Hotel: How stringently are corporate rates verified for business travellers?
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mariablues asked:
What happens if the Front Desk associate knows that you are using a different much lower corporate rate than the company that you actually work for?
Christine
What happens if the Front Desk associate knows that you are using a different much lower corporate rate than the company that you actually work for?
Christine
January 7th, 2009 at 2:49 am
We just take the customer’s word for it. We never check. We want your business regardless. This is a big industry secret.
Some new employee might do a diligent job and would ask for your business card. That too to impress the manager more than anything.
Other than that, say you want a corporate rate and you get it….no big deal.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
I would show the company I work for and then advise them that that company was a subsidiary of your company.(or the company with the lower rate was the parent company of yours) Believe it or not that usually works
January 11th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Nothing. I’ve traveled to places used the corporate from customers who have a facility in that particular area. “I’m in town with —-” and voila, I get the better rate. They’ve never checked and their customer service gets much better if the desk clerk thinks there is an existing business relationship.