"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."

"I have been asked to show some proof couple of times. I normally show my corp id but credit card with employers name on it has worked, too. As would probably just showing my laptop with employer e-mail account or whatever. My impression has been they are happy with just about anything that proves I'm working for the company whose rate I use and why wouldn't they."

"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."