Hi,
Apologies that this will not be the most thrilling post but here goes........
It work as an IT engineer and often work away from home. My company allows hotel costs of up to £100 per night to be claimed back and provides an evening meal allowance of £20. They do not allow lunches to be claimed back as "you would have to buy lunch wherever you are".
Can others who perform a similar role comment on how this compares with what they receive.
My main issue is that it is almost impossible to find a decent quality hotel in central London for £100 so I often end up in tourist trap fleapits with coachloads of theatre goers and foreign students. These are bearable for a couple of nights but not great when you are stuck in them for weeks.
My other gripe is that I am expected to pay for these hotels myself and claim the cost back on expenses. Sometimes I have over £3k outstanding as I can only submit claims in person at my company's office and, due to the project commitements, it is sometimes more than a month before I can do this.

