?
Ask the firm for a 'reasonable' cash advance. Prepay your personal credit card so the funds are available. Or put the cash advance on one of those pre-paid/gift branded cards. Of course, you should expense the costs for such transactions to the business.
Your best option, in my opinion, is to express your concerns to your management. If they are reasonable people they will understand that you may not have ready access to the needed funds/credit and should be willing to work with you. On the other hand, what was the expectation set by management when you took your current position?