The United States General Services Administration has announced the new fiscal year 2024 per diem rates for government travel in the continental United States. Each year, the GSA sets per diem rates to for federal agencies to reimburse their employees’ lodging and meals expenses for official travel within the continental U.S. The American Hotel & Lodging Association works with the GSA to make sure that these rates are fair both to hoteliers and the agencies.
The FY2024 per diem rate is $166, which includes $107 for lodging (increased from $98) and $59 for meals (unchanged). The FY2024 rates are currently available on the GSA website.
Typically, GSA calculates per diems based on the average daily rate from a trailing 12-month period, less five percent. Federal per diem rates consist of a maximum lodging allowance component and a meals and incidental expenses component. Most of the country (approximately 2,600 counties) is covered by the standard rate of $166 ($107 lodging, $59 M&IE). In fiscal year 2024, there are 302 non-standard areas that have per diem rates higher than the standard rate.
“The per diem rates GSA announced today come after months of hard work AHLA put in to lobby the administration on behalf of hoteliers nationwide,” AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers said in a statement. “These rates include a $9 increase to the continental United States lodging rate as well as large increases in rates in many non-standard areas. This is a positive step for many hoteliers across the country, as government travel supports billions in travel spending, and many private-sector organizations also base travel reimbursements on federal per diem rates. We thank GSA for working to ensure hotels are fairly compensated for the excellent services they provide government travelers year in and year out. We will continue to work with GSA and advocate for lodging and meal rate increases that reflect market conditions.”