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I pay $65/day + actual lodging costs & 1 way travel time and fuel.
I was thinking about doing this and letting the guys pick there own hotel. Pretty sure they would bunk up so they could pocket more cash.$150/day for hotel and meals
Yep, hotel, car, parking is all covered too outside the 100$ per day for foodJust for food?
Yeah, that's about right. Sometimes moreAverage would be $50 day for us
Tried that. Not so good, they get along for the most part but 10 hr days 60 hr weeks and weeks on end gets testy.My buddy does finished woodwork and is constantly on the road. The company rents his whole crew an air bnb for long jobs. Saves money on food having a kitchen and lodging not having a bunch of separate hotel rooms. If your guys get along its not a bad option.
$125hr wtf? That’s a shoot shovel and shut up wage lolWhen I was younger and not making much, I’d usually come home with 100 in my pocket, enough to fill my truck with fuel and have some spending money once I got home. In Texas, I was making $125/hr, so I was eating at fogo de chao and didn’t give a fuck. Lol.
As a loyal traveling employee $50 a day for meals doesn't come close. The way I see it I'm in the hole for $80+ a day.
- Breakfast $0, too hung over from night before to have anything more than hotel coffee.
- Lunch $0, have vendor take you out for B&E lunch
- Dinner $130+ 2+ vodka sodas while waiting at bar, seated at dinner starter Martini, Ceasar salad and Rib Eye + 2 glasses Duck Horn Cab.
- $100 B&E expense, buy drinks for vendor that bought you lunch earlier and have a few single malts. Buy ladies sitting next to us at bar a round and make fool of ourselves.
- Run same play on day 2.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner in my companyAnyone here pay employees or employees that can share what they get for meal per diem when traveling for work.... My guys haven't complained but i might be on the lite side......I cover hotels, car, laundry, etc.... This is strictly meals that I pay per day, if they use it or not.
2 drinks per person. Hopefully they're 32 ounces.My last employer gave $18, $24, $36 if you’re doing the day alone or eating with colleagues. If you hosted an event you were expected to keep it to $75 per person and the limit was 2 drinks per person.
My current employer gives $100 a day. No required spread, just $100 a day straight up. Sadly, we’re not traveling right now and it doesn’t look like we will be until sometime next year.
I miss traveling for work.
I was thinking about doing this and letting the guys pick there own hotel. Pretty sure they would bunk up so they could pocket more cash.
Hawaii..outer island. Rates are significantly higher vs the mainland. I just interviewed for a similar role in TX. Declined it but theirs was $60/day +hotel and travel. No extra spending on them either.Damn $100+ for crew guys and meals only. Don’t get me wrong they are worth it but I don’t think our industry would support that. I would be about $265 a day (for hotel and meals) each for 3-4 guys on a job and at a 2-4 week jobs up to 16 weeks.
My engineers that travel pay everything on a company card including dinners but they are onsite for a day or 2 and take the customer out if need be.
Did you order McMuffin with 3 sausage patty’s And 3 cheese on it? Lmao
As a daily eat out guy, I can tell you with out question an egg McMuffin is not 8 bucks.
under 3 bucks, better yet do a sausage McMuffin .99 cents order an “Extra hash brown“ .99 cents otherwise a hash brown is 2.70 ish
lg drink .99 cents
7 bucks n change will feed you a meal at damn near any fast food place for breakfast
Hey, if you run into old Harry, punch him in the nose for me and all Patriots!!!!!
I traveled quite a bit for work for a period of about six years. I traveled mostly in the US but made two international trips; South Korea and the UAE. IMHO, the GSA tables are about the only thing our government has done well. The per diem is calculated by state/county/city or country and is realistic for each location. Cost of food is drastically different in Chicago, NY or Cali over Jackson Mississippi. If I remember correctly, my per diem in Abu Dhabi and Dubai was over $160 a day for food.I used the below when I had to give food and beverage to my staff
Per Diem Rates
GSA establishes the maximum CONUS (Continental United States) Per Diem rates for federal travel customers.www.gsa.gov
I traveled quite a bit for work for a period of about six years. I traveled mostly in the US but made two international trips; South Korea and the UAE. IMHO, the GSA tables are about the only thing our government has done well. The per diem is calculated by state/county/city or country and is realistic for each location. Cost of food is drastically different in Chicago, NY or Cali over Jackson Mississippi. If I remember correctly, my per diem in Abu Dhabi and Dubai was over $160 a day for food.
My next-door neighbor started a new job a couple of years back in the food industry. Their parent company is Little Ceasars. Her division was brand new at the time. Her boss told her she could spend $35.00 per day on food, and if that was not enough, she could eat free at Little Caesars on the road. They also put a $100.00 day limit on hotels, even in NYC. That didn't last long.
800+ Marriott nights. I would charge the client $75.00 - $100.00 per day + expenses plus a small markup. Never an issue.
My next-door neighbor started a new job a couple of years back in the food industry. Their parent company is Little Ceasars. Her division was brand new at the time. Her boss told her she could spend $35.00 per day on food, and if that was not enough, she could eat free at Little Caesars on the road. They also put a $100.00 day limit on hotels, even in NYC. That didn't last long.
Before Covid, she lived on the road. 4+ million miles on American Airlines. Once she brought the new company a 7 million dollar Costco regional deal, I think she was able to up her per diem.Wow...motel 6 level living at it's finest.
I should have clarified, the per diem I listed is just food. I get to expense whatever hotel I stay at, fuel, etcDamn $100+ for crew guys and meals only. Don’t get me wrong they are worth it but I don’t think our industry would support that. I would be about $265 a day (for hotel and meals) each for 3-4 guys on a job and at a 2-4 week jobs up to 16 weeks.
My engineers that travel pay everything on a company card including dinners but they are onsite for a day or 2 and take the customer out if need be.