Hotel Information

Below is a listing of hotel and motel chains offering corporate and/or government discounts to Penn State travelers. All hotel chains require advance reservations and rates must be requested at that time. It may be possible to get these rates as a walk-in but it is not recommended.

Rates vary from city to city. Government and/or corporate rates provided by these hotel chains should always be compared to any other promotional rates being offered. Always request the lowest available government, corporate or promotional rate. Hotel chains noted with an (*) offer both government and corporate rates and rates should be compared. Specific Penn State negotiated hotel rates are listed under the Hotel section on the Travel Services Homepage. It is strongly recommended that you book your hotel reservations through Travel Services, Travelport or our contract travel agencies to guarantee the lowest rate.

	Best Western	800-528-1236
* Government Rate or Corporate Rate #00306440
	Choice Hotels	800-258-2847
* Government/Corporate Rate ID #0021910 (Quality/Comfort/Clarion/Roadway/Friendship)
	Courtyard by Marriott	800-321-2211
* Government Rate
	Days Inn of America	800-547-7878
* Offers government rate at each property's discretion due to franchising
	Hershey Hotels & Resorts	800-533-3131
Corporate Rate Member ID#273 - Government Rate not offered
	Holiday Inn	800-465-4329
* Government Rate (ID card available in Travel Services)
	LaQuinta Motor Inns	800-531-5900
Government Rate
	Marriott	800-228-9290
* Government Rate available only to travelers on Federal Funds. Proof at checkin required.
	Ramada Inn	800-228-2828
* Government Rate, "Per Diem Value" (ID stickers available in Travel Services)
	Red Roof Inns	800-The-Roof
VP+ Volume Plan Plus CP 501825
	Renaissance Hotels & Resorts (includes chain previously known as Stouffer Hotel)	800-468-3571
Guaranteed Corporate Rate #1845
	Travelodge	800-255-3050
Government Rate

Carriers Slash U.S. Capacity

By Jay Boehmer for Business Travel News
JUNE 09, 2008 -- Domestic airline industry downsizing continued in recent weeks as several carriers announced steep capacity withdrawals, employee reductions and fleet retirements to cope with unrelenting fuel costs. Industry analysts said further reductions are likely—as are higher fares, more crowded planes and reduced schedules.

Read the full article at Business Travel News.

Receipts for Airline Tickets

As a reminder, priced itineraries emailed to travelers or arrangers for airline tickets purchased through Travel Services, Travelport, Centre for Travel or E-Travco are accepted as official receipts for travel expense reporting.  Travelers may print itineraries from www.Viewtrip.com by entering the passenger's last name and confirmation number found at the top of the itinerary to the right of the date.  However, we encourage use of the emailed priced itineraries as a way to conserve and "Go Green" since the Viewtrip itineraries tend to be very lengthy by including unnecessary additional information. 

Fiscal Year End Deadline for Airline Tickets Charged to the DBAF

If you are utilizing the DBAF for the payment of an airline ticket and want to be certain it will be billed in this fiscal year, please make certain those tickets are purchased no later than 13 June.  Please refer to the Purchaing Card guidelines for tickets charged to the Purchasing Card.