What makes travel deductible?

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Transportation expenses include the cost of getting to and from your destination. Transportation costs relative to a business trip are deductible whether or not you stay overnight. Other expenses incurred during the course of a business trip, such as meals and lodging, are deductible when you are required to be away from home overnight (or long enough to require sleep). Meals required as a result of overnight travel are deductible, but only at 50% of the actual cost of the meals