E: 17/02 Win A luxury 2 night stay at The Kensington Hotel, London

always_comping

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Terms and Conditions

1. - Closing date for entries is 12:00 GMT on the 17th February 2011
2. - The prize consists of 2 nights bed and breakfast at The Kensington Hotel for up to 2 people in a standard double/twin room
3. - At least one person in the room has to be 18 years of age or over at the time of arrival
4. - A valid credit card and proof of id (driving licence or passport only) will be required on arrival and any extras (e.g. room service) will be charged at the normal price
5. - Travel to and from the hotel is not included as part of the prize
6. - The winner will be drawn at random and will be notified within 5 working days of the competition closing date
7. - If the winner does not respond within 15 days of notification the prize will be forfeited and another draw will take place from the remaining entries
8. - Prize is subject to availability at the time of booking
9. - The prize does not include travel insurance, visa’s, spending money, room service, meals and accommodation transfers, departure, security and fuel surcharges or taxes, transportation, and any other costs of a personal nature not stated
10. - The stay cannot be taken between 28th April - 1st May or 20th June - 7th July
11. - Stay must be taken before 31st July 2011

catkins2

If you don't have a non prepaid credit Card You can't take the prize ?
Isn't it just to cover extras like Room Service ??

nervousftb_3

catkins2 wrote: »

If you don't have a non prepaid credit Card You can't take the prize ?
Isn't it just to cover extras like Room Service ??

yep, they'll take a swipe of your credit card when you arrive (but not charge you anything) so that they have a way of getting the money if you run up a huge room service bill/trash the room and then do a runner

therefore if you don't do this when you arrive at the hotel i'm guessing they wouldn't let you stay?

catkins2

Is this all hotels or just some hotels ? I stayed in a 4 star in Germany last year that I won and this wasn't needed.I have won another 4 Star hotel (Chain) stay for later this year and there is no mention of Credit Card required ??

Irina_Gem

This is a standard policy in 5 star hotels, the hotel i used to work in, would allow £200 in cash to be left with the reception if no credit cards could be provided, although this very rarely happened, other option would be to empty mini bar and block all outgoing calls - not all hotels can do that - but whats the problem with the providing cr card anyway?

catkins2

Irina_Gem wrote: »

This is a standard policy in 5 star hotels, the hotel i used to work in, would allow £200 in cash to be left with the reception if no credit cards could be provided, although this very rarely happened, other option would be to empty mini bar and block all outgoing calls - not all hotels can do that - but whats the problem with the providing cr card anyway?

Not everybody has non prepaid Credit Card facility although I understand that hotels will except US/Canadian prepaid secured credit card but not standard UK Prepaid Credit card because it's not really a credit card it's more like a debit card you can't hold the funds on it.As for the mini bar or even the hotel phone who ever uses those ??