by kbl2017 » Fri May 26, 2017 7:59 pm
Guest wrote:kbl2017 wrote:sitevisit wrote:What do I do if my site visit is approaching and SMART hasn't contacted me about my travel stipend? I dont have the $700 for a plane ticket or the $200 for a hotel.
I asked my parents to cover me... I got told it will be one to two weeks before we are paid after we get the site visit approval.
And for those of us that don't have our parents paying for things, it's a bit harder
You will be paid the $2000 in the next few weeks as long as you are living more than 50 miles away, it's not like an empty promise I made to my parents by asking them to cover me. SMART also will not contact you, they upload a form into your award site saying the date you were approved on it. I was approved today, which basically means I probably won't see any funds until the day of travel to my SF.
Sorry that you're not willing to ask for help when you need it. Those are your options find someone to spot you parent, friend, other family member or pay a ridiculous price for your trip once you receive the travel money. Or use whatever savings you can scrounge up and buy the flight before it increases even more and hopefully you get covered sooner rather than later. Or get a credit card.
[quote="Guest"][quote="kbl2017"][quote="sitevisit"]What do I do if my site visit is approaching and SMART hasn't contacted me about my travel stipend? I dont have the $700 for a plane ticket or the $200 for a hotel.[/quote]
I asked my parents to cover me... I got told it will be one to two weeks before we are paid after we get the site visit approval.[/quote]
And for those of us that don't have our parents paying for things, it's a bit harder[/quote]
You will be paid the $2000 in the next few weeks as long as you are living more than 50 miles away, it's not like an empty promise I made to my parents by asking them to cover me. SMART also will not contact you, they upload a form into your award site saying the date you were approved on it. I was approved today, which basically means I probably won't see any funds until the day of travel to my SF.
Sorry that you're not willing to ask for help when you need it. Those are your options find someone to spot you parent, friend, other family member or pay a ridiculous price for your trip once you receive the travel money. Or use whatever savings you can scrounge up and buy the flight before it increases even more and hopefully you get covered sooner rather than later. Or get a credit card.