An interesting question about this SET stuff.

If you use the government discount rate in a foreign country, does that mean you have to be a government employeee on assignment for that particular country?

What I mean is this. Say I work for the Canadian Government. If I go to Germany and booked on Government rate, would I qualify? Or do I have to work for the German Government in order to get the government rate in Germany?

I book on government rate, though I have my business card ready, I haven't been questioned among all my 26 stays this year to provide my ID. Note that they are all stays in a handful of hotels (3 -4 ) and the clerk kind of reconizes me. Maybe that has to do with the billing address being a Government building...

Anyone ever get a request of ID for government rates? Where?