Hotel bonds on Credit Card

chanz4

stayed in a hotel myself for months, never once been charged

chattychappy

redpete wrote: »

I stay in hotels or business on average every other week and have done for some time. Many of the hotels take pre-authorisation on the CC but none of them have ever taken any money on this pre-auth after I've checked out (or in fact ever).

My experience too and I don't like it. It particularly annoys me if I'm a regular or have one of the so-called VIP cards. As you say, never had a problem though.

zagfles wrote: »

I've never signed any such document, nor been asked to, and I've stayed in a lot of hotels. I sometimes get asked for pre-authorisation but not usually, and they are nearly always OK if you refuse, I just say I'll pay for stuff in cash and not charge to my room (note this is different to reserving the room in advance, where they can charge you for the first night if you don't turn up).
Car hire companies are a different kettle of fish... they will nearly always have a term stating they can charge the payment card for any damage etc.

Ditto here. In hotel check-in situations where there's any suggestion of T+Cs or skuldugery, I'll annotate what I sign by either "not to exceed ..." or "no charge without further consent" or somesuch. The receptionists just let it through. More difficult with PINs being used.

This topic came up recently in:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5056338

zagfles

chattychappy wrote: »

My experience too and I don't like it. It particularly annoys me if I'm a regular or have one of the so-called VIP cards. As you say, never had a problem though.



Ditto here. In hotel check-in situations where there's any suggestion of T+Cs or skuldugery, I'll annotate what I sign by either "not to exceed ..." or "no charge without further consent" or somesuch. The receptionists just let it through. More difficult with PINs being used.

This topic came up recently in:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5056338

There rarely is anyway IME. Registration cards often don't need a signature, and even where they do I've never know any "by signing this you agree to T&Cs" etc type thing on it.

I've not even known any online hotel T&Cs stating they will charge the payment card for incidentals, damage etc.

LplateSaver

InsideInsurance wrote: »

So are you suggesting that the poster who says that all hotels make up reasons to bill you for things because they've got you over a barrel by having your card details actually just consistently runs from their bar bill? :huh:

No one was questioning what its for, the discussion was if its abused by hotels.

Certainly my experience is that it isnt, I have had only one occasion where I've been billed an additional amount after checkout and that was over "confusion" about the free bottled water in the room

The OP never mentioned abuse, they didnt understand what a preauth was. They didn't understand if it was frozen or charged. I explained it would be frozen (often for longer than people like) and the circumstances in which it would be charged of which there are a lot more than I listed, guest didn't know wifi wasn't free, Expedia booking comes through without the company name etc.