Automated enforcement & real-time control
Manage. Enforce. Save. Turn your company's travel policy from a guideline into a hard-stop booking rule. Engine ensures every booking is compliant and on budget, eliminating cost leakage and the administrative headache of post-facto auditing.
How do Engine's travel policies work?
Travel policies on Engine allow you to set granular, tiered limits based on location, traveler level, and travel needs. If a booking violates the rule, the system instantly blocks it—no exceptions, no surprise charges.
Stop out-of-policy spending before it starts.
Prevent cost leakage, stop the surprise charges
Stop the surprise charges. Our flexible settings provide real-time budget guardrails that prevent out-of-policy spending. Adjust tiered limits by location and traveler type so your expenses stay right where you want them, with a hard-stop before the booking is complete.
Clear options for guaranteed compliance
When you add travel policies to your account, travelers only see the options that are within their rules. This makes it impossible to book out-of-policy and empowers your team to make confident, compliant choices every time.
In policy and in budget
By building in your company's travel policy parameters, you are always in real-time control of your budget, and your team is empowered to book with confidence and zero budget surprise.
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Frequently asked questions
A travel policy establishes rules for employees who are traveling for business and makes it easy for them to understand how to book business travel and manage expenses. A travel policy ensures that parameters have already been set for employees to remain compliant with the company’s established rules and regulations. Whether there are budget-related policies, managing travel locations, or setting appropriate permissions by employees, it’s essential for businesses to set travel policies.
Engine offers highly customizable travel policies that adapt to your unique business needs. You can define specific rules, manage rates, and tailor policies for different teams or departments. This flexibility ensures your travel policies fit your company's structure and requirements perfectly. Engine also provides the ease and flexibility to update your travel policy as much as you need to, whenever you need to.
Our platform provides hard-stop settings to prevent cost leakage and out-of-policy spending. You can set tiered limits based on location and travel needs, ensuring expenses stay within budget. Engine offers robust tools for policy enforcement, allowing you to set clear guidelines and automatically apply your policies to all bookings. This proactive approach helps keep your travel costs under real-time control and ensures consistent policy adherence across your organization.
Absolutely. Engine streamlines the travel booking process by showing only in-policy options to your team. This intuitive approach helps employees make confident, compliant choices every time they book, reducing confusion and eliminating the possibility of policy violations.
Engine significantly lightens the admin load through automation and smart features. Our platform handles policy application, expense tracking, and reporting, freeing up your team to focus on strategic tasks. With Engine, you can manage travel policies efficiently, saving time and resources.
