Travel
Life in the Services often means lots of travel. Find out how we can help you cover the cost, whether you’re serving in the UK or overseas. Answer the questions if you want to see what you may be entitled to.
Work Travel
If you have to travel to work or for work purposes, there are benefits and allowances available to help with costs, from congestion charges to travel expenses.
- No eligibility information available
Home to Duty Travel
With Home to Duty Travel, you can claim a non-taxable contribution towards your commuting costs
- No eligibility information available
Motor Mileage Allowance
If you use a car, motorbike or bicycle to get around while on duty, you could claim back the cost of your travel
- No eligibility information available
Duty travel
When you travel for work, away from your normal place of duty, all your travel costs are met so you won’t be out of pocket.
- No eligibility information available
Reimbursement of Congestion Charges
Get reimbursed for congestion charges when you occupy Service-provided accommodation within the London Congestion Charge Zone
- No eligibility information available
Overseas private vehicle provision
Get help with the costs of accessing a private vehicle when permanently assigned to or from an overseas location
- No eligibility information available
Privately Arranged Passage
If you choose to drive to a new overseas duty station using your own private motor vehicle instead of getting a flight, you could get assistance with your travel costs
- No eligibility information available
Sports Travel
You can get help with travel costs when you take part in certain Service sporting activities
- No eligibility information available
Subsistence Allowance
If you are away from your duty station as part of your Service duties and need to pay for food or accommodation, you could use this allowance to cover, or contribute towards, the cost
Away from work
If you need a break from work or have to travel home regularly to see your family, there are benefits and allowances to suit your individual circumstances.
- No eligibility information available
Get You Home
If you regularly travel home from your duty station at weekends, you could get help with your travel costs
- No eligibility information available
Get You Home (Overseas)
If you’re assigned overseas, you can get help towards the cost of return journeys from your duty station to the UK
- No eligibility information available
Get You Home (Early Years)
If you're doing your Phase 1 training, you could get assistance with the cost of getting home from your duty station
- No eligibility information available
Get You Home (Seagoers)
If you’re assigned to a ship, you could get help with travel costs when your ship is in a UK port and you visit close family or friends
We also cover most travelling costs if you are on a temporary deployment in the UK or posted to Northern Ireland or a remote location.
- No eligibility information available
Travel for Operational Stand Down
If you are on a temporary deployment in the UK assisting UK civil authorities and you are given a break from duty, you can get assistance towards the cost of travel back to your normal place of duty
- No eligibility information available
Respite Journeys (Remote Locations)
If you take respite breaks because you’re stationed in certain remote or inhospitable locations, you could receive a contribution towards the cost of your travel
- No eligibility information available
Northern Ireland Journeys
If you are permanently stationed in Northern Ireland you could be eligible for a contribution towards the cost of travel to and from Great Britain
Your family’s travel
Your family can also get help with travel costs.
- No eligibility information available
Service Families Travel
If your immediate family have to travel to support your Service duties, you could get help with their travel costs
- No eligibility information available
Concessionary Travel for Immediate Families
When you’re deployed away from home, your spouse/civil partner and your children can get help with travel costs when they visit your close family, such as your parents or siblings
- No eligibility information available
Families Assistance for Visits Abroad
If you’re serving overseas you could claim financial assistance with food and accommodation costs when your immediate family comes to visit you
- No eligibility information available
School Children's Visits
School Children's Visits helps meet the cost of your children coming home during some school holidays.