Originally Posted by
PHLGovFlyer
There are a few exceptions (e.g. Aruba Stellaris), but I've had dozens of government rate stays that were vacations rather than official business, paid with my personal CC, and never had an issue.
All my gov't rate stays have been paid with a personal credit card because I work for a contractor, not directly for the agency. Nobody's ever made a peep about it.
Another thing about gov't rates is that hotels aren't required to offer them, and many in very busy places will have a limit on the number of gov't rate rooms they make available. When we have major reviews and a lot of gov't employees come out they sometimes end up scattered among hotels because each one will only take a limited number of people at that rate. I've also had instances where work booked me at a non-gov't rate because the hotel was all out and I showed my ID at check-in and they knocked it down to gov't rate.