With the random 2-3 days here or there to visit family for holidays, or going to check up on the little warehouse I rent to keep all my personal shit in,I've staying in hotels for the last almost 4 years straight.
Got a domestic EM gig at the beginning of the rice rabies. Worked Baltimore/DC proper, and entire State of Maryland for both mass and mobile vax ops. Spent a year and a half working sites from downtown B'more, to DC to bum fuck Maryland. Company was cool and let us choose/rotate our hotels for change of scenery. Most of us spread it between the big chains to maximize points across the board. Marriott, Hilton, etc...Just so long as they had kitchens, because most of us wanted to maximize the amount of per diem we could pocket instead of eating out for every meal.
That ended, did about another year on the border doing the whole migrant response thing. Again, same hotel(s) and per diem as above.
Right about when that gig winded down and up for renewal, Hurricane Ian and then Idalia hit, and I've been working both response and recovery in SWFL since the day after the wind stopped with Ian. Same same as above.
I routinely wake up some mornings not knowing where the fuck I am for a second. First few nights in a new place I have to leave the bathroom light on so I don't piss in the corner. Met a lot of interesting people. Had a lot of non committal, random sex. I have more hotel, airline and car rental points than I can ever burn up that I didn't pay a penny for. Have been able to gift my kids lifetime status with several chains. It's exhausting and almost institutionalizing, but also kinda cool at the same time.
Marriott and Hilton, IMHO are a tie. Hyatt I only was able to stay in once. (and I hated leaving it because it was cool as fuck. Hotel Revival in B'more. Old timey mansion with hip new shit flavor.)
Anyone else done something similar?
Got a domestic EM gig at the beginning of the rice rabies. Worked Baltimore/DC proper, and entire State of Maryland for both mass and mobile vax ops. Spent a year and a half working sites from downtown B'more, to DC to bum fuck Maryland. Company was cool and let us choose/rotate our hotels for change of scenery. Most of us spread it between the big chains to maximize points across the board. Marriott, Hilton, etc...Just so long as they had kitchens, because most of us wanted to maximize the amount of per diem we could pocket instead of eating out for every meal.
That ended, did about another year on the border doing the whole migrant response thing. Again, same hotel(s) and per diem as above.
Right about when that gig winded down and up for renewal, Hurricane Ian and then Idalia hit, and I've been working both response and recovery in SWFL since the day after the wind stopped with Ian. Same same as above.
I routinely wake up some mornings not knowing where the fuck I am for a second. First few nights in a new place I have to leave the bathroom light on so I don't piss in the corner. Met a lot of interesting people. Had a lot of non committal, random sex. I have more hotel, airline and car rental points than I can ever burn up that I didn't pay a penny for. Have been able to gift my kids lifetime status with several chains. It's exhausting and almost institutionalizing, but also kinda cool at the same time.
Marriott and Hilton, IMHO are a tie. Hyatt I only was able to stay in once. (and I hated leaving it because it was cool as fuck. Hotel Revival in B'more. Old timey mansion with hip new shit flavor.)
Anyone else done something similar?
Statistics: Posted by Alphabet — Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:09 am — Replies 5 — Views 52