Originally Posted by
evergrn
Sorry to resurrect an old thread.
This is pretty similar to ours. I think it's probably below average in terms of leeway, but do you think this level of meal allowance is fairly common?
Since I almost exclusively stay at Hilton where my status gets me free breakfast, breakfast's a non-issue.
But I'm often having to go over limit for lunch and pay a few bucks out of pocket.
Some firms acknowledge travelers may incur a few bucks out of pocket per meal. Logic being that you would incur some cost if you were at home so this is just keeping you whole.
May make sense for lunch where you may have eaten out if based in a local office (balanced with days of bringing lunch from home to justify the “subsidy”). It can be a low impact virtue signaling for the non-travelers who see the traveler whipping out a corporate card to pay for lunch.
Just like not advertising your luxury vacation paid with points to someone who doesn’t comprehend the sacrifices of being a road warrior.