What a ridiculous thread this is. Accommodation will have been detailed in the TRANSOP (or whatever it's called these days) - end of. As an aside, the hotel will be charging a very good 'government rate' rather than the advertised room price.
I liked the story of some dear old truckie route queen. When asked by some muddy oaf why the crew was staying overnight in a 4-star hotel, he replied "My dear chap, it's really quite simple. There just aren't any 5-star hotels in this part of the world".
As the Jaguar boss at one middle east location once remarked to his pongo colleague, after turning down the army's offer of some wretched tent in Dhahran, "Any idiot can be uncomfortable - as you've just confirmed!".
Anyway, good luck to the Herc mates - if they've managed to get a decent trip to somewhere relatively pleasant for once, then they've richly deserved it.