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Friday, February 19, 2016

Marriott Corporate Code List | Cheap Discounted Hotel Rates

You can stay in the fabulous Ritz Carlton in Montreal like I did for the price of a Best Western!
 I've spent the past year collecting, compiling, and testing various Marriott corporate codes that have been floating around the internet. I've only included codes that give considerable discounts or perks: free club access, breakfast, upgraded suites. When you use any of these codes, you'll be guaranteed to have a great trip at little cost to you!

Like all things, use these codes at your own risk. I've heard stories of people needing to show employee badges or other relevant IDs. I've never personally experienced these requests—and I've traveled a lot. But I cannot guarantee the same will happen to you. Use at your own risk!

IBM Employee Personal Use
I used this code at the Ritz Carlton in Montreal, Canada. I lived in Toronto for a number of years before ever traveling to Montreal. I was always told that the rest of Canada hates Toronto and that Toronto is a shithole in most respects. I actually never understood this mantra, as living on the very outer rim of the Rust Belt in the States, and Toronto resembled nothing of the like. Maybe I'm just used to disappointment in that I think such basics as walking down the street without worrying about getting shot is the most fantastic feeling in the world. Or the fact that streets can be well maintained. Or people of different cultures can live nearby each other in relative harmony. Such excitements. Such socialisms.

American Express Centurion Cardholder (No Card Membership Necessary)
Anyway, I lost track of where I was going. So Montreal. Beautiful city. If the Francophone language is considered a preserved version of the old countryside France beforethe Parisian dialect became standard—this is what prideful Montrealinites(?) have said, I've heard Torontinians(?) say otherwise—then the same thing definitely happened with the European architecture and general laidbackness. Drinking wine next to the river on a Sunday afternoon after strolling through a museum? Yes please! Far better than waiting on a crowded concrete slab waiting to cross a strait on a boat with only one working motor to reach an over-crowded island any day.

Wells Fargo Bank (Discounted Room Service Available!)
Sorry, I need to rant a bit more on the previous subject. Toronto has so much concrete it makes me cry. I did my master's at the University of Toronto (UofT) and it breaks my heart to think of what venture capitalist believed that the brutalist monstrosity (a correct adjective here, as this building literally looks like a Transformers, which I guess could be loosely defined as a monster) that is Robarts Library was ever beautiful in any regard. Triangles are cool and all—my favorite percussion instrument, in fact—but considering the everlasting beauty that is buildings like Victoria College, King's College, or Knox College, I find the decision to even consider such a building an everlastingly unfortunate decision.

Marriott Executive Board Personal Use

And the worst part about Robarts is that when nuclear warfare does eventually happen, this otherwise bomb fortress of a building will be one of the few remnants that future generations will look upon as a summary of our civilization's taste in architecture. Thus, this may influence conceptions of beautiful for that future generation. Robarts may in fact be heralded like the Great Pyramids—for who knows, these may have been mistakes and abominations in their time as well. I shake my head at this thought. Money has a funny way of dictating everlasting power. And unfortunately I won't be returning to the Ritz Carlton in Montreal anytime soon, as even with the discount code, I was still charged far too much in fees.

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