Hotel on overseas posting

[The Logitician]

I am posted overseas next month and have found out / been told I may be entitled to2 nights stay in a hotel. Currently OOA so have very limited means of finding out, can anyone shed any light on the matter for me, how it works, allowance/rates per night?

Thanks

 

[Stingray]

I am posted overseas next month and have found out / been told I may be entitled to2 nights stay in a hotel. Currently OOA so have very limited means of finding out, can anyone shed any light on the matter for me, how it works, allowance/rates per night?

Thanks

Would be handy to know where you are going to as there are slight differences in local rules.

 

[Woodja]

JSP 752 Chapter 3 Section 1 para 03.0164:

Where Service personnel permanently assigned from the UK to an overseas duty station unavoidably incur hotel expenses (eg they are required to move out of their residence at duty station for Service reasons prior to their departure date) they are entitled to claim subsistence allowances for up to 3 nights for themselves and their immediate accompanying family, or up to 4 nights when a Sunday or Public Holiday is included.

that is for the uk - para 03.0165 gives guidance on what you can receive on arrival in the overseas theatre if families accomodation is not available (basically, up to 14 nights, or exceptionally up to 28 if approved by the CO)

 

[stitchface]

I'm at an overseas unit (in the U.S.) and we got 3 nights in a hotel even though we got the keys to our MQ on the second day (i.e. after one night), to give us time to get household stuff sorted before we moved in properly.