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On Behalf Of Keith Moore $300/night is far too high a ceiling for a guest room rate. A more reasonable ceiling would be in the ballpark of $150. I don’t understand why we keep throwing around hard and fast dollar figures. Every person, whether paying their own way or using a corporate expense account is going to have a different view of what is ok vs
what is unacceptably high, and that may or may not line up with the market rate reality of the actual location chosen. As others have pointed out in the past, the only limit that would make sense is to use something like the US gov’t max travel rate guidelines,
which are indexed to things like USD value vs. local currency, average cost by location, etc. We would likely need a percentage multiplier to compensate for the fact that we ask for breakfast, internet service, and conference fees to be waived in lieu of a
cheaper hotel rate, but I think that’s a reasonable rule of thumb. If there are alternative sources for the same data from EU or APAC government sources, they could also be used, but lots of folks already know about the US gov ones. US domestic rates are here:
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21287 International ones here:
http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184&menu_id=78 If this becomes the stated policy, it makes available the negotiation tactic to note that “we have a lot of members who follow the guidelines set forth here
as far as how much they are allowed to spend per night for a hotel, if you insist on exceeding this by more than X%, we’ll be forced to go elsewhere. “ Wes George This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail and any printout. |
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