com.allowancesapi/per-diem-allowances · v1.0.0 · location-and-travel
Allowances API is healthy: it completed an MCP handshake in 2456 ms and exposes 42 tools.
U.S. government per diem and overseas allowance rates from GSA, DTMO OCONUS and State DSSR tables.
Endpoint: https://mcp.allowancesapi.com/mcp (streamable-http)
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| Last checked (UTC) | 2026-11-01T19:45:25.421Z |
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get_allowances | DSSR allowances by country |
get_allowances_by_location | DSSR allowances by location name |
get_allowances_by_postcode | DSSR allowances by location post code |
search_perdiem | Search DSSR Per Diem by country/location name Search globally by case-insensitive substring of a location or country name. The date selects effective and seasonal rates and defaults to today. The response effective_date is the first day of the selected month. Missing, blank, or fewer than three ch |
get_perdiem_allowance | DSSR per diem by country |
get_perdiem_allowance_by_location | DSSR per diem by location name |
get_perdiem_allowance_by_postcode | DSSR per diem by location post code |
get_dssr_locations | List DSSR locations Return DSSR locations, optionally filtered by q=<name>. The response is paginated and includes the total number of matching locations (ignoring pagination) along with the offset and limit that were applied. |
get_countries | Resolve a country name to its ISO code and list its posts |
get_country | Get country by ISO code |
get_dssr_locations_by_country | List DSSR locations by country Return all DSSR locations for a specific country using its ISO alpha-2 code (e.g., 'AF', 'DE') |
cola_calculator_by_postcode | DSSR COLA calculator by postcode Returns the rate in percentage, the annual and the biweekly amounts of cost of living allowance (COLA) for a given DSSR postcode. Use this endpoint to automate your COLA calculations and replace the official excel file. |
get_gsa_perdiem_by_destination | GSA per diem rate by destination Return the GSA per diem rate in effect for a specific GSA destination on a given date. A destination is a rate area defined by GSA and may represent a city, metropolitan area, county, or the Standard CONUS area. It is not necessarily a single municipality. `destina |
get_gsa_perdiem_by_state | GSA per diem rates by state and date Return every GSA destination rate in a state that applies on a specific date. Each result contains the seasonal lodging rate in effect on that date and the daily meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) rate. When `date` is omitted, today's rates are returned. Use |
get_gsa_perdiem_by_state_year | GSA per diem rates by state and fiscal year Return every GSA destination rate in a state for a US fiscal year. Each result contains the lodging rate for every month and the daily meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) rate. A US fiscal year begins October 1 of the preceding calendar year and ends Sep |
get_gsa_perdiem_by_zipcode | GSA per diem rates by ZIP code and date Return every GSA destination rate associated with a US ZIP code that applies on a specific date. Each result contains the seasonal lodging rate in effect on that date and the daily meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) rate. When `date` is omitted, today's rat |
get_gsa_perdiem_by_zipcode_year | GSA per diem rates by ZIP code and fiscal year Return the GSA lodging rates for every month of a US fiscal year and the daily meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) rate associated with a ZIP code. A US fiscal year begins October 1 of the preceding calendar year and ends September 30. A ZIP code can |
get_zipcode | Get ZIP code metadata Look up every state associated with a US ZIP code. Most ZIP codes belong to one state, but some cross state boundaries. In that case, `states` contains every matching state; the API does not choose one on the caller's behalf. This is a geographic metadata endpoint; it does not |
get_destination_by_id | Get GSA destination metadata by ID Return the geographic metadata for one GSA destination rate area. A destination may represent a city, metropolitan area, county, group of jurisdictions, or the Standard CONUS area rather than a single municipality. `name` is GSA's short display name, while `define |
get_destinations | List GSA destinations Return the paginated list of GSA destination rate areas and their numeric IDs. A destination is an area for which GSA publishes a per diem rate; it may represent a city, metropolitan area, county, locality, or the Standard CONUS area rather than a single municipality. Use `de |
get_city_pair_locations | City Pair airport and city codes List or search the three-letter codes used by GSA City Pair awards for the fiscal year of `date` (today by default), with GSA's own city, state and country labels. Awards use IATA airport codes (DCA, IAD, BWI) for most domestic pairs and metropolitan city codes (WAS |
get_city_pairs | City Pair contract airfares Return every GSA contract award matching the airport/city code pair and date (today by default). Codes are returned in alphabetical order; fares are one-way USD and valid in either direction. Source start/end dates are inclusive; overlapping amendments are both returned. |
get_mileage | POV mileage reimbursement rates Return the privately owned vehicle (POV) mileage reimbursement rates in effect on the given date. If date is not specified, today's rates will be returned. |
get_mie_breakdowns | M&IE meal breakdowns Return how daily M&IE totals break down into breakfast, lunch, dinner and incidental expenses, as in effect on the given date. The CONUS table breaks down the five standard CONUS M&IE tiers and is returned by default. Set region=oconus for the generic DTMO/DSSR M&IE total table |
get_fleet_rates_by_sin | GSA Fleet vehicle leasing rates by SIN Return the GSA Fleet vehicle leasing rates (monthly lease rate and rate per mile) for the vehicle type identified by its Standard Item Number (SIN), from the standard (US) or europe rate schedule. If year is not specified, the current fiscal year's rates will |
calculate_mileage_reimbursement | Calculate POV mileage reimbursement Calculate mileage reimbursement using the official GSA rate in effect on the travel date. Provide a distance in miles and select automobile, airplane, motorcycle, or moving mileage. For automobile travel, indicate whether a government-furnished automobile was aut |
calculate_trip_per_diem | Calculate a GSA CONUS trip per diem entitlement <p>Calculate estimated lodging and meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) reimbursement for a trip within the continental United States. The response provides a daily breakdown and trip totals.</p> <h3 class="text-xl">Describe the trip</h3> < |
get_dtmo_perdiem_conus | Get perdiem CONUS Department of Defense per diem for the continental U.S. by state code (e.g. 'TX'); Alaska, Hawaii and the territories are served by the OCONUS endpoint. Returns lodging, local and proportional meal rates, incidentals and the maximum per diem (lodging + meals + incidentals) per sea |
get_dtmo_perdiem_oconus | Get perdiem OCONUS Department of Defense per diem outside the continental U.S.: foreign countries by ISO alpha-2 code (e.g. 'PG'), and Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories by 'US-XX' code. Returns lodging, local and proportional meal rates, incidentals and the maximum per diem (lodging + meals + inc |
search_dtmo_perdiem | Search by location name Department of Defense per diem by location name (e.g. 'Kabul') or country/state name (e.g. 'Afghanistan'), across CONUS and OCONUS. `date` selects the rates in force on that day, `year` a fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30); omit both for the current fiscal year. |
get_dtmo_conus_locations | Get DTMO CONUS locations # todo add filter by location Return all DTMO locations for a specific state using its US State Code (e.g., 'US-CA') |
get_dtmo_oconus_locations | Get DTMO OCONUS locations Return DTMO locations for a specific country using its ISO Code (e.g., 'AU', 'BE'). The optional `location` filter performs case-insensitive substring matching. Omitted or empty filters return all locations in the country. Nonempty input is literal, including spaces and w |
search_fema_hotels | Search FEMA-listed properties by name and town Return the properties whose name or city contains every word of `q`, case-insensitively, as a plain substring: `courtyard dallas` matches Courtyard properties in Dallas, `mint house alexandria` the Mint House in Alexandria. There is no fuzzy matching, |
get_fema_hotel_by_id | FEMA-listed property by FEMA ID Return the property registered under a FEMA ID, or 404 when the ID is not on the list. The Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 requires federal travelers to stay at a property on FEMA's Hotel and Motel National Master List to be reimbursed for lodging. Each prop |
get_fema_hotels_by_zipcode | FEMA-listed properties by ZIP code Return every property on the list in a US ZIP code, ordered by name. The path accepts a five-digit ZIP or ZIP+4, normalized to the first five digits. A known ZIP with no listed property returns an empty `results` list; an unknown ZIP returns 404. The Hotel and Mo |
get_fema_hotels_by_state_city | FEMA-listed properties by state, optionally filtered by city Return the properties on the list in a state, ordered by city then name and paginated with `offset` and `limit` (50 by default, 200 at most); `total` is the number of matches across all pages. The optional `city` is matched case-insensiti |
get_opm_localities | GS locality pay areas, optionally by county or city List the locality pay areas of the latest pay year, with the code to use on the pay endpoints. The optional `location` keeps the areas whose name contains every word, and the areas of the counties and cities with that name. `state` narrows `locati |
get_opm_locality_by_county | GS locality pay area of a county Return the locality pay area of a county for the latest pay year, using OPM's own definitions. A county that OPM doesn't list under an area falls under Rest of U.S. (`RUS`), and every county in Alaska or Hawaii returns that state's area. Returns 404 for an unknown c |
search_opm_pay | Search GS pay by locality area Return the latest pay tables whose locality area matches every word of `q`: each word must be contained in the area name, case-insensitively, or equal its code. `grade` and `step` narrow the rates. No match returns an empty `results` list. Matching only looks at OPM' |
get_opm_pay | GS pay by locality code Return the latest pay table of a locality pay area, ordered by grade and step, or 404 for an unknown code. `grade` and `step` narrow the rates. Use `GS` for the base table without locality pay, and `RUS` for Rest of U.S. |
get_latest_publications | Latest data publications |
get_user | Get User |