My trip to Saskatchewan was spectacular!
The flights there and back were seamless and the cabs were available and helpful. The local office was welcoming and I was able to get a tonne of training and work done while I was there.
I wound up spending a total of $308, this included my hotel stay, four cab rides, breakfast and a lunch. I went out for dinner and that cost $65 (yeah, I know - for one person...pretty ridiculous...but that includes a good tip and two glasses of expensive wine...that I was planning on paying for myself)...so back to that $65...when I was checking out of the hotel the person asked how my night was.
Well, I'm a strong believer that if you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
I told the hotel - rep - lady that It wasn't very good. I didn't get to sleep until 2:00a.m. because my neighbor had traffic all evening and that i could hear street traffic all night (not normal street traffic - it was loud honking/screeching-type). That plus the entire hotel was undergoing renovations and were still charging their normal price.
I was not impressed.
I told her it was unlikely I would stay there again.
She asked if there was anything she could do. I responded (legitimately not in an ass-type way) that I didn't know if there was. As I had charged my meal to the room, she said she could take that off the bill. I said that would be fine and I appreciated it.
I really did...and I'll probably stay there again.
...Funny part of this little story: I got back to my home office and told my boss about it. He laughed....apparently subtlety is not on my lists of strengths....but also they are okay with that.
I submitted my expenses on Friday and will get reimbursed on my August 20, 2010 pay day. As that will go into the joint account, I used our joint CC to pay for everything (yay for bonus AIR MILES).
Business Expenses
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Nice that you being truthful saved your company a little money too.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a mostly good time here in my lil neck of the woods.
ReplyDelete@ Jolie - I didn't realize I was in your neighborhood! I had a great time!!
ReplyDelete@ Techbud - Thanks!!
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