Originally Posted by
BobH
Except the govt has a limit on the amount it will pay for a hotel room --- that said, I know of people who were attending a meeting at a hotel, had to stay somewhere else to stay within the per diem rates and wound up having to pay more on hotel and cab fares, than it would have cost to stay at the meeting hotel.
I don't think you're following - not all government contracts are time and materials where the travel costs are directly passed through. Under a fixed-price contract, there is more flexibility.