A travel request is the business trip an employee needs approved before booking: type, purpose, itinerary, and costs. Open **Travel Request** under **Travel & Benefits**. The list title is **Travel Requests**. The column is **Name**. Search reads **Search...**. An empty list is titled **No travel requests yet** and reads **Submit and approve employee travel before booking**. Choose **New Travel Request**.

Search **Travel** to open the travel page. The title is **Travel** and the subtitle reads **Manage employee travel requests, itineraries, and trip approvals.** **Travel Requests** on that page opens this list. **Purpose of Travel** on that page is where you add the purposes the request form can pick.

## Add a purpose

The list title is **Purposes of Travel**. Search with **Search purposes...**.

1. Choose **New Purpose of Travel**.
2. Enter **Purpose of Travel**. That name is required.
3. Choose **Create Purpose of Travel**.

## Submit a request

1. Choose **New Travel Request**.
2. Set **Travel Type** to **Domestic** or **International**. That field is required.
3. Set **Travel Funding** to **Require Full Funding**, **Fully Sponsored**, or **Partially Sponsored, Require Partial Funding**.
4. Choose **Purpose of Travel**. That field is required.
5. Enter **Details of Sponsor (Name, Location)** and **Any other details** when someone else is paying or you have extra notes.
6. Choose **Employee**. That field is required. **Employee Name** and **Date of Birth** fill in and stay read-only. Enter **Contact Number**, **Contact Email**, **Identification Document Type**, **Identification Document Number**, and **Passport Number** for the trip.
7. Under **Travel Itinerary**, choose **Add Row**. Each leg can include **Travel From**, **Travel To**, **Mode of Travel** (**Flight**, **Train**, **Taxi**, or **Rented Car**), **Meal Preference** (**Vegetarian**, **Non-Vegetarian**, **Gluten Free**, or **Nut Allergy**), **Travel Advance Required**, **Advance Amount**, **Departure Date**, **Arrival Date**, **Lodging Required**, **Preferred Area for Lodging**, **Check-in Date**, **Check-out Date**, and **Other Details**.
8. Under **Costing Details**, choose **Add Row** for **Expense Type**, **Sponsored Amount**, **Funded Amount**, **Total Amount**, and **Comments**.
9. Under **Event Details**, enter **Name of Organizer**, **Address of Organizer**, and **Other Details** when the trip is for an event.
10. Choose **Create Travel Request**.

The confirmation is **Travel Request created**. A new request shows **Save first to assign people, attach files, add tags, share, and comment.**

## File it

Open the saved request and choose **Submit**. The confirmation is **Submitted**. **Submit failed** leaves the request unsubmitted, so it is not filed. After it is submitted, **Cancel** says **Cancelled**.

If **Travel Type**, **Purpose of Travel**, or **Employee** is missing, the message names those fields and the request is not created. **Save** with nothing new says **No changes to save**. A failed save says **Save failed. Your edits are still here.**

## Next

- [Benefits](/hrms/tax-benefits/overview)