{"article":{"id":8409507810716,"url":"https://rydoo.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-be/articles/8409507810716.json","html_url":"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/en-be/articles/8409507810716-Activate-approval-for-trips","author_id":8079078150940,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":8,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"upvote_count":0,"downvote_count":0,"section_id":8232714355228,"created_at":"2023-04-12T07:53:11Z","updated_at":"2026-10-15T07:07:04Z","name":"Activate approval for trips","title":"Activate approval for trips","source_locale":"en-be","locale":"en-be","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-10-15T07:07:04Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":8014159831708,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>A user who is planning a business trip or went on a business trip, can <a href=\"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/en-be/articles/8162054949148\" target=\"_self\">create a trip</a> in Rydoo. You can then link expenses and/or per diems to this trip. You will then have a collection of expenses incurred during that specific business trip. The Admin of an account can<a href=\"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/en-be/articles/8366314001948\" target=\"_self\"> activate/deactivate this trips module</a>.</p><p>Additionally as an Admin, you can choose to activate approval for trips. This would mean the trips a user creates also need to be <a href=\"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/en-be/articles/8254684717980\" target=\"_self\"><strong>pre-approved</strong></a><strong>.</strong> Trips will follow the same approval flow as regular expenses. Trips will need to be approved before users can link expenses to the trip.</p><p>This article will explain <strong>how to activate</strong> approval for trips as an Admin.</p><p><strong>1.</strong> Go to the <strong>Approval flow</strong> page in the <strong>Admin Settings.</strong></p><p><strong>2.</strong> Click <strong>Edit</strong>.</p><p><strong>3.</strong> Check the <strong>checkbox</strong> of <strong>Trips</strong>. </p><p><strong>4. </strong>Save</p><figure class=\"wysiwyg-image\"><img style=\"aspect-ratio: 2880/1800;\" src=\"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/article_attachments/31058243537436\" width=\"2752\" height=\"1720\"></figure><p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"> </p><p><strong>5.</strong> You can also enable <strong>controlling</strong> for trips. You can do this by checking the Trips checkbox as well in the Controlling section.</p><p> </p>"}}