New trip allowances to help manage your Uber for Business account

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Introducing new features to manage the number of trips your employees can take in a given day or month, and per-day and per-trip allowances.
Every day, businesses of all types use Uber in creative ways – and we’re introducing new features that help you empower your employees to use Uber while retaining the level of management and control needed.


New allowances
The Uber for Business dashboard is a powerful way to manage trips taken by employees that are charged directly back to the company.
Over the last year, we’ve introduced features that give businesses the ability to designate when and where employees can ride, and how much they can spend per month.
Now, businesses can add trip allowances to their employee travel rules. This gives businesses the opportunity to designate how many trips an employee can take per day or per month, and restricts employees from billing additional rides back to the company.
Businesses can also now assign specific budgets per-trip and per-day for their employees. These new options complement the per-month allowances already available.


Example uses
We’re already seeing a diverse set of applications of these new features.

Commuting to work
It’s now easier than ever to help your employees commute to work. Businesses can offer to pay for two trips per day with a specific budget per trip, and mandate that those trips either begin or end at an office location.
Late-night rides home
Restaurants can offer to pay for one trip per day with a $15 per-trip limit to help late-night staff travel home after work if public transportation is closed for the evening.
Alternative to fleet vehicles
Contracting businesses can pay for two trips per day between a central office location and a client site in lieu of maintaining a company car for employees.
Rental car alternatives
Insurance companies can provide customers with a specific amount of money per day for customers who prefer to request rides with Uber instead of driving a rental car. Rhode Island-based HiRoad is using Uber for Business in this way for their customers already.

How do I get started?
These new rules can be found in the Uber Travel section of your Uber for Business dashboard, or you can create a new account.
These new rules can be found in the Uber Travel section of your Uber for Business dashboard.
To change an existing program, click on an existing program and edit the rules in place.
To create a new program with these rules, select Create Travel Program