Marriott runs the Government Per Diem Rates — no typed code; you select it in the booking engine. Below: exactly who its own terms cover, the booking path, and what the front desk asks for. The checker opens set to Marriott.
| Government rate | Government Per Diem Rates |
| Published code | None published — no universal code appears anywhere on marriott.com — the 'FOSEE' code repeated on travel blogs is not published by Marriott and should be treated as unofficial |
| How you book it | On marriott.com, open the Special Rates selector in the search widget and choose Government & Military, then bring matching ID; some individual hotels run their own appreciation offers with separate reservation links. |
| Leisure / personal stays | Varies — Marriott's baseline restricts the rate to official business, but individual hotels may offer a leisure version at their discretion — property-level messaging is inconsistent |
| Per-diem alignment | Property pages use the phrase 'Government Per Diem Rates', and booking with a U.S. federal-government-issued travel card can pre-qualify the rate — but Marriott publishes no explicit at-or-below-GSA-ceiling statement. |
| ID at check-in | Federal personnel ID or badge, CAC, U.S. military ID, or official government/military travel orders (Marriott rate-rules text). |
| Applies across | No family-wide participation statement across ~10,000 properties — terms are per hotel, and Marriott's closest thing to a program page is a stale 2019-copyrighted B2B portal. |
Marriott's own eligibility terms, group by group. "Not published" means exactly that — Marriott does not state it, so the front desk decides.
| Traveler | Eligible? | What Marriott says |
|---|---|---|
| Federal civilian employees | Yes | Federal civilian employees qualify with a federal personnel ID or badge, CAC, or official travel orders — per Marriott's rate-rules text; the chain maintains no single canonical policy page. |
| State & local government employees | Not published | Only generic references to national/regional/local government rates exist; no Marriott page enumerates state or local eligibility the way Hilton, Hyatt and IHG do. |
| Active-duty military | Yes | Active-duty military qualify with military ID, CAC or travel orders. |
| National Guard & Reserve | Not published | Not addressed at the family level. |
| Military retirees | Not published | Not addressed at the family level; individual properties run their own appreciation offers. |
| Veterans | Not published | Not confirmed on any family-level marriott.com page. |
| Military spouses & dependents | Not published | Not addressed in Marriott's published rate materials. |
| Government contractors | Varies | Not automatically eligible — Marriott's rate-rules text requires being on official assignment for a government agency with documented proof. |
Like most of the set (10 of 12 chains with a program), Marriott publishes no typed code — the rate is a selection in its booking engine, so any "Marriott government rate code" circulating on forums is unofficial by definition.
On veterans the published terms are silent — across the set only 4 of 12 programs clearly include veterans, so assume the desk decides. Our veterans page lists the chains that do say yes.
On marriott.com, open the Special Rates selector in the search widget and choose Government & Military, then bring matching ID; some individual hotels run their own appreciation offers with separate reservation links.
There is no code to type — no universal code appears anywhere on marriott.com — the 'FOSEE' code repeated on travel blogs is not published by Marriott and should be treated as unofficial.
At the desk: Federal personnel ID or badge, CAC, U.S. military ID, or official government/military travel orders (Marriott rate-rules text).
Against per diem: Property pages use the phrase 'Government Per Diem Rates', and booking with a U.S. federal-government-issued travel card can pre-qualify the rate — but Marriott publishes no explicit at-or-below-GSA-ceiling statement. For FY2026 the standard federal lodging per diem is $110/night — how that ceiling works is in our per-diem guide.
Marriott publishes no family-wide, branded military discount comparable to Hilton's Military Family Rate or IHG's Military Appreciation rate. Active-duty military use the Government & Military special rate, which is built around official travel; beyond that, individual hotels run their own appreciation offers — the Colorado Springs Marriott's 'Salute to Heroes' is one example — each with its own local terms.
About 10,000 properties in 146 countries across Marriott Bonvoy's luxury-to-midscale tiers. No family-wide statement says which brands honor the government rate — availability and terms are per property, which is itself the finding.
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Marriott publishes no typed code — the government rate is selected in its booking engine. no universal code appears anywhere on marriott.com — the 'FOSEE' code repeated on travel blogs is not published by Marriott and should be treated as unofficial Any code circulating on forums is unofficial.
Federal civilian employees, Active-duty military clearly qualify per Marriott's terms; other groups are conditional or unstated — see the table on this page.
The published terms don't clearly say. Marriott's baseline restricts the rate to official business, but individual hotels may offer a leisure version at their discretion — property-level messaging is inconsistent
Federal personnel ID or badge, CAC, U.S. military ID, or official government/military travel orders (Marriott rate-rules text).
Property pages use the phrase 'Government Per Diem Rates', and booking with a U.S. federal-government-issued travel card can pre-qualify the rate — but Marriott publishes no explicit at-or-below-GSA-ceiling statement. For FY2026 the standard federal lodging per diem is $110 a night; only GSA's FedRooms program contractually caps rooms at per diem.
Every fact was read from Marriott's own pages on 2026-09-04, with sources linked above. If you find something stale, tell us via the contact page and we'll fix it.