Hotel Packages for Indian Defence Officers

Special Hotel Rates for Indian Defence Officers

Hotels On April 21, 2015 178 Comments

[Disclaimer: The information given below is an attempt to simply pass the facts to the intended audience…nothing more. The author is not affiliated with any hotel or travel agency or such. The post can be made more accurate by your contribution. Therefore, any negative comments on this will simply be deleted so as to avoid an online slugfest]

Officers of the Indian defence forces viz. Army, Navy and Air Force have it tough, whether it is physical exertion, mental stress, postings at difficult locations or assignments. Till few years ago, whenever the officers travelled on temporary duty or short assignment, they stayed in shabby guestrooms (sometimes shared) or some even stayed with their acquaintances.

It was only from 2011 onwards that few hotel chains started offering concessions / discounted packages to the officers. This initiative was indeed appreciated by all officers. In the United States, almost all hotel chains and resorts offer discounted rates to serving and retired military personnel – yes even for the personnel other than officer rank.

In this post, I have listed hotels at different places in India that offer special hotel rates for Indian Defence Officers. Please note that I have included only 4 and 5-Star properties. If you are a defence officer and would like to add (or even delete) hotels, just fill in the comment form and I will keep updating the list. If you are a hotel representative and would like to add your property, you are welcome too!

The base package is of course room + breakfast. However, almost all of them offer room + breakfast + one major meal. Some go the whole hog by offering all meals, airport transfers, free wifi, ltd pieces of laundry and more. You should check and compare with the hotels before booking with them. Yes, do check with online hotel aggregators like http://trivago.in, http://tripadvisor.in etc to do a quick comparison. In most cases, you will get a better value (note I did not say, better price) with the military discount. If you are a big family requiring multiple rooms, or have a limited budget or are on a foreign vacation, hotel aggregators are the way to go.

So here is the list in alphabetical order of cities.

Almost all of these hotels offer breakfast inclusive rates, some offer AP (American Plan i.e. package includes Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner) or MAP (Modified American Plan i.e. package includes Breakfast & one major meal – Lunch or Dinner). In addition, if the officer is on duty, some hotels also provide additional facilities like pick-up & drop, ironing / laundry, free wi-fi etc. You may like to check with the concerned property about the availability and rates / packages.

And yes, please do carry your military ID for your own good – the hotels have right to refuse accommodation if you don’t prove your identity.

Do you want to add / update a property if you have been to those, just let me know in the comments and I will do the needful, which implies that this list will keep changing.

Please do share it with your friends from Indian Army, Navy and Air Force.

1. Wing commander manish kumar
  
  Please add Hotel Radisson Blu at sector 13 Dwarka Delhi. They are offering TD rates.
2. HR Sunil
  
  It’s a great compilation by the author and I am sure all defence personnel will benefit. I had an issue with lemon tree premier inn Delhi which has no rooms available, though it was not true,,,I had to make reservation with pride plaza aero city. Has the same experience with lemon tree Bangalore.
  Royal orchid Bangalore is good t that their top floor rooms are yet to be renovated,, so go for rooms in I or II floor. I can vouch for their services,,, very good.
3. Vamsha
  
  FYKI Kochi Marriott does no provide any special tariff for the armed forces. Regards
4. Money.Arian
  
  ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad may please be added.
5. Murali
  
  Trident Nariman Point and Taj Vivanta at Cuffe Parade, Mumbai DO NOT OFFER rooms at the Defence MoU rates any more…. further, they refuse accmdn at these rates even while rooms are available!! and to my astonishment, while one can book a normal room through their All India toll free nmbr 24×7, rooms under defence MoU can only be booked in normal working hours, and that too by directly calling the hotel nmbr and not the toll free nmbr!!! FYI
6. Bharti
  
  Ibis goa also offers a special package… including all meals… free beer n stuff… stayed there last week…
7. Aurobinda
  
  Is there any hotel in Leh which give concession to army personnel and his dependents?
8. Prem Kumar Vyas
  
  Hotel Rang Mahal Jaisalmer Also Offer Discounted rates for Defence Personals Pls Add our Hotel Also
9. Paraam Vijay
  
  We need to sign an MoU for our hotel at Pokaran. Please advice how to go about it ,these are the contact details. Regards Param Vijay [email protected] / +919928022874
10. Nitish Raj
  
  Biggest hurdle is CDA and believe me these days online booking through many web/app offer cheaper rates than MOU rates with hotel. For Defence personnel GP <=6600 , few hotels in colaba manadate to take your DA 1000 bucks also plus they says bring another defence personnel alongwith you. Very funnny…. CDA needs to change their scanning process.
11. raj
  
  most of the taj hotels put up these rates only for advertisement. they probably offer a couple of rooms in each hotel for defence officers. it is better they dont offer if they cant because everytime you call them they only refuse – which juust leaves a bad taste. i have not been able to book a room at the taj in about 10 attempts. so rest is all fiction at work in someone’s mind.
12. brig p c roy retd
  
  hotel jw marriot aero city is notoffering any discount to defence officers i stayed inthis hotel i feb 17 plesase delete their name
13. Amardeep
  
  It should also be noted that all hotels in Aerocity, Delhi offer discounted rates to Def pers, incl Novotel, Raddison, etc. Availability needs to be checked though. Most of them let spouse free of cost, incl the meal plan.
14. Abha
  
  Hi .. I wanted to know the discounts any where in Jim Corbett and uttrakhand
15. DEEPAK BAKSHI
  
  DEAR ESTEEMED OFFICERS
  GREETINGS FROM KARON HOTELS LAJPAT NAGAR DELHI
  
  WE ARE INTERESTED TO SERVE OUR MOST VALUED OFFICERS AS WE HAVE 2 HOTELS IN SOUTH DELHI AND TOTAL ROOMS ARE 55 AND GIVE ALL MAJOR FACILITIES AS PER ENTITLEMENT
  REGARDS
  DEEPAK
  9560003177
16. DEEPAK BAKSHI
  
  Dear sir,
  Kindly add karon hotels to the list of hotels who offer special rates to the Armed forces in Delhi,: 3 star deluxe hotels, Lajpat nagar ring road,Kailash Colony
  For reservations plz contact:
  Deepak Bakshi 9643728200/9560003177
  Email – [email protected]
17. DEEPAK BAKSHI
  
  Dear sir,
  Kindly add Karon hotels Lajpat Nagar & our Other Property Gfour in East of Kailash new delhi to the list of hotels in south Delhi or in New Delhi who offer special rates to the Armed forces in Delhi for 3 star deluxe hotels,
  For reservations plz contact:
  Deepak Bakshi 9643728200
  [email protected]
18. RC Thakur
  
  Recently CDA PUNE is not clearing hotel bills as they insist on NAC from Station HQ. there is no way and officer on deputation can contact station headquarter on Army number and the entire process of booking is very tedious without any direct dialling facility or single guest room controlling authority.

Agra (Uttar Pradesh)

Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

Bangalore (Karnataka)

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

Calicut (Kerala)

Chandigarh

Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

Coonoor (near Wellington, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu)

Delhi

Goa

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)

Hyderabad (Telangana)

Indore (Madhya Pradesh)

Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Jammu (J & K)

Jodhpur (Rajasthan)

Kochi (Kerala)

Kolkata (West Bengal)

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

Madurai (Tamil Nadu)

Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Mysore (Karnataka)

Nashik (Maharashtra)

Pune (Maharashtra)

Puri (Orissa)

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

Trivandrum (Kerala)

Vadodara (Gujarat)

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Varkala (Kerala)

Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

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