Travel and entertainment is often a top-three controllable expense — yet policies go unenforced, out-of-policy exceptions slip through, and reimbursement teams lack the data to push back. A policy review closes the gap.
T&E leakage happens when policies are outdated, unenforced, or unmeasured. The short answer: organizations that rewrite their T&E policy with explicit limits, mandate preferred booking channels, and report on compliance typically reduce travel and expense spend by 10–20% without harming employee experience.
Travel and expense spend is disbursed — often by card — before it is approved. Policies become reference documents rather than enforcement tools, and managers approve line items without visibility into policy limits or alternatives.
The result is a steady drift: premium airfares, out-of-policy hotels, unmanaged rideshare, and meal spend that quietly exceeds guidelines. The spend is approved in aggregate and invisible at the department level.
A T&E policy review turns an unmanaged cost into a governed program. The first step is a confidential advisory conversation.