Travel Request Form

Employees traveling internationally to register in advance with the UNC Global Travel Registry and enroll in advance for coverage in the travel insurance program established by General Administration for the UNC System.

All business travel must support the mission of the University of North Carolina, receive the appropriate approvals, and be carefully planned to ensure that expenditures are necessary, prudent, and as economical as possible. A University employee traveling on official business is expected to exercise the same care in incurring expenses that a prudent person would exercise if traveling on personal business and expending personal funds. Excess costs, circuitous routes, delays or luxury accommodations and services unnecessary or unjustified in the performance of official business are not acceptable under this standard.

This form should be used by all faculty and staff who are traveling as business travel regardless of source of funds.    Please have your direct supervisor sign the form to indicate 1- that they are aware that you are traveling for business purposes and not vacation and so that they have a record of the days you will be out of the office 2-to ensure that the appropriate funds can be used for reimbursement.