Welcome to the Travel Management Services Website!
Welcome to the Travel Management Services website! Here you will find all your resources for University of Kentucky official business travel. The travel program has been designed to help centralize University business travel so that your travel needs are met with efficiency, flexibility and cost-savings.
Business travelers may chose to make arrangements through one of UK’s four designated travel vendors. AAA Corporate Travel Services is our on-campus lead travel agency. Avant Travel and The Travel Authority are our off-campus preferred travel agencies. And, AAA’s Trip Manager, is UK’s on-line reservation system. Business travelers may also choose to make arrangements through an alternate travel vendor, which would be any other travel agency other than a UK designated agency, or any other Web site other than Trip Manager™.
The University Procurement Card is the preferred method of payment for all business airline tickets purchased through AAA, Trip Manager, Avant Travel, or The Travel Authority. A personal credit card is required to pay for business travel arrangements made through an alternate travel vendor. The procurement card may also be used for business hotel room and tax charges, rental car charges and conference registration fees.
UK has secured several travel discounts. Airfare discounts have been negotiated with Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, and Continental Airlines. These fares are unpublished and the airlines require they be offered only through one of UK’s designated travel vendors. For rental car discounts, UK has negotiated with Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental. And, UK also has negotiated discounts at several local hotels.
Travel Management Services’ goal is to make business travel more pleasurable and efficient for you. Your feedback is always appreciated and we encourage you to contact us with any questions or comments.
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Need UK Travel training? Our next training classes will be held on Thursday, July 17. We offer the Travel Program class which discusses all the guidelines and procedures for making travel arrangement through UK Travel, and we offer a hands-on Trip Manager training class which will teach you how to make air, hotel and rental car reservations on Trip Manager, UK's online booking system. Register at http://hr.uky.edu/TandD/calendar.php?curmonth=7&curyear=2008