Diamond Member With an Attitude

[scorpionf]

What were you thinking when you asked for her credit card for incidentals?!

Clearly by following a policy hundreds of thousands of hotels have in place - you ruined all her plans of trashing a hotel room completely, making several $5.95 a minute phone calls, clearing out the minibar and not having to pay for it

[mjr]

So, out of nothing but sheer curiosity, what happens if you actually don't have a credit card? I'm not talking about "Oh, I forgot it", I'm talking about if you don't have one at all.

I'd say there are a number of people who don't possess credit cards. How are incidentals handled in that case? I'd guess debit card?

[Antisocial_Worker]

So, out of nothing but sheer curiosity, what happens if you actually don't have a credit card? I'm not talking about "Oh, I forgot it", I'm talking about if you don't have one at all.

I'd say there are a number of people who don't possess credit cards. How are incidentals handled in that case? I'd guess debit card?

I actually had one of those the other night. He didn't want to leave a credit card for incidentals because he wasn't sure there was any money in that account, and didn't want to overdraft.

Our solution? I held $20 from him in an envelope. $20 is what the hotel holds on an incidentals card, and I can't recall a time that anyone ever actually ran up any charged on such a card. In the morning he got his $20 back and went on his way, happy as a lark.

[Mr Hero]

So, out of nothing but sheer curiosity, what happens if you actually don't have a credit card? I'm not talking about "Oh, I forgot it", I'm talking about if you don't have one at all.

I'd say there are a number of people who don't possess credit cards. How are incidentals handled in that case? I'd guess debit card?

We treat credit and debit cards the same. It probably sucks more for a debit card user though. Got neither card? You're gonna need to cough up a $200 refendable deposit.