Approve from anywhere
The manager approves from the app with full context: cost, policy and alternatives.
Approvals & reimbursement
From request to payment without a single follow-up email
Email approval is the classic bottleneck: requests lost in an inbox, the manager traveling, finance not knowing what's already been authorized.
The platform organizes everything into one flow: travel request, approval by limit, cash advance, corporate card reconciliation and a reimbursement report ready for payment.
- from request to payment
- 1 flowfrom request to payment
- configurable approval
- By limitconfigurable approval
- file for finance
- Readyfile for finance
Benefits
What this feature delivers in practice
Nothing approved outside the rules
Approval limits by amount, cost center, project and expense type.
Advances and cards reconciled
Balances, expense reports and refunds in a single statement per trip.
Faster closing
Approved reports export ready for the ERP and for payment.
How it works
Four steps, from start to result
- 1
The employee opens a travel or expense request
- 2
The flow routes it to the right approver by limit
- 3
Approval is logged with an audit trail
- 4
Export for payment and accounting
Comparison
Tools without this feature × TRAVEL MANAGER.AI
Email-based approval processes eat up hours of the finance team's time every month and delay reimbursements — one of the top reasons travelers report dissatisfaction.
| Criterion | Without the feature | With TRAVEL MANAGER.AI |
|---|---|---|
| Approval channel | Scattered emails and messages | A single flow with full history |
| Reimbursement time | Weeks, with follow-up requests | A short, predictable cycle |
| Card reconciliation | Manual spreadsheet at closing time | Automatic, per transaction |
| Auditing | Digging through old emails | Full trail per request |
Real results
Who already uses Approvals & reimbursement
"Fechávamos o mês com caixas de recibos. Hoje o viajante fotografa, a IA lê e o reembolso sai em 4 dias."
Do reembolso em 38 dias para 4 dias
- Challenge
- Prestação de contas em planilha, com recibos físicos e aprovação por e-mail.
- What changed
- Leitura de recibo por IA, conciliação com cartão corporativo e alçadas digitais.
- Period
- 7 meses
4 dias
de prazo médio de reembolso (era 38)
-83%
no tempo de fechamento do mês
R$ 58 mil
em despesas fora da política barradas
TRAVEL MANAGER.AI customer cases. Company names withheld under confidentiality agreement; figures audited within the platform's own reports.
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Video proof
Video testimonial: Approvals & reimbursement in practice
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Testimonial transcript
From a 38-day reimbursement cycle to 4 days
- 0:00InterviewerWhat was it like before the feature?
- 0:04Bruno CarvalhoExpense reporting in spreadsheets, with paper receipts and email approvals.
- 0:14InterviewerWhat changed in your operation?
- 0:18Bruno CarvalhoAI receipt reading, corporate card reconciliation, and digital approval limits.
- 0:27Bruno CarvalhoWe used to close the month buried in boxes of receipts. Now the traveler snaps a photo, the AI reads it, and reimbursement lands in 4 days.
- 0:38InterviewerWhat were the results in numbers?
- 0:42Bruno CarvalhoIn numbers: 4 days average reimbursement time (was 38); -83% in month-end close time; $58K in out-of-policy expenses blocked. (7 months.)
- 0:52InterviewerWould you recommend it to another company?
- 0:55Bruno CarvalhoAbsolutely. I couldn't go back to operating without Approvals & reimbursement — the team would notice the difference in the first week.
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