Subject: RE: travel approval request (Hotel Options)



Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:47:19 +0000





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This email made me actually laugh out loud. The absurdity of DOJ’s bureaucratic nonsense never ceases to amaze. I feel like I’m living in a satiric novel.



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:





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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.



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.

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Or if you’d rather stay somewhere less standardized, the Hotel Kung Carl is also in the city center, seems well reviewed, and has meeting rooms.



Good morning all,

I've searched previously in anticipation of your trip to Stockholm, Sweden between the original dates between 1/27-1/31/20, and a few were within per diem, but those same hotels now are either sold out, or over per diem. I've screen captured a few of the hotels that popped up in my search this morning. I've hid the sold out hotels within the Stockholm area.

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## Select a hotel





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☐ Eco friendly (31)



Hide sold out



□ Airport shuttle (15)





Hide out of policy





□ Executive floors (6)





☐ Coffee in room (107)





☐ ADA accessible (26)





□ Breakfast included (126)





In room safe (70)





□ Fitness room (99)





□ Laundry services (88)



Dictanoe from: Stockholm, Sweden



Parking offered (170)



within 25 miles



□ Restaurant on site (139)





☐ Non-smoking property [143]



Name or chain



□ Mini refrigerator (56)





Room service (69)





☐ WiFi in public spaces (105)





☐ WIFI in room included (122)





Non-smoking rooms (207)





☐ Wheelchair accessible (99)



## 249 of 283 hotels





□ Translation services (5)





Swimming pool (25)









WAERD $HU$ SET GAMMEL TAMMEN


Oesterbybruks Herrgard Oesterbybruk 116 45 Sweden



0.3 miles S Map Amenities





per diem 5kr1,2995 $ 1986









SHERATON STOCKHOLM HOTEL




Tegebacken 6-Box 195 Stockholm 10123 Sweden







0.4 miles NW Map Amenities









0.1 miles NW Map Amenities











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| :--- | :--- |

| Skr2,790 | $293 |

| per dean Skr1,996 $126 | |



In my opinion, the best hotel option is Sheraton Stockholm Hotel that’s about $66 over per diem. Since it’s out of our control, we’ll need to book a hotel over per diem. If you agree that I should reserve the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel, I’ll inform of the issue so we could get approval to reserve a hotel over per diem and fill out the forms to give to him to sign. In the meantime, I’ll see if I could reserve your preferred flights so they don’t get sold out either.

Thanks for informing me.