Per the UMBC Travel Policy, travelers on official UMBC business are eligible to claim a per diem tied to the GSA rates for domestic travel and the State Department rates for international travel.
In Concur, you can easily add a Travel Allowance to your requests and reports to calculate these amounts. You would define the itinerary of your travel and then add exclusions. You would exclude any days that are personal travel, or exclude meals included/provided to you on your travel.
An additional daily amount for incidentals is automatically added into the cost when you claim a travel allowance, and does not need to be separately claimed on your expense report.
Following the procedures of the GSA, the first and last day of travel will now be 75% of the destination per diem rates. You no longer have to calculate the departure time and location relative to the meal for your arrival and departure. The system will automatically adjust your per diem on the first and last days.