UTPA Travel Services

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If you need to travel for business purposes, please follow the steps below:
Steps:

  1. All first-time travelers must complete a Traveler Profile Form:
    www.utctp.com/trvlrpro.asp
    Fax to Corporate Travel Planners (CTPI) at 210-308-8758

  2. For booking of airfare, car rental and/or lodging, send a Travel Reservation Request Form to Corporate Travel Planners (via e-mail)
    http://w3.panam.edu/www/purchasing/TRAVEL/TRAVELREQUEST.HTML
    or
    call Corporate Travel Planners at (866) 366-1142

  3. Corporate Travel Planners will respond via e-mail within 2 hours with your complete itinerary with 24 hours.
     
  4. Review proposed itinerary through www.virtuallythere.com Website. Your e-mail received from CTPI will include the virtuallythere website link. (Changes can be made to itinerary through CTPI without a penalty if airfare has not been ticketed.) Print itinerary.

     

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  5. Complete Application for Official Travel (AFOT), obtain appropriate administrative approvals, and send to UTPA’s Travel Office. AFOT must be submitted at least 10 days prior to travel. (See Handbook of Operating Procedures, 8.3.2, www.panam.edu/hop) Contact Carolyn Laverty, Travel Coordinator, at ext. 2168 for more information.

  6. Upon approval, CTPI issues airfare tickets.

  7. Review bookings at any time through www.virtuallythere.com Website. Enter your reservation code provided on your itinerary (see step 4).
  8. CHANGES TO itinerary – Send e-mail or resubmit a Travel Reservation Request to CTPI. Once airfare has been ticketed, additional charges will apply. Hotel and Car Rental changes may be made without penalty charges.

  9. Upon return of your trip, make sure you complete a Travel Voucher http://dba.utpa.edu/forms/#AP_index. All claims for reimbursement must be made on this form within 5 days after completion of trip (See Handbook of Operating Procedures, 8.3.2, www.panam.edu/hop).

  10. Attach all required receipts to voucher.

  11. Claimant and supervisor must sign Travel Voucher. Submit to Accounts Payable for processing.