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Many students, post-doctoral scholars, faculty, and staff travel on behalf of Stanford. To be reimbursed for this travel, travelers, and travel arrangers must follow university policy; in most cases airfare for university-sponsored travel must be booked through a Stanford Travel booking channel...

The university pays directly or reimburses individuals for expenses that are necessary and appropriate to conduct university business. Expenditures must be consistent with the university’s purchasing policies and guidelines as well as the guiding principles and IRS regulations with regard to...

Topics include: Key Travel Supports Complex and International Travel, United Corporate Direct Launches New Features for Stanford Travelers, New Hotel Properties Added to Stanford Travel Hotel Program, Egencia’s new Guest Registration Template Feature is Now Available to All Campus Users, Updated...

In the year since the Key Travel booking channel launched last March, they have supported numerous university programs and group travel for faculty, staff, and students across campus. Key Travel has supported travel for ten programs and nine groups across several university departments. Additionally...

In August 2023, Egencia launched a new Guest Registration Template feature to enhance the guest booking process, replacing the legacy "Guest of" profile. All active Egencia guest travel arrangers were notified via email of this change at that time, receiving instructions to ensure a smooth...

FMS is continuously working to improve the Fingate user experience. Planned and completed changes range from search improvements, navigation updates and content revisions. Learn more about recent and upcoming changes on this news page.

Topics include: New Stanford Travel Booking policy and exemptions desk guide, Common questions about booking university-sponsored travel, New resource on how to manage expenses related to travel cancellations, Booking channel agent fees updated in September, FMS updates related to COVID-19: Travel...

The Client Satisfaction Survey is an ongoing conversation with the Stanford community to learn about their experiences with the financial tools, systems and services that FMS provides and uses that feedback to inform strategic initiatives and continuous improvements.

Summer 2021 topics include: Travel Policy exclusions and guidance, new Digital Payments visitor travel reimbursements, Egencia savings finger feature, car rental policy update, ERS enhancements to airline fields, StudentUniverse profile creation

The Office of Development and Financial Management Services have collaborated to provide departments with some best practices in supporting excellence in gift fund management.