I finally yesterday morning dealt with a travel person who knew how to back down. I got into it again at like 5am with the travel person from the PA client. The client wasn't budging and was trying to get me to stay in some hotel I know nothing about that is some ridiculous little boutique bullshit because they can get direct billing. I kept pushing and finally the travel person stepped in and said "your rate at the hotel you want is much better than ours, please feel free to book it". Bam. This is why I don't fucking back down. Ever.
Sadly, we're not having the same luck with the group in MN. They are a local government (city, not even state) and they are trying to force me into Federal travel guidelines. For example they only pay up to $300 for a flight for me. Um. No. They want me on Spirit. I would walk first. I looked it up and if I suck it up and buy a coach American, it's only $380. $80 more to fly my choice of airline and not deal with a ton of bullshit. That shouldn't be a big deal. Oh but it is. For hotel they allow $93 a night max. WTF? You're downtown MN in the largest city and that's the rate? Go fuck yourselves. It may not even happen because now they are demanding worker's comp insurance and they want to own our IP. These are deal breakers for us. So who knows. I may not be going anywhere else this month. We shall see.
Yesterday's group went fine. No issues. We finished right on the dot at 4:30. Back in the hotel at 5, packed, booked PA, ate dinner, went to bed at 7. Barely slept. Tossed and turned. I am so frustrated right now I can't get to sleep. I woke up multiple times and just gave up around 11:45. Yes, I've been up for almost an hour already. Showered, finished packing, etc.
Out of here around 2, flight boards at 5, Dallas at 11, leave at 3, land at 6:45pm, home at 7:30. So there goes my Thursday. Tomorrow though, the kid arrives!! Then it's Tool!! Woooo!
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