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I can't even bear to share an office with the majority of them!

If I only traveled a couple times a year, I'd just suck it up. But it seems that you (and most of the other posters) travel frequently. That's too much of your private time that the company is taking from you. The problem with rooming with someone, even someone you know and like, is that you never get any down time. That of course makes you tired, and less "on" when you're working. Companies forget this (or don't care) and only look to save money. We used to share rooms, same sex of course, until we got purchased by an entertainment company. They immediately issued a new policy of no room sharing due to possible sexual harassment lawsuits. A senor executive said "but it's same sex sharing." To which the reply was "In this day and age, you think that's going to stop a possible sexual harassment lawsuit?" As I had a roommate who asked me not to flush the toliet at night (and who kindly "returned" the favor), that was the happiest day of my life!

Once a year at our business convention we are required to share rooms with co-workers. It's a good way to get to know someone but it can be awkward if you have different sleep cycles. Twice I've been paired up with early sleepers, early riser so I either have to stay down in the lobby til I'm tired, keep my roommate up with the TV or lay in bed...I've suggested that we put in some preferences for next year. It's only a few days so I can live with it. Once I did have a roommate that would leave residue all over the sink after brushing her teeth. I can't imagine she does this at home and what a slob to leave it for housekeeping, much less a roommate. I won't room with her again. Otherwise if more than one of us is traveling and one is doing a presentation they just say they need the quiet area to themselves to prepare and we get separate rooms. Wonder if Enron, Adelphia, and the others booked anything but the penthouse suites...? Now how far will you go adding expenses to your hotel room? Some of my co-workers insist on room service, which is highy over priced. I'm travling with a limited budget for my next trip and have to figure out which items I put in the trip and which one's I can add to my normal expense report if I go over budget.

I've worked for a major corp as a sales rep for many years and we ALWAYS bunk with a roomie. While its only quarterly for a couple nights each, it can be awkward and we all resent it. But we're hoping we see the difference the company saves in our bonuses. Yeah, right.

There are SO many ways that I can save my company money. Since I have a laptop attached to me at all times, I can work from just about anywhere. One sureshot way to save a bundle is to take a connection (I'm in DFW) via St Louis. Cuts my airfare to ORD by 3/4 for a two day buisness trip. Staying over a Saturday night is another way to save a huge sum! I am -over- eating out and try to swing by a grocery store to stock up on things I like that are healthy for me, which saves, too. I park in an off airport parking facility and use a coupon to further reduce the costs. NONE of this is mandated by my company... it's just my nature to save when feasible. The most sharing a room is going to save in today's environment is 100.00/night, and that's in just a few cities as we have excellent negotiated rates at hotels!

This happened to me twice, both in my 20's. The first time, my roommie screwed one of the sr. managers in the bathroom while i was trying to sleep. The second time, i had to share a room for a week with a snorer, who also chemically straightener her hair two nights during the 6 nights we were there. The stench of the chemicals and the hogging of the bathroom for 4 hours was enough for me. I returned to the office and told them i would never share a room again. They told me it was company policy, so, I quit. Ah, to be 25 and reckless again!

Ellen, you're lucky. Your roomate was very considerate. She could have done it on the bed next to you!

We have a room-sharing policy, but it's not much of an issue because it's rare that two employees are in the same place at the same time. However... The one problem we have when there is room-sharing is that we have two male employees who are openly gay, and no men want to room with them. You might say, "Fine, let the two gay guys room together," but they're not always together on the same trip. Anyone else have this problem?

Get your own room, and pay the difference - and then use that as a business expense deduction on schedule A. IRS would disallow it ony if your company was willing to give you a singel room. By the way, Walmart and the others are horrible if they make their own emplyoyees together. Is that Sam's policy?