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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The rule is that you need to be traveling for business.[/quote]

This. Official business only. You may or may not have orders but the government rate at hotels is only supposed to be for work-related travel (i.e. The kind you get reimbursed for). It is your responsibility to know this. The hotel employees may not know all the rules but you are supposed to. Otherwise you are misrepresenting yourself and falsely taking advantage of a government benefit. Hopefully you are not also misusing your government travel card. [/quote]

This is wrong.  [b]Many hotels allow government employees to use the government rate for personal use.[/b]  However, it's up to each hotel.  Check out Marriott or Starwood websites and you can read about it.  [/quote]

Precisely.

Those hotels that limit the government rate to business travel will state so in the rate policy.

For example, Marriott:

http://www.marriott.com/File%20Blocks/US/Deals/chart.htm

[quote]Note: At most Marriott hotels the government rate is available to eligible guests regardless of whether they are traveling on business or pleasure. However, some hotels may only make the government per diem rate available to guests traveling on official business. Please check the hotel’s rate description for details. If the rate description states that the rate is only for guests traveling on official government business, please be prepared to present travel orders when checking in.[/quote][/quote]

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