Airfare | Hotel | Car Services | Payment Request Form
The Smart Center can purchase airfare, hotel, car rental, and car/limo service. By using this service, travelers will have less out-of-pocket expenditures. All expenses paid using the Travel Card will be allocated to a departmental account. Therefore, the Smart Center cannot pay for any service unless a Travel Approval Request form has been submitted AND approved.
Airfare
The Smart Center can only pay for airfare through one of the three University travel agencies (Travel-on, Omega, or Globetrotter). By phone, set up your reservation through the travel agency. Inform the travel agent that you are a BSOS traveler and payment will be arranged through the Smart Center (Becky Leffson's Profile). Then submit the Travel Approval Request form. Once the Request is approved, your reservation will be automatically ticketed.
Travel-on
Phone: 301-403-4278 (after hours 800-366-2100)
Globetrotter
Phone: 301-570-0800 (after hours 866-235-5467)
Omega Travel
Phone: 877-403-4282 (after hours 800-474-6342)
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Hotel Payment
- In order to arrange payment for a hotel stay, please provide all hotel contact information when you submit your Travel Approval Request. A follow up call is usually a good idea as well (301-405-8282).
- Verify that the hotel you are choosing accepts Master Card and third party payment.
- Make the reservation at the hotel of your choice.
- Notify the hotel that the University of Maryland will be using a Corporate Master Card, and have the hotel fax a credit card authorization to the Smart Center at 301-314-7960.
- The Smart Center will fax the hotel all the information needed to authorize Room and Tax expenses to be charged to the Smart Center's Master Card.
- As a precaution the traveler should call the hotel two days before travel to verify their payment information is correct, so we can correct any problem before check out.
* UMUC Marriott Reservations
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Car Services
If you have a traveler that needs to arrange for a car rental or car service for transportation to and from the airport or campus, please contact the Smart Center at 301-405-8282 so that we can offer suggestions.
The University of Maryland, Department of Business Services has also arranged a number of corporate discounts with other car rental agencies. Please click here to view these options. The Smart Center may not, however, be able to arrange third party payment with these agencies.
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Payment Request Form
To request any of these services please complete the request form below. The form can either be faxed or emailed (help@smartcenter.umd.edu) to the Smart Center.
* Requires Microsoft Word
