Effective June 2, 2021, COVID-19 restrictions on university-related domestic travel are rescinded; pre-approval from the Chancellor or Provost is still required for all International travel. As a reminder, all overnight travel must still be pre-approved in accordance with Section 5.2 of the North Carolina OSBM Budget Manual.
Due to the AOB Building renovation, effective Monday June 7, the Accounts Payable, Travel Services, and Payment Card offices are temporarily relocating from Suite 3500 to Suite 2700. Office hours will remain 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. In addition to these offices, Payroll Services is relocating from Suite 3600 to Suite 2700.
Travel Services has been working to recoup and consolidate unused ticket credits from university travel cancelled due to COVID-19. In early FY22, the value of the tickets which have been consolidated will be refunded back to the original CFS used to purchase the ticket.
We are excited to announce that effective immediately, all new airfare requests created in CABS will be booked through our new travel agency partner, World Travel, Inc. To support this process, travelers should complete their Concur Travel profile prior to contacting World Travel, Inc. to book a trip.
Please note: the Concur Q&A Sessions scheduled for 4/21 – 4/23 are being postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. Due to a state policy approval issue, the launch of the Travel System is being postponed until June 24, 2021.
In the next few days, we are scheduling a few drop-in Q&A sessions to allow you time to ask questions based on what you will have reviewed in materials from our recent demonstration and list of questions and answers. Please sign up and/or send us your questions.
The North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) has released an update to section 5.2.13 – Transportation by Personal Vehicle in the State Budget Manual.
A recording of the March 23 overview and demonstration of the new travel system is now available.
We are pleased to provide our Campus Unit Finance Leads and University Business Managers with an overview and demonstration of our new travel system. We are scheduling two Zoom sessions to allow for scheduling flexibility; the presentation will be the same at each session.
We are excited to announce that our new suite of travel solutions will be available to all faculty and staff effective April 27, 2021.
