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B-194339 1 (1980-02-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhyp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 NITE B-194339 MATTER OF: DIGEST: DLATE: February 7, 1980 Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Tisdel, USN A military member traveling on temporary duty shared a lodging accommodation with .another person (his wife) who was not entitled to lodging at Government expense. In the absence of regulations providing otherwise, if he would have used the same accommodation at the single occupany rate had he not been accompanied, he may be reimbursed on t-he basi-s of such single occupancy rate rather than at one-half of the double occupancy rate. If the hotel makes no distinction in rates between single and double occupancy, then the mem- ber may be reimbursed on the basis of the full room cost. --?, A certifying officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency requests our decision as 'to-whether Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Tisdel' per diemr nay be computed by using the full cost of hote aL...accomm.odat ions he shared with his wife while on temporary dufy in France. Lieutenant Tisdel objected to the initial processing of his travel voucher which limited reimbursement to the single rate for hotel occupancy. The general rules which have been applied in similar situations involving civilian employees are as follows. The only travel expenses the Government is obligated to pay are those of the individual employee. Any addi- tional expenses incurred because his family accompanies him are personal expenses to be borne by him. B-158941, May 4, 1966. However, if the cost of the hotel w,- I ha-v-ebeen the same if the employee had been alone--that is, in effect, if the hotel made no distinction in rates between single and double occupany, then the employee is entitled to reimbursement on the basis of the full room charge paid. In the usual case in which the rates for single and double occupancy differ, we have held that a traveler may be reimbursed on the basis of the single occupancy rate rather than at one-half of the FILE:

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