Announcements
January 6, 2025
The State of Texas Comptroller announced that the state mileage reimbursement rate effective January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 is 70 cents per mile (up from 67 cents in 2024). Reminder: If mileage reimbursement crosses December 2024 - January 2025, list as two separate lines on the expense report so that the correct rate is processed in Chrome River. January 6, 2025
State-contracted rental car vendors provide a toll-free roadside assistance phone number 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Then number is on the contract documents given to drivers at the time of rental. Roadside assistance helps with problems including accidents, lost keys, flat tires and vehicle breakdowns. There is no additional charge for the assistance if the issue is due to no fault of the customer. Depending on the service requested, some services may be assessed fees (such as lock out, fuel, jump start, etc.). Roadside assistance is different from Enterprise Roadside Assistance Protection and Hertz Premium Roadside Services, which charge per-day fees up front, regardless of whether the customer uses the service. This additional coverage is not part of the contract and is not a reimbursable expense. See State Travel Management Program - Car Rental Information. General Contract Information - Additional Requirements by Vendor - Emergency Road Services for more information. September 3, 2024 Welcome to Fiscal Year 25! When creating a new PCard or Travel report in the Chrome River system, the report header will now automatically reflect FY25 (Current). Please contact ChromeRiverHSC@ttuhsc.edu if you have questions. August 27, 2024
August 21, 2024 - Travel, Accounts Payable & Direct Pay Training March 7, 2024
As a proud partner of TTU HSC, Southwest Airlines invites you to utilize swabiz.com. SWABIZ is Southwest Airlines' free in-house booking tool that provides all TTUHSC travelers access to exclusive benefits. Learn more about our partnership and the benefits of SWABIZ in powerpoint presented on 2/28/24 linked below. Using State funds?? **REMINDER** DO NOT accept the Pre-Paid option when Avis representatives offers. This will void the contract pricing and could cause the traveler to pay out of pocket expenses. Please contact travel@ttuhsc.edu if you have questions. January 9, 2024
Below are the *New* Avis and Budget contract landing pages for Texas Tech University Health Science Center travelers to use for rentals. The newly created discount numbers are prepopulated when using the links below: Enterprise/National and Hertz continue to have contracts with the State of Texas. Please follow link below for additional information regarding current rates: November 7, 2023
If you missed any of the online Zoom Chrome River Travel Basics training classes, we now offer the class via a training video. The Chrome River Travel Training Video covers essential topics and demonstrations regarding: To view the training video and additional Chrome River training guides, click on the Training Center For questions, email Chrome River at ChromeRiverHSC@ttuhsc.edu. Mileage Reimbursement Rate Effective January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Emergency Roadside Assistance
TTUHSC FY24 PCard & Travel Reports in Chrome River
If you are creating a report for the FY24 fiscal year period, please ensure that you select "FY24 (Prior)" on the report header. This will ensure that the appropriate fiscal year budget is utilized if fully processed on or before 9/10/24 (last day to post to FY24 budget).
After 9/10/24, FY24 budget will be closed and ALL reports in Chrome River should utilize "FY25 (Current)".
**DEADLINE REMINDER** All FY24 PCard and Travel reports must be received by 9/5/24. Travel Recording from 8/21/24 training
Passcode: 8u+N$WkjSWABIZ is now available to TTUHSC Travelers
Avis and Budget Rental Car Contract ***Additional Information***
*NEW* Avis and Budget Rental Car contract now available
Chrome River Travel Training Video Available