"A Fishbowl user warned about Amway-style codes: "No, because you don't want to risk them asking for employee ID and then charge you full price." Amway's business model involves distributors/IBOs (Independent Business Owners) who are technically not employees. This creates structural ambiguity: even legitimate Amway-affiliated users may struggle to produce a traditional employee ID at check-in."

"I get asked every single time on Government Rates/Per Diem Rates. (Multiple properties per month) I just know to keep my ID right there. Every once in a while they will try to photo copy it and then have to explain that isn’t allowed, otherwise I have no issues with it being validated."

"I think the generic 'show corp id' designation means show the company business card. I think a lot of us don't have them or, if we do & we're not going to an office that we'd need to show them, leave them at home. I worked for some F500s that didn't require corp ids with shiny smiling faces on them & others that did; same with company credit cards. All, however, provided biz cards when working for them."