Travel Information
University Business Travel Made Simple: Plan, Explore, Arrive.
The CSU 福利小视频 travel information webpage provides essential details for students, faculty, and staff on travel policies, transportation, and guidelines. It covers university-sponsored travel, reimbursements, required documents, and safety tips. You’ll also find resources for booking flights, hotels, and rental cars through approved vendors. For international travel, the page includes visa requirements, insurance, and emergency contacts. This one-stop resource makes planning easier and ensures compliance with university policies.

Travel Should Be Done In The Most Economical & Efficient Way Possible!
State Travel Card & University Travel Policies
If applicable, contact Nicole Lara to apply for the State Travel Card (JP Morgan Chase Master Card). Upon approval and completion of training, allow 2 weeks for the card to arrive.
The following rules and definitions apply to all travel paid with University funds – no matter the source of the funds – and to all individuals engaged in such travel, whether administration, faculty, staff, students, or non-employees traveling on University business. Travel expenses paid by the University must be incurred for the benefit of the State, in furtherance of the University’s mission, and in support of assigned duties.
For questions, contact Nicole Lara, nicole.lara@csupueblo.edu
Processes for:
In-State Traveling
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Pre-Travel
Prior to travel
- Submit a signed Blanket Travel Authorization (hyperlink to form) to your department's administrative assistant at the start of every fiscal year or upon hiring.
- If being reimbursed, ensure a TEM Profile (hyperlink TEM form) is set up in Kuali for all travelers (employees and non-employees)
- Verify with your supervisor/Fiscal Officer that funding is available.
- If using Title V funding for faculty/staff travel, a Title V Funding Request Form MUST be submitted and signed prior to paying anything related to the trip. (link to T5 Request Form)
Going to a conference?
- Paying the registration fee with the Procurement Card (Pcard) or department travel card is preferred but can be reimbursed if paid out of pocket.
Need a rental car?
- Apply the rental to the department’s/ College’s/ Office’s State Travel Card with state contracted agencies. Use the CSU 福利小视频 partnership portal for .
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While traveling
- Keep conference schedule/agenda/program (showing which meals were provided)
- Keep original itemized receipts for all rental car, gas & lodging charges, etc.
- Separate non-reimbursable personal expenses; dry cleaning, magazines, alcohol beverages, etc.
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Post travel
Reimbursements that are not allowed: personal expenses, recreation, meal per diems if meals were provided at conference, liquor/alcohol, tax.
- Create Travel Reimbursement (TR) if not already done, in Kuali.
- Per diem table can include meals, lodging, and mileage or can be line item expensed.
List as line item expenses in Kulai
- Conference/Event Registration fee (if paid out-of-pocket)
- Parking quote
- Transportation during conference/event (taxi, bus, Uber, Lyft, etc), if applicable.
- Can list mileage and lodging as a line-item expense, if not listed in per Diem.
Attach all supporting documentation in the NOTES and ATTATCHMENTS section:
- Conference/Event registration (if paid out of pocket)
- Agenda/program for proof of dates attending and meals provided
- Hotel folio, itemized invoice/reciept
- Mileage: pdf preferred from MapQuest
- Shuttle/Bus/Taxi/Uber/Lyft, itemized reciept (if applicable)
- If using Title V funding, attach signed funding request form and
- Any other supporting documents if allocating to other accounts (permission to use funds)
Make sure to certify if doing your own TR: Travelers - Certifying and Approving Travel Documents - Step by Step guide
- Ad-hoc Fiscal Officer(s) on all funding accounts and the 福利小视频 Travel group
- Click: SUBMIT
Out-of–State Traveling
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Pre-Travel
Prior to out of state travel, ensure a TEM Profile is set up in Kuali for all travelers (employees and non-employees).
Travel Authorization MUST be approved by the supervisor and fiscal officer (FO) on the account(s) prior to travel.
- Verify with your supervisor/Fiscal Officer that funding is available.
- If using Title V funding for faculty/staff travel, a Title V Funding Request Form MUST be submitted and signed prior to paying anything related to the trip. (link to T5 Request Form)
- Paying the registration fee with the Procurement Card (Pcard) is preferred but can be reimbursed if paid out of pocket.
- Create Travel Authorization (TA) in Kuali to get the per diem rates for meals and lodging.
- Reimbursements that are not allowed: personal expenses, recreation, meal per diems if meals were provided at conference
- List as line item expenses: Apply the below as quotes.
- Conference/Event Registration fee (click non-reimbursable if paid with pcard)
- Car Rental quote from Enterprise or National (mileage not reimbursed with rentals
- Parking quote
- Mileage: pdf preferred from MapQuest
- Transportation during conference/event (taxi, bus, Uber, Lyft, etc), if applicable
- Hotel quote or can list lodging in per Diem
- Email Frosch Travel for a quote and to book flight(s), csupueblo@frosch.com
- When TA is FINAL, give the T- number located at the top right of the KFS document to the Frosch Travel agent; the fee will be applied to the university ghost card.
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While traveling
- Keep conference schedule/agenda/program (showing which meals were provided).
- Keep original itemized receipts for all rental car, gas & lodging charges. Keep original itemized receipts for other charges.
- Separate non-reimbursable personal expenses (dry cleaning, magazines, alcohol beverages, etc.
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Post travel
- Create Travel Reimbursement (TR) in Kuali by going to your final TA and clicking “new reimbursement” (when out-of-state-travel, airline ticket, or travel)
- Update per Diem tables meals, lodging, and mileage and any expense lines with final totals
- If you rented a vehicle it is preferred to have used the State Travel Card with state-contracted agencies:
- Attach all supporting documentation in the NOTES and ATTATCHMENT to include:
- Conference/Event registration
- Agenda/program for proof of dates attending and meals provided
- Flight quote from Frosch Travel agent, if booked flight via internet
- Flight, itemized invoice/receipt
- Hotel itemized invoice/receipt
- Airport Parking, date/time stamped receipts
- Mileage pdf preferred from
- Shuttle/Bus/Taxi/Uber/Lyft itemized receipts
- If using Title V funding, attach signed funding request form and any supporting documents if allocating to other accounts (permission to use funds)
- Ad-hoc Fiscal Officer(s) on all funding accounts and the 福利小视频 Travel group
- CLICK: SUBMIT
International Traveling
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Pre-Travel
- Verify with your supervisor/Fiscal Officer that funding is available
- If using Title V funding for faculty/staff travel please submit this Title V Funding Request Form (link to T5 Request Form), obtain signed funding request form prior to paying anything related to the trip.
- International Travel Authorization Process (link to info blurb in the folder) and review and
Create Travel Authorization (TA) in Kuali (when out-of-state-travel, airline ticket, or travel advance is involved)
- Transportation during conference/event (taxi, bus, Uber, Lyft, etc), if applicable
- Hotel quote or can list lodging in per Diem
- Email Frosch Travel for a quote and to book flight(s), csupueblo@frosch.com
- When TA is FINAL, give the T- number located at the top right of the KFS document to the Frosch Travel agent; the fee will be applied to the university ghost card.
- Attach all supporting documentation in the NOTES and ATTATCHMENT
- Proof of ALL supervisor’s and presidential approval included.
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While traveling
- Keep conference schedule/agenda/program (showing which meals were provided).
- Keep original itemized receipts for all rental car, gas & lodging charges. Keep original itemized receipts for other charges.
- Separate non-reimbursable personal expenses (dry cleaning, magazines, alcohol beverages, etc.
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Post travel
- Create Travel Reimbursement (TR) in Kuali by going to your final TA and clicking “new reimbursement” (when out-of-state-travel, airline ticket, or travel)
- Update per Diem tables meals, lodging, and mileage and any expense lines with final totals
- If you rented a vehicle it is preferred to have used the State Travel Card with state-contracted agencies:
- Attach all supporting documentation in the NOTES and ATTATCHMENT to include:
- Conference/Event registration
- Agenda/program for proof of dates attending and meals provided
- Flight quote from Frosch Travel agent, if booked flight via internet
- Flight, itemized invoice/receipt
- Hotel itemized invoice/receipt
- Airport Parking, date/time stamped receipts
- Mileage pdf preferred from
- Shuttle/Bus/Taxi/Uber/Lyft itemized receipts
- If using Title V funding, attach signed funding request form
- Any supporting documents if allocating to other accounts (permission to use funds)
- Ad-hoc Fiscal Officer(s) on all funding accounts and the 福利小视频 Travel group
- CLICK: SUBMIT
Travel References & Miscellaneous Resources
- Kuali Travel Flow Chart
- How to Search for Travel Documents
- Useful Websites
Travel Policy, Procedures & Fiscal Rules
- Visit the CSU 福利小视频 and CSU System Travel Policy, Procedures & Fiscal Rules prior to travel.
- to view the State of Colorado travel fiscal rules, mileage reimbursement policy & rates and meal & incidental per diem rates when traveling on State of Colorado business.