Work trip - no food in hotel!

Her taxis for the week are 200.00. she pays it upfront then claims it back.

The cost of a return taxi last night to try find food would have been 50.00

She gets her meals included with her stay, she doesn't have to pay for them, the hotel had a function on so kitchen wasn't preparing food for other people .

She has 250.00 on her card. Her taxis cost 200.00 leaving her 50.00 , she gets the 200.00 back when she claims it. She's meeting a friend too so is trying to keep 40.00 aside for that.

She is in the middle of no where, there's nothing in walking distance, she shouldn't really be walking alone at night anyway.

Taxis are scarce, shops are scarce and there's no man on a bike to bring her food.

She didn't bring food with her as she thought she was getting a feed in the hotel.

She doesn't have a company credit card, she doesn't have a stash of money in the bank. She's working away this week and trying to support her family at home too and it's shit that this is the way her company work expenses.
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Not very quick on the uptake there. Where is OP? It was a joke. 😊

This makes sense. Thank you

If there is a town 5 miles away the taxis can not be that scarce. 5 miles is nothing for a car, I hit more that that on my morning runs. It doesen't make sense unless i miss something

Yes OP, get a delivery for a frozen ready meal that has a lead time of 2 days to your hotel yesterday evening.

The £200 is for return trips to the barracks for the week, not 1 journey. The issue is she only budgeted £150 for this as that's what it was last time

Yes but if you live somewhere where taxis are scarce, they can charge what they like for that A to B journey!

Op says she is in remote area, how can it be traffic? Also, taxi does not charge you if is traffic,you are quoted for point a to point b doesen't matter how many traffic light the driver hits!

Get a delivery from Wiltshire Farm Foods.

What? I drove to a shopping centre yesterday that is 5 miles from where I live and it took me 20 mins to drive there, and that was with minimal traffic.

Also- taxi prices vary in different locations, and are more in places where there is less taxis available and therefore higher demand. It's not difficult.

Why is everyone trying so hard to somehow prove the OP is wrong about her own situation that she herself is actually in?

No takeaways to my village in southern England, either!

But...5 miles to the nearest town is... 5 minutes if you drive with 60mph or 10 minutes if you drive with 30mph. I still don't understand how taxi amounts to £200? I pay £100 for airport that is 65 miles away.

You think every hotel in Wiltshire is within walkable distance of a pub, garage or shop (open on a Sunday evening)?

Fair enough.

Not true if you have an illness that means you have to eat , not everybody is the same and a few biscuits / bar of chocolate doesn’t help

I think you do learn from bitter experience, don’t you?

. Get a credit card and pay it off every month.

. Eat on the train.

. Take food / snacks with you (any of: emergency instant noodles, biscuits, cheese & crackers, an open-pull tin or jar of whatever, sandwiches, bread, condiment sachets, fruit - I’m a bloody expert these days).

. Take a drink.

. Drive if possible (although I much preferred the train so I could work).

ETA to add: this was working in government!

I'm only here to see if OP got a breakfast.

And to see if she's still alive and not weak and shivering on the bed from hunger.

As others have noted, OP has said she can't afford to pay for a taxi. But, even if she could: getting a taxi to come to you at a poorly connected location with no notice on a Sunday night to drive you three miles to a petrol station, wait for you to buy something then take you back really isn't likely to be easily done. As noted, I grew up and my parents still live in a location a bit like this (small village, poorly connected, no amenities of its own, about 5 miles from a town) and you would never get a taxi to do that there. A frequent problem is that even booked taxis don't show because they don't actually want to do the journey, especially if it doesn't end in the town - there are much easier and more attractive fares.

I work away a lot also. Same as you sole earner (single parent) and don't have the luxury of being able to magic money out of thin air. I too have arrived at hotels with a meal allowance added to only find they aren't doing meals that night. I now keep an emergency fork in my laptop bag and pot noodle in the car. Hotels don't care, they only care about the £££. Hope the rest of the week goes well for you.

Invent time travel

I always take an emergency Ginsters when I travel - a veggie one like cheese and onion so it doesn’t matter too much if you can’t fridge it. I started doing this after being unexpectedly stuck on a train for hours on end.

Hope you’ve had a lovely big breakfast this morning OP!

Well Op hasn’t been back since 11pm last night so maybe not!

Op if you’re still reading this the hotel have behaved appallingly here. They know they’re in the middle of nowhere and failed to let you know the food situation. I would be making a complaint and leaving a review warning other potential guests.

I can’t believe they wouldn’t rustle up a sandwich or even a range or bar snacks.

Probably had to cook her own sausages.

(It’s all about as real as Flowery Twats.)

You've not read all of OP's posts have you?

It was late at night. She didn't have the cash for a taxi to anywhere. And if she had, the mess would probably be closed anyway.

Can you not eat at the mess at the barracks? Most units will have a coffee shop and naffi, or little shop for the staff that work there etc, just to get a few things to tide you over.