"Hotels located within a 5-mile radius of Apple HQ in Cupertino are significantly more likely to verify. These hotels handle hundreds of Apple travelers a week and are intimately familiar with what corporate ID badges look like. The APL code delivers solid discounts in the Silicon Valley market. No specific rate denial incidents documented, but employee verification may be required."

"We know what the various Deloitte, EY, PwC, Google, Meta, etc badges look like. If you work for the company, it’s not a problem to verify that you work there. We do this for the random people that say they work for Deloitte, when in reality, they just refill the vending machine at a Deloitte office."

"I now always make it a matter of course to carry documents (business cards of my contacts, e-mails requesting my visit etc.) from my host company when I travel. This has always proven sufficient for the few times I've been challenged by the front desk clerk."