From: ' " To: r) II Subject: RE: travel approval request (Hotel Options) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:47:19 +0000 'Mine-Images: image001jpg; image002.jpg; image003.jpg; image004.jpg; image005.jpg; image006.jpg This email made me actually laugh out loud. The absurdity of DOA bureaucratic nonsense never ceases to amaze. I feel like I'm living in a satiric novel. From: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 11:41 AM T°: Subject: RE: travel approval request (Hotel Options) So, two fun things about the hotels. First, note that basically all of the hotels that sent are well over the per diem, so I'm going to email about getting approval for that. The other thing is, for reasons that I absolutely cannot fathom, the locations for a bunch of the hotels in E2 are totally wrong. For example, that horrible WAERDSHUSET place (which, don't look at the photos online, it's terrifying) is shown in E2 as being right downtown, here: when in reality it's an hour and 30 minute drive from downtown: EFTA00074151
Conversely, the Diplomat, where the FBI says the Legat may be able to book for us through the Embassy (!), is listed as being hours and hours outside of town: when in fact it's right downtown: Also notably, the prices in E2 are way higher than if we just booked through, like, Hotels.com (the Diplomat is $155 online or $382 on E2). I have no fucking clue why we're all being tortured in precisely this fashion, but here we are. From: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 10:33 To: ) 4: :'; Subject: RE: travel approval request (Hotel Options) I'm fine with either one. From: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 10:22 AM To: Subject: FW: travel approval request (Hotel Options) Importance: High > What do you guys think? The Sheraton seems pretty standard, located in city center, and it should be easy to get a conference room there. EFTA00074152