Originally Posted by ipd054
I am revising our corprate travel policy and wanted to get a corp code with Marriott. I called in and was told that I have to negoigate with each individual hotel. Seeing as I have 10+ people on the road at any given time and they stay all over the US this will take way too long. Is this correct?
It seems odd that I can not set this up with corp. Has anyone done this before?
There is a service called RFP Express that allows you to receive bids from many hotels with a small amount of effort. You decide what to do with the bids you receive and they will even make a web page that your travelers can access that shows all the properties where you have rate agreements. They do both LRA and NLRA rates. My experience suggests it is generally good to request both rates from the hotels unless you have a particular hotel that you have travelers staying in all the time. Then you may want to negotiate a LRA rate that is good all the time. You can also negotiate other amenities as part of the bid if that interests you.
https://xform.rfpexpress.com/
I have no relationship with RFP Express other than I know they serve my organization. I don't have any direct contact with them.
Charles