<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by westcoastman:
Your co-worker is wrong. The hotel did the right thing and he should have contacted the hotel to tell them they he was going to be gone for two nights. It happens ALL the time guests with extended reservations do not return leaving the hotel to foot the bill and are long gone by the time their stay concludes. They are watching for unused beds and two nights is pretty much the limit for a two week stay at just about any hotel unless they are comfortable with your credit. Why would he not just check out and in again instead of throwing away his or his company's money.</font>
I agree my coworker is wrong, but the hotel must share some blame. He should have contacted the hotel, but this wasn't the first time he had stayed at this CY. He had been there weekly for two months before the incident and had another month's worth of reservations after the incident.
I don't understand how the hotel gets left to foot the bill if a guest leaves early. Isn't the reason they take my credit card when I check in to ensure that they have a way to charge me? If I paid for the first week why wouldn't I assume that they will charge me for the remainder of my stay. I'll mention it also he used a corporate card to secure the reservation and there were several other people from the same company frequenting the hotel also.
Regarding the issue of saving the company money, our corporate policy dictates that it is permissable to stay at your client site for the weekend in leiu of traveling back home. The cost of two nights at the hotel is way cheaper than the airfare to fly home for the weekend. Accounting wishes more people did that.