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Interactive Exercise
One easy-to-use source of reliable per diem data is ERI's Relocation Assessor®. The following exercise will show you how to use this tool to find reliable per diem data for 10,600 plus areas worldwide.
Problem Statement
Your company pays travelers a standard per diem based upon its headquarters in Albany, New York. This is causing a great deal of dissatisfaction among your sales staff.
You have been asked to look into the problem and have started by finding out that the most traveled to places in the past 6 months are:
- London, United Kingdom
- Los Angeles, California
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Tokyo, Japan
Note: per diems change year to year so the numbers you see as you complete this exercise may not be the same as what the interactive exercise displays, but it should be close.
Instructions
Click on the Load Step-by-Step button to follow along with this analysis. You may wish to print out this PDF tutorial (which will open in a new window).
After you have read this PDF, click on the Next button to try your hand at using this research software to calculate a relocation allowance.