Share a Hotel Room with a Stranger to Save Money
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itsbob
I bowl overhand
Hope DTS doesn't see this.. It's bad enough they want us to stay in Super 8s, and ant and bug infested Extended Stays, now they'll have us share those experiences with others..
glhs837
Power with Control
Have I mentioned its great to be a contractor.......... guy I work with told them screw off with the Extended stay 10 miles away from the site, got one within perdiem about 1 mile away. They (DTS) then gave him the only rental car sized for the other three people and so he had to shuffle them back and forth.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
It seems somewhat crooked to me (yeah, hard to believe I know) Hotels, and chains have to "apply" (wonder how much the "application fee" is) every year to FEMA to become an accepted and approved hotel for DTS to use.. Interestingly enough the better hotels have NO desire to apply, but it is VERY beneficial to the likes of Extended Stay, Motel 6, Super 8.. what a racket. Super 8 may normally charge $39 a night, but if you book through DTS you'll get the room for the special gov't rate.. depending on where, usually a little over $100..
I stay at Homewood Suites in Norfolk, NOT a preferred, or DTS/FEMA approved hotel.. very nice, clean, free "dinner" at night.. free breakfast in the AM.. And when I eat dinner or breakfast and strike up a conservation I find some of the families there are homeless.. and the gov't puts them there to live for extended periods. I've met at least one family that has been there more than 6 months. So it's ok for the homeless to say at Homewood Suites, but we are supposed to stay in the FEMA approved Super 8... or the Navy Lodge on base.
Freefaller
Active Member
Last time I tried this, I had to pay for the room plus Extra $ for the stranger in the room.
blacklabman
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Considering you eat breakfast and dinner there (included in the rate), I'm sure you don't claim meals on your travel claim.
Radiant1
Soul Probe
glhs837
Power with Control
Since meals are paid as a flat fee per day, not itemized, how would you expect him to do that? You can't claim only lunch. I suppose you could try and not put that ony your travel claim, but I'll bet you spend more man-hours trying to explain why you were not than just taking it.
blacklabman
Well-Known Member
I know that! Guess I should have included a
in my post.Many years ago we were required to list each meal while on federal travel. That was totally ripe for abuse. The limit was $20 for dinner, not to exceed a daily limit. I didn't do lunch but had a dinner that exceeded $20, so I carried the over-age back to lunch.
glhs837
Power with Control
I know that! Guess I should have included a
Many years ago we were required to list each meal while on federal travel. That was totally ripe for abuse. The limit was $20 for dinner, not to exceed a daily limit. I didn't do lunch but had a dinner that exceeded $20, so I carried the over-age back to lunch.
I missed those days thank god. But I do remember filling out travel claims on that damn form when I was active and them in the reserves.
PeoplesElbow
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I heard a story of someone staying at one of those motels and getting bedbugs in their luggage, bringing their luggage to work and spreading the bedbugs in their building. The government then had to pay to fumigate the building.
I guess enough people have to bring bedbugs to their place of work to fix this bs.