We want to be able to issue per-diem allowances to employees who otherwise don’t need a virtual or physical card; this would be for one-time events like work-related travel per diem. I tried setting up a spend program, but Ramp wanted me to input a flat dollar amount ahead of time. that won’t work since per diem amounts will differ with each employee’s travel. Help!
Hi @Kelli_Wilson - thanks for the question. Other customers might have a different solution here, but I’ll chime in from the Ramp team!
The easiest (and most efficient) way for a large group of users would be to issue a spend program to all relevant users. The cards could then auto-lock after the event has concluded.
If various users need different dollar amounts (as you indicate) we recommend still issuing the cards as a spend program, and instructing users to request an edit to the card after it’s been issued.
Additionally, with Ramp plus, you can issue spend programs with custom amounts.
Hope that helps!
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This is interesting. I came on the forum to also ask about per-diem. I’m not sure i like Matt’s suggestion, since most travel expenses would be on the physical card, and so you would have to be managing that for each purchase.
I’m also wondering what rules people have for per diems - like if a conference offers lunch do you change your per diem amount? And would you know that before or after you put out the spend card?