Spending on executive accommodation is one of the types of travel that most companies run poorly. Not by neglect. By inertia. The process of booking a five star hotel to the director who travels to Bogotá is so installed in the procedures of the area of travel that no one stops to calculate how much it actually costs to that decision against the alternatives available.
This article makes that calculation. And presents an alternative that works better in terms of cost, functionality, and experience to the executive.
In summary
The companies that manage executive accommodation in Bogotá through luxury residences operated directly, as VEZRA Group, can be reduced by between 20% and 30% of the total expenditure on accommodation in front of the five-star hotel, without reducing the level of experience. The difference comes not only from the base fare: it comes eliminate additional fees (breakfast, laundry facilities, a commission of OTA), to centralize billing and access to preferred corporate rates for bookings-recurring items.
The real cost of the five-star hotel to the executive on a mission
When the area of travel booking a five-star hotel in Bogota for an executive, sees a fee. What you don’t see with the same clarity is what adds to that rate during the stay.
Daily breakfast, laundry, parking, minibar, commission OTE if the booking is made for the Booking or Expedia, service charges, local taxes. For a stay of seven nights, these additional fees may represent between 30% and 50% of the total cost. For a C-level executive who travels four times a year to Bogotá, the annual accumulated is significant.
Companies that do this calculation correctly often come to the same conclusion: the five star hotel is not the most efficient option for stays of more than three nights with work agenda.
Why the luxury residences operated directly are more efficient
A luxury residence with standard verified, as VEZRA Group at Park 93 and Chicó Norte de Bogotá, eliminates most of the additional fees that inflate the budget corporate accommodation.
Equipped kitchen: the executive can prepare breakfast and light dinner without relying on room service. Washing machine: no charges for express laundry. Direct booking: no commission OTE. Corporate rate negotiated: for companies with needs recurring, VEZRA offers preferential rates that are not available in third-party platforms.
The result is a total cost that is more predictable and, in most cases, for stays of one week or more, between 20% and 30% below the five-star hotel in the same area.
To understand in detail what should you include a residence corporate level so that the comparison is fair, the guidance on the basic premium that must include a residence corporate establishes the minimum criteria that any company should be required.
What changes to the executive: real functionality
The economic argument is important. But for many companies, the argument that ends up convincing is the functionality.
An executive housed in a luxury residence with separate working area, WiFi guaranteed for video calls and concurrent equipped kitchen comes to the meetings in better condition than one that worked from the bed of the hotel because the desktop was uncomfortable and the WiFi does not endured the video call from eight in the morning.
This difference has an economic value that few companies calculate: the cost of an executive level senior who does not perform at 100% for a week of mission is significantly higher than the savings to accommodate you in a hotel cheaper.
Investment in accommodation of verified quality is not an expense. It is a decision of productivity.
The corporate model VEZRA: what is included for companies
VEZRA Group has a specific program for companies in need of accommodation executive recurrent in Bogotá.
Corporate rate negotiated: the companies that host executives in VEZRA recurrent access to preferential rates negotiated directly, without intermediaries and without variability of price per season.
Centralized billing: all of the corporate reserves are billed to the company with the documentation required for the processing of accounting. The executive does not manage accommodation expenses for reimbursement.
Management of multiple reservations: when several executives traveling to Bogota at the same time, VEZRA coordinates the bookings centrally. A single point of contact for the area of travel.
Priority attention: corporate executives with corporate rate have priority access to the concierge team, during the entire stay.
For the area of travel that you want to set a clear standard before the first booking corporate, the checklist for a stay in executive Park 93 provides a frame of reference specifically to evaluate any option of executive accommodation in Bogotá.
Comparative costs: hotel vs. residence VEZRA for company
This estimate is based on a stay of seven nights for a senior executive in the Area 93 Bogota.
| Concept | 5 star Hotel | Residence VEZRA |
| Base rate (7 nights) | USD 1,400 | USD 1.050 |
| Breakfast (7 days) | USD 150 | 0 USD |
| Laundry room (week) | USD 80 | 0 USD |
| Commission OTE (if applicable) | USD 210 | 0 USD |
| Centralized billing | Non-standard | Yes |
| Corporate rate | By request | Included |
| Estimated Total | USD 1.840 | USD 1.050 |
| Estimated savings | — | USD 790 (43%) |
For a company that hosts four executives of the year in Bogotá with stays of one week, the annual savings accrued can exceed USD 3,000 without reducing the level of experience.
Checklist for the area of travel: how to evaluate a residence corporate in Bogotá
Before establishing a residence as an approved supplier for executive accommodation, check:
- Does the operator offers corporate rate negotiated without intermediaries?
- How the billing is centralized with accounting documentation valid?
- Is there a single point of contact to manage multiple bookings?
- Does the accommodation includes Wi-fi guaranteed to remote work and video conferencing?
- Is there a protocol of inspection verified before each income?
- What are the check-in is digital and independent, windowless time?
- Does the operator can accommodate date changes without penalties prohibitive?
VEZRA Group meets each of these criteria. The corporate program is designed for the area of travel is in control, predictability, and a standard verified on every stay.
The housing executive is a management decision, not preference
The companies that manage the executive accommodation in Bogotá with economic criteria and operative, not by inertia, find the luxury residence operated exceeds the five-star hotel in total cost, functionality, and experience to the executive.
VEZRA Group operates in the areas of greatest demand corporate in Bogotá, with a specific program for businesses that includes corporate rate, billing, centralized and coordinated management of multiple bookings.
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Frequently asked questions about corporate lodging in Bogota
How much can you save on a company hosting executives in VEZRA instead of a five star hotel?
Between 20% and 43% of the total cost per stay, depending on the length and the additional hotel charges that are deleted. For stays of one week or more, the savings are more significant.
What VEZRA offers centralized billing for companies?
Yes. All the corporate reserves are billed to the company with the documentation required for the processing of accounting. The executive does not manage accommodation expenses for reimbursement.
How does the corporate rate VEZRA?
The companies with the needs of executive accommodation recurrent in Bogotá, you can negotiate preferential rates directly with VEZRA. Without intermediaries, without variability of price per season.
Can you VEZRA manage multiple bookings simultaneously to the same company?
Yes. When several executives traveling to Bogota at the same time, VEZRA coordinates reservations centrally with a single point of contact for the area of travel.
Does the level of accommodation in VEZRA is comparable to that of a five star hotel?
In terms of finishes, equipment and services, yes. In terms of space and functionality for work, outperforms most of the standard rooms of the hotel in the same area.
How do you ask for a company the corporate program of VEZRA?
Through the concierge team in vezra-group.com or by WhatsApp direct. The activation process of the corporate program takes less than 48 hours.
