When I was a federal employee you rented the least expensive vehicle available. The craptastic subcompact. Only groups of 4 or more got a waiver.
And the rules favoring air transportation in those days, at least were wacky.
My boss needed to be at a meeting about 150 miles away. Could have easily rented a car and driven in 2-3 hours. Instead they booked him on a 3 leg (each way) air journey requiring him to be at the local airport at 4 AM. For a noon meeting.
I’d have thrown a fit. Guess the airlines had a lot of push in those days.
Yes, when we got some business visit from some gov workers, they refused a ride and all four crammed into a small subcompact.
Sounds familiar. I was a state worker in Olympia WA. The US Bonneville Power Administration was 110 miles away in Portland OR. Between the two the maximum driving time was 2 hrs, usually much less since going north from Portland was counter to commuting traffic. But downtown BPA employees going to a meeting in Olympia would drive east to PDX, fly north 155 miles to Sea-Tac, rent a car and drive 45 miles south to Olympia. Then reverse the trip in the afternoon.