Best Practices for Traveling as a SA? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Our firm is bringing us in to see the office. We have a general handbook with instructions on travel and what we can reimburse. What’s too far with reimbursements? For example, it says the day of travel we can get a $50 dinner. Should I be cautious about using it?

[ksm6969]

You are getting paid almost 4K a week ( assuming cravats scale big law). Nobody will care about a $50 fajita and margarita

[bwh8813]

Our firm is bringing us in to see the office. We have a general handbook with instructions on travel and what we can reimburse. What’s too far with reimbursements? For example, it says the day of travel we can get a $50 dinner. Should I be cautious about using it?

No. Be cautious about going over it.

[Prudent_Jurist]

You should buy me a $50 dinner. Biglaw firms love that.

[AntipodeanPhil]

This reminds me of when my old V5 firm sent me to suburban Phoenix for a week to conduct due diligence on boxes of old files the client couldn't be bothered scanning. Every night I got the ultimate feast at Red Lobster, chocolate cake and a large margarita. I still had enough of the budget left to tip 40%. I miss those days.

And, yeah, I spent the entire budget every night, and on many other occasions, and no one ever mentioned it to me. The only thing my firm didn't like was when you bought things that didn't look like dinner. For example, one associate submitted a receipt for 7 boiled eggs and a large bottle of Mountain Dew and they rejected the receipt because he was "grocery shopping."

[Anonymous User]

This reminds me of when my old V5 firm sent me to suburban Phoenix for a week to conduct due diligence on boxes of old files the client couldn't be bothered scanning. Every night I got the ultimate feast at Red Lobster, chocolate cake and a large margarita. I still had enough of the budget left to tip 40%. I miss those days.

And, yeah, I spent the entire budget every night, and on many other occasions, and no one ever mentioned it to me. The only thing my firm didn't like was when you bought things that didn't look like dinner. For example, one associate submitted a receipt for 7 boiled eggs and a large bottle of Mountain Dew and they rejected the receipt because he was "grocery shopping."

Red Lobster, really?

[Sackboy]

This reminds me of when my old V5 firm sent me to suburban Phoenix for a week to conduct due diligence on boxes of old files the client couldn't be bothered scanning. Every night I got the ultimate feast at Red Lobster, chocolate cake and a large margarita. I still had enough of the budget left to tip 40%. I miss those days.

And, yeah, I spent the entire budget every night, and on many other occasions, and no one ever mentioned it to me. The only thing my firm didn't like was when you bought things that didn't look like dinner. For example, one associate submitted a receipt for 7 boiled eggs and a large bottle of Mountain Dew and they rejected the receipt because he was "grocery shopping."

Red Lobster, really?

All about them biscuits. Love when people are elitist about other's dining choices. Going ham at a red lobster sounds fun.

[nixy]

See also: suburban Phoenix.

(There is some spectacular food in Arizona but what's close to you is always key.)

[Pennoyer v. Meh]

Red Lobster, really?

I love Red Lobster. The biscuits are fantastic, and the seafood is perfectly fine too. It's no Olive Garden, but what is?

[Sackboy]

Red Lobster, really?

I love Red Lobster. The biscuits are fantastic, and the seafood is perfectly fine too. It's no Olive Garden, but what is?

I can only dream of eating at the Olive Garden in Times Square once before I depart this blessed rock.

[Pennoyer v. Meh]

I can only dream of eating at the Olive Garden in Times Square once before I depart this blessed rock.

And, even more importantly, getting reimbursed by my firm for doing so.

[Anonymous User]

Our firm is bringing us in to see the office. We have a general handbook with instructions on travel and what we can reimburse. What’s too far with reimbursements? For example, it says the day of travel we can get a $50 dinner. Should I be cautious about using it?

No. Be cautious about going over it.

Shouldn't be a big deal going over it either, as long as you only request $50 of it reimbursed? I've gotten a few $55/60 meals where I denote that I'm not asking for anything over $50 and they've never cared.