[patio11]

"I'll follow your standard procedures for expensing business travel." (Hat tip for Thomas -- this line has totally resolved every discussion I've ever had about this issue.) nYour more desirable clients do this all the time. At many places it is budgeted out of an entirely different pot of money than your salary.

[adrianhoward]

That's interesting. I've been playing with not charging expenses and adding an appropriately sized chunk on my overall price. Generally this seems to go down well with some variation of a "neither of us want to waste time arguing over what my max meal bill should be" line.

I like avoiding two separate sets of price negotiations.