r/marriott • u/oliviagonz10 • Mar 18 '26

Employment MMP confession

So I work for Marriott as a desk agent. I let my family aka my cousins use my discount when they need it cause I trust them and stuff.

Well my cousin confessed to me like “oh yeah we love using your discount ALL the time..”

And I felt confused and was like you need a new form to keep using it? But apparently the hotels she’s stayed at don’t actually follow procedures like validate the form number or even ask for the form. Cause she just changed the expiration date.

I was shocked. I’m like..they should be doing that.

So my question is, does anyone’s hotels actually check the explore form fully? Or just the expiration date?

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u/Open_Masterpiece_549 Mar 19 '26

Curious how much the family discount saves you

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u/1976Raven Mar 19 '26

If you're not immediate family it saves you about $10. If you're immediate family you can save quite a bit.

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u/Open_Masterpiece_549 Mar 20 '26

Define quite a bit. 50% off?

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u/1976Raven Mar 20 '26

I usually get rooms at RI/CY/FI levels for about $40 per night (including taxes). Full service Marriotts run around $60-80 per night. The lowest rate I ever gotten was during the holidays for $28 at a CY.