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caberham posted:3 cup noodles It's how much you're getting, not how much you have to carry with you for your coworkers.
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Tab8715 posted:How much is everyone getting per diem? No per diem, but budgeted for $65 a day.
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pig slut lisa posted:I have a conference coming up in Chicago in September and my secretary just let us know that per diem is $173, which seems stupid high, especially since we're local government. Good excuse to try out the Michelin star restaurants 
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Jul 12, 2016 14:14
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Hmm not sure $173 is enough for a Michelin starred restaurant in Chicago though.
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Jul 12, 2016 14:17
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Tab8715 posted:How much is everyone getting per diem? No per diem, just actuals. Downside is that I can't go cheap and bank the difference. But the much larger upside is I don't have to search out hotels/meals that allow me to stay within per diem rates. As long as my manager thinks the charges are reasonable it goes through with no problem. Though I've posted in this thread about guys who still managed to get themselves in trouble by taking advantage of the leniency.
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Jul 12, 2016 14:57
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pig slut lisa posted:I have a conference coming up in Chicago in September and my secretary just let us know that per diem is $173, which seems stupid high, especially since we're local government. Is that for hotel plus food/incidentals or just food/incidentals?
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Jul 12, 2016 14:58
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Thoguh posted:Is that for hotel plus food/incidentals or just food/incidentals? It's meals and incidentals. Looking at the GSA table, M&IE is only $74 in Chicago for this year. I wonder if somehow she mistyped $74 as $173? Seems...vaguely plausible?
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Jul 12, 2016 15:06
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That's probably what happened because when I had government per diem, the only place I recall hitting over $100 was Puerto Rico, where everything is expensive.
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Jul 12, 2016 15:26
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I'm at also at $75 per day and the minute it hits 5pm I'm crawling through TripAdvisor or Yelp. Supposedly, this is suppose to get me fat but until that happens I'm continuing to eat like a king.
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Thoguh posted:No per diem, just actuals. Downside is that I can't go cheap and bank the difference. But the much larger upside is I don't have to search out hotels/meals that allow me to stay within per diem rates. As long as my manager thinks the charges are reasonable it goes through with no problem. Though I've posted in this thread about guys who still managed to get themselves in trouble by taking advantage of the leniency. I hardly ever travel (though most of my office does) and this is how we do it as well.
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Jul 12, 2016 15:54
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Actuals is the way to go other than the hassle of tracking actuals - provided your manager/approver is not a huge rear end in a top hat.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:You're Schengen still for whatever your first Aer Lingus leg is, so it's essentially a domestic flight. It's a standard Euro airport with set counter numbers that you can find for checkin based on a large video board. Everything is centralized in a plaza / mall area that is the main entrance to the airport regardless of destination, then after that there are three departure halls. The video board will show which one you are supposed to go to. Thanks, never really figured that would be a domestic flight but it makes sense. AMS-DUB-ORD is the route. I'm traveling with my parents and my old man is the super nervous get to the airport three hours before boarding type, so I think I'll shoot for getting there about two hours early for a bit of a compromise and to bang down a few last delicious coffees.
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The airport is pretty nice and has a lot of spots to hang out (and shopping if you like shopping) both before and after the departures hall/security checkpoints so it's not the end of the world to go early.
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Tab8715 posted:How much is everyone getting per diem? $50, which I blow through pretty easily if there is not free breakfast at the hotel. So, I'll generally put some meals on the company card too.
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$1200 a week which is actually ridiculous for the Bay Area, so I rented an apartment. I have to eat the costs if I go over, but I get to pocket what I don't spend, so I'm fine with my west San Jose shithole because Marriotts aren't affordable.
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pig slut lisa posted:I have a conference coming up in Chicago in September and my secretary just let us know that per diem is $173, which seems stupid high, especially since we're local government. Upon rereading the email with the trip details, I'm now thinking she meant total per diem is $173, which would make a lot more sense 
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$50 for me, but can be more depending on the city. Boston is $65, for instance. The problem is the hotels. I negotiated a rate of $199 with the Marriott sales manager to stay in the Chelmsford Courtyard, but my VP of finance wasn't having any of it. I'm stuck in a $99/night Radisson and it's TERRIBLE. When's the last time you slept in a full bed in a hotel room? I'm 6'3", damnit! Also, they negotiated free breakfast, which is the worst food I've ever had in a hotel, ever. But I'm stuck eating it because they're going to deduct $10/day out of my per diem for it.
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Isn't Raddison suppose to be an upscale hotel? Either way I've been in a few but it's pretty 50/50 quality wise.
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I guess you can say they are upscale? When people mention upscale I think of Grand Hyatt/Four Seasons/Peninsula/Mandarin/Ritz Carlton. Shangri-la and the actual Marriott are barely cutting it - they are more for people having affairs
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This Radisson sure as hell isn't. It smells like mildew in here and the blackout curtains don't close more than half way because they were installed incorrectly. Also, there is no screen in the window.
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Send mail to the Radisson website. Franchise operators can do whatever they want but if they start to blacken the brand the mothership will intervene.caberham posted:I guess you can say they are upscale? When people mention upscale I think of Grand Hyatt/Four Seasons/Peninsula/Mandarin/Ritz Carlton. Really? Not to doubt you but every Shangri-la I've seen the inside of has been super nice. Better than the other brands you mentioned except for Mandarin Oriental. Midjack fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Jul 14, 2016 |
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Tab8715 posted:Isn't Raddison suppose to be an upscale hotel? Either way I've been in a few but it's pretty 50/50 quality wise. I have never stayed at a Radisson hotel that I would describe at "upscale".
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Radisson is upscale compared to hotels that have outdoor hallways and their prices on the sign viewable from the interstate. That's about it.
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Stayed at the Le Meridien Charlotte this week, for a 4star hotel it just reminded me of a crappy Aloft hotel... The employees there weren't the greatest, and my phone in the room didn't work and I told them this multiple times and they said they would fix it and never came up. Will be trying the Westin down here next time, at least it is a cool looking building: 
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A-Loft is the most hilarious hotel chain. Last one I went to was in gently caress nowhere Illinois (Joliet area) and had the Hispanic Jack Johnson playing some stupid live acoustic guitar show in their lobby/bar.
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Jul 14, 2016 18:15
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Tab8715 posted:How much is everyone getting per diem? 75, whether it's USD or GBP or EUR. Weird, I know, and they even acknowledge that it's weird with a shrug.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:A-Loft is the most hilarious hotel chain. Last one I went to was in gently caress nowhere Illinois (Joliet area) and had the Hispanic Jack Johnson playing some stupid live acoustic guitar show in their lobby/bar. It is like some hipster ikea owned hotel chain. It really is weird, the last one I stayed at had a christian motorcycle gang playing pool and taking shots of fireball
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TheImmigrant posted:75, whether it's USD or GBP or EUR. Weird, I know, and they even acknowledge that it's weird with a shrug. Hope your work never takes you to Korea 
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fyallm posted:It is like some hipster ikea owned hotel chain. It really is weird,l It is, but I've never had a bad stay at an aloft. Half the time, they give me the go green points and a $5 voucher, so they're good in my book. The internet always works well compared to embassy suites/any Hilton property, where it never works at all. I get GSA per diem too, so usually about $59-$64/night, but I try to minimize what I spend and the rest is profit. I clear an extra $800-$1000/ month from not indulging on the road. Unfortunately, that all goes to pay my ridiculous student loan debt
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Cacafuego posted:It is, but I've never had a bad stay at an aloft. Half the time, they give me the go green points and a $5 voucher, so they're good in my book. The internet always works well compared to embassy suites/any Hilton property, where it never works at all. Yeah I do quite a bit of work from the hotel along with some gaming so internet is important and I keep a list of all the places I go and their internet.. Another reason the Le Meridian in Charlotteesucked, I ended up having to use my phones mifi internet...
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fyallm posted:Yeah I do quite a bit of work from the hotel along with some gaming so internet is important and I keep a list of all the places I go and their internet.. Another reason the Le Meridian in Charlotteesucked, I ended up having to use my phones mifi internet... It used to be one giantass hotel. They (lightly) refurbed it and split it into a Sheraton and a Le Merdien. Sadly, neither are really up to par. I live in CLT now but when I traveled here for work before we moved I always stayed at the Aloft uptown or the Ritz when my corporate rate was available. Same rates and a much better hotel overall. The Westin is very nice but it is pricey most of the time.
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Aloft Kuala Lumpur was a great hotel. I loved it.
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Mackieman posted:It used to be one giantass hotel. They (lightly) refurbed it and split it into a Sheraton and a Le Merdien. Sadly, neither are really up to par. I live in CLT now but when I traveled here for work before we moved I always stayed at the Aloft uptown or the Ritz when my corporate rate was available. Same rates and a much better hotel overall. The Westin is very nice but it is pricey most of the time. I will keep an eye out for the uptown aloft and the ritz.. It seems like all the hotels book up very early and I have to do about 3-4 weeks out.
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The Marriott in downtown CLT is apparently a flagship and all the rooms were redone recently to a new prototype that has cool furniture and modern conveniences (mostly expanded power/usb plugs everywhere). I hope they roll some of those changes out to some of the other busted ones I stay at across the country.
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Noggin Monkey posted:The Marriott in downtown CLT is apparently a flagship and all the rooms were redone recently to a new prototype that has cool furniture and modern conveniences (mostly expanded power/usb plugs everywhere). I hope they roll some of those changes out to some of the other busted ones I stay at across the country. Alot of my coworkers stay at that marriott and say it's nice and that the gym is awesome. I am going to try and stay there one time this year and see
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fyallm posted:Alot of my coworkers stay at that marriott and say it's nice and that the gym is awesome. I am going to try and stay there one time this year and see Still under construction but yeah. And hotels do book up in CLT regularly thanks to healthy business travel and convention business. I've had folks on my staff pay outrageous prices at less than awesome hotels simply because that was all that was left when we were booking two weeks out.
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Staying in a Crowne Plaza for the first time. Porn websites are blocked. 0/10, would not stay again.
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KillHour posted:Staying in a Crowne Plaza for the first time. Porn websites are blocked. 0/10, would not stay again. What the gently caress. Do they not realize who their target market is?
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KillHour posted:Staying in a Crowne Plaza for the first time. Porn websites are blocked. 0/10, would not stay again. Use your corporate VPN... oh wai
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