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guv1976
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I would not be so quick to make such a broad statement. Some properties permit government employees to take advantage of government rates while on personal travel; others do not. Marriott is the only chain I know of to generally permit use of government rate for leisure travel unless a particular property opts out.
Usually the Hyatt Government rates states: Federal US Government Employees Only With Active US Government I.D.
Doesn't say anything about official travel. However, since there is no blanket statement on the web site, I am not sure if they all are that way, but I have yet to run into one that wasn't.
FWIW, with my gov travel, I don't have any "orders", other than what is on GovTrip, to be able to show anyway. If they wanted to force "official travel only" they could do like government contract fares with the airlines and require payment by a GSA CC. You can get in big trouble by using that card for personal travel.