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In my experience paying a deposit when checking in, even when you've already paid for the room, is very common. The deposit is to cover things like room service
by fredophile 7y ago
In my experience paying a deposit when checking in, even when you've already paid for the room, is very common. The deposit is to cover things like room service charges, use of the mini bar, etc. If you don't use it then they cancel it with your credit card company and you don't actually get charged. Having said that, £150 is definitely a bigger deposit than I would expect and only taking mastercard is unusual.
- ptha 7y agoI noticed this for a few hotels when traveling to New Zealand recently, a few hotels required a $100-200 deposit - in cash only. As I'd been using a Revolut card for purchases and it was near the end of the holiday so I didn't want to have to try to spend the deposit before returning home, I simply went with a different hotel that didn't have this condition (it was clearly stated on their booking.com page). I don't know if they'd had problems with stag nights in the past with people leaving a mess...