Originally Posted by
Voodoo Daddy
The first quote is not definitive enough for me to trust it. I've heard too many stories of people being fired for using their official position for personal gain to use the government rate unless I have a clear, written statement that leisure travel is allowed. Just because a hotel doesn't require travel orders doesn't mean that they allow leisure travelers to use the government rate. It just means that they aren't requiring the travel orders.
Man, you're smoking some good stuff. You can't get fired for using government rate as a government employee when traveling for leisure.
EVERYONE in the DoD and other agencies use the gov rate for leisure travel. As a matter of fact, most gov employees forget to use it!