How does Marriott verify employees for the discount rate?

Q. I know when you work for Marriott, they give you an employee card in which you can use to get discounted rates at hotels....How does that hotel verify you really are an employee though? Do they actually call the hotel on the card to see if you work there? or what do they do?

I ask becuase I have my employee card still from when I worked for Marriott, but I no longer work there. I am curious if I could still get away with using it

A. No it would not work, as they have to swipe the card on their system, and it would come up as expired.

How to get IHG employee discount rate?

Q. I work at Holiday Inn and I know we can get employee discount rates if they are available. How do you make a reservation and see what hotels offer the employee rate because the IHG website doesn't show any employee rate.

A. Go to the Merlin Website. At the top click on applications and scroll down and click on Employee Rates. :)

Are there internet sites that offer lower hotel rates than the hotels do?

Q. I see some travel and hotel sites offering discounts and claiming lower rates than the hotels themselves offer. Is this true? For instance, Excalibur is offering $51 a night, but are there any other sites (such as hotelclub) that offer discounts on this, or cheaper rates than this?

A. Vegas.com sometimes has better deals. I tried Priceline once, and even though it said the hotel was ON the strip, it was about a block behind it. We ended up at a nice hotel, but if this is your first time to vegas stay at one of the main casino/hotels ON the strip.

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