Originally Posted by
EuropeanPete
Seeing your participation here over the years I am sure what you say is true
That said, I do know that some companies are deadly serious when they say their rates are not to be used for personal travel. If I understand correctly, that’s because even though adding personal travel will increase their site-wide discount, it is often technically against the terms of their chain-wide discount. If your firm only travels to 8 cities and you’ve spent several weeks in Bora Bora and the Maldives it may not be something you would want to be pulled up on.
But also, companies like that - I avoid them.
Eons ago, A GM posted the reason why some companies don't allow personal travel is because overuse of the company discount can have a negative effect on the hotel's revenue as it means too many rooms are being sold at the discounted rate and surprisingly depending on the specifics of the discount rate contract, especially if with a specific hotel, may actually decrease the company's bargaining power.