But FWIW, our current bunch are brilliant, we seem to get really really good hotels (4 and 5 star Hotel/Spa sort of thing, really nice locations) for about €75-100 a night, all in.
The last bunch were on crack. Got one hotel several years ago, 90 minute drive from the city which the company was based in, i say based, it was actually another 15-20 minutes on the OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY. So eventually, 2 hours hotel to office. I was late.
To add insult to injury i actually drove past the site on the way from the airport to the hotel. I think the hotel was actually an ex prison. An expensive ex-prison. 3 nights was €200+ bed only, no food. And the hire car got keyed.
Guy i was meeting with asked why we hadn’t let them book their corporate hotel for me, that they do for all their other customers. That’s on the lakeside, and cheaper, and only a 20 minute walk from the office. And half empty.
Not allowed to, all corporate travel has to go through the corporate travel agents.
Probably affiliated to Ryanair, cheap flights and everything else is a pile of cock.