FY 2018 Per Diem Changes - Defense Travel Management Office Allowances and Regulations Update

The Defense Travel Management Office has updated the following information for 01 September 2017:

• FY2018 Per Diem Rates/ Standard CONUS Per Diem Rates

  • Traveling feds are getting another $2 per day from the General Services Administration to pay for lodging in 2018.

    The daily travel allowance authorized by GSA is going up to $144 per day — $93 for lodging (up from $91 in 2017) and $51 for meals and incidental expenses. These rates apply to travel in most regions of the continental United States, approximately 2,600 counties, according to GSA.

    The per diem rates are based on average daily rate (ADR) data from the lodging industry, according to GSA. Fiscal 2018 meals and incidental expenses stayed at the fiscal 2017 standard range of $51 to $74

• OCONUS Non-Foreign and Foreign Per Diem Rates
• Overseas Housing Allowances (OHA)
• Overseas Cost of Living Allowances (COLA)
• Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) and Appendices (Available 01 September)

To access this information, visit the DTMO Website.

"Access Denied" Error? The Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) website (https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/) is online. However, due to a change in the web security protocol, some links from other Internet sites, manuals, and publications to BAH rates, COLA rates, travel allowances, and per diem rates as well as the JTR will not work until the sites or files are updated. All links to the DTMO site now begin with "https". Links that begin with "http" will not work. If you encounter an "Access Denied" message when following a link to the DTMO website, change the "http" in the address bar to "https" and reload the page. 

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