US Military Lodging

As the fastest growing Military Lodging provider in the United States for government and military travel, TDY Lodging recently added 83 Extended Stay America chain hotels nationwide.  Our unique Defense lodging system includes all types of short term and extended stay accommodations for military and government personnel relocating throughout the continental United States.  Military lodging options are generally available at or below the per diem rate for official travel, and we feature a variety of short term housing options including hotels, furnished apartments, and corporate house rentals.

Military lodging is generally available on every DoD installation, although service members may prefer to stay off post at local hotels or furnished apartments and condos when available, or if the nature of their travel orders requires a long term assignment lasting several months.  Our previous blog post about the Army Lodging Reservations process discusses how to make reservations through the Army MWR Lodging Central Reservations line for active duty and reserve component personnel.  Most military lodging facilities on base will need to issue a statement of non-availability number to place of the travel voucher for filing with DFAS (the Defense Finance and Accounting System) which processes all travel claims for military lodging both on and off base.

Military lodging facilities on base offer reservations directly through the front desk lodging office, or through the central reservations line, and these facilities tend to be at the per diem reimbursement rate or slightly below.  Many of the local hotels near Department of Defense installations will offer rooms for government personnel directly at the Military Lodging Rates for official travel.  When the military lodging rate exceeds the maximum per diem rate allowed by the GSA (General Services Administration) schedule, a special request and waiver form can be submitted to verify that military lodging rates were unavailable at the time of the assignment; Although rare, when hotels and other types of accommodations are in high demand especially in large cities or during highly attended events, rates may at times exceed the max per diem rate for military lodging requirements in the U.S. and overseas.  See all of our Hotels and Military Vacation Rentals at TDYLodging.com.