Travel requests encouraged before booking travel, no longer required with expense reports

Effective immediately, a travel request is no longer required to be created in Concur for travel that has already taken place in order for an expense report to be processed. However, travelers are highly encouraged to complete a travel request in advance so all supervisor approvals and notifications are in place prior to the travel dates. Travel requests completed before travel should be submitted with the associated expense report.

Concur remains the preferred booking option for all University business travel and prompts the traveler or delegate to complete the travel request as part of the booking process. This is especially important for international travel so Purdue’s Office of Risk Management can register the traveler for international medical/evacuation coverage.

If a traveler or delegate is booking University business travel through a source other than Concur, Concur should still be used to submit a travel request before travel occurs. The Form RM23 could alternately be electronically filled out and submitted for international travel or travel within U.S. territories. 

Questions should be directed to Purdue Travel at purduetravel@purdue.edu.