curious what they do if you don't have it and are like hey, i only have it for the corporate office back home - out here i'm visiting a client so i didn't bring it. also wondering if the decision to ask is entirely superficial like someone looks at you and is like "i don't think that guy works for IBM"
I didn't have my badge. I just opened Outlook on my phone and showed them my email address with my company domain. I'm guessing they would have just charged me the non-discounted price if I couldn't prove it or was using a code from a company I don't work for.
i wonder how easy this would be to fake. i'm sure it is harder these days but i specifically remember logging in to unix mail servers in college and spoofing emails, like writing one to a friend and making it look like it came from someone else, although would expect modern mail clients to call out the headers and such for that as sus af. even if you just have a fake mocked up web page ready to go hosted on www.likeabauce302.com (or even just a picture you flash) then you could also do a quick flash of your "inbox"
Travel prices are out of control right now. My weekly expenses used to be in the $1300 range airfare, hotel, food, car. I had a short week in Houston 2 weeks ago (just two nights) and it was almost $2k.
I went to Cozumel in January and that's about what I paid too. It's pretty good for what you get.
Did you guys take the ferry to Playa? I like Cozumel for a day, but dont think I can handle a week there. Too small of an island imo, we stay in Riviera Maya and usually go to Playa a few times. When we do we will take the ferry to Cozumel and do a day there. If you’re a seafood eater there is a few places in Cozumel with fresh red snapper meaning still alive. You can pick one out.
We always stay in Playa or Riviera Maya with between 15-25 people every time we go and everyone always agrees thats the best. We have done Cancun and other places and always go back to RM or Playa. Cancun is a younger crowd, so mix that with all you can drink alcohol at the resorts and you can imagine the idiots in town. We want to stay in Tulum sooner than later as we have visited a few times and its very cool. If you ever make your way down in that area, I can not stress enough to leave the resort and go do things. There is soooo much to see and do in that area
Not sure when you were there. But 5th Ave isn’t like it used to be. It’s still fun to go in the evening. But it’s like a fucking mall now. All big name stores and sadly most of the little family owned stores are gone.
It was a few years ago don't even remember the year I'll ask the wife. Definitely felt very commercial, slick. We also went to that big park Xcaret(?) did some water stuff and also watched the big show. Did also visit a cenote which was pretty cool.
Occidental is the same place I stayed at. I didn't like it. I'm like you, I can't sit around and just chill. We did the mayan Ruins too. I'd much prefer going to Cancun or something on the mainland and not being stuck at a mediocre resort that's 20 or so miles from town.
my few day work trip to SFO from BKK was around 1100 r/t a few months ago. a couple weeks ago i booked a work trip to LAS for a few days - 1700. i ended up getting it and hotel mixed together for an approved budget amount, then used the old corp code to pull the hotel down and found a premium economy jal/aa ticket that somehow wasn't showing up on google flights for just $100 more. booked it in a hurry, japan to lax segment both ways is potentially upgradeable as well.
If you ever go back and if you liked the ruins. Go to Chichen Itza, it’s an all day excursion and is bad ass. Or do the Mayan Village excursion. You hike thru a Mayan Village that Myans still live in. MFers are still living in the stone age. They cook you a Mayan meal for lunch at the end and it was ???.
