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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I've heard that line about "pulling govt workers down to everyone else's level of misery." What you and other govt workers miss is that you are expecting (or demanding) that taxpayers provide their employees with more than they get themselves. (And yes, I get that you are a taxpayer too, but that's a completely illogical argument. I hope I don't have to explain why. It's exhausting.)

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Yes.  For example, when new federal employees got student loan forgiveness for taking a federal job.  Meanwhile, those still looking for work and having trouble finding good jobs did not get it.  Kind of ironic:  get a job that enables you to afford to pay off your loan and you get loan forgiveness.  Look for work, and no break.[/quote]
Yep. And I was just at a hotel this weekend that had special lower rates for government employees, as so many hotels do. WTH? These people earn more than average with substantially better benefits, and companies are still under the impression these "poor" public service workers deserve special prices (which, like all subsidies, are made up by charging other people more)?[/quote]

Dude. Are you really that clueless? This is to save taxpayers money and prevent waste. [b]You are not supposed to use this rate on personal travel.[/b]  Government employees and contractors are supposed to use this rate while traveling on government business.  If one hotel is out of government rate rooms, you call the next until you find one.[/quote]

Where does it say "You are not supposed to use the government rate on personal travel?" I have never seen a government regulation saying this, nor have i ever seen a hotel have a requirement for this.[/quote]

DP- not sure if there’s a govt reg per se but I think it varies by hotel. Some explicitly say the rate is for business travel.  I’m a government contractor and have had times I could not stay at the same hotel as my federal counterparts because the hotel wanted travel orders (which we don’t get).  But usually if anything they ask to see your govt ID.

Personally I’d feel weird using this for personal travel but YMMV.  It’s not like the government subsidizes hotels offering the government rate so I can’t get too worked up about it either way.[/quote]

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