<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pitflyer:
They probably changed their rates since the govt rate in the area went up for the 2004 Per Diem year, which starts in October 2003. So from the hotel's point of view you had booked the maximum govt per diem rate, which per the govt just changed to $106.</font>
It's the
maximum per diem rate that went up, which is absolutely no excuse for changing the previously agreed upon rate. It's not like the governement mandates that hotels charge the listed maximum rate, many hotels have their government rates well below the maximum allowable.