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which is in fact a massive pain in the ass, because car rentals and hotels often require credit cards to make reservations (at least in my experience...)
by tomp 3mo ago
which is in fact a massive pain in the ass, because car rentals and hotels often require credit cards to make reservations (at least in my experience...)
- verzali 3mo agoI've almost always found a debit card works in those cases.
- jakub_g 3mo agoI've heard stories like "fine, we'll take your debit card, but only if you also pay a non-reimboursable $$$ deposit in cash" for car rental. (Mostly in central/eastern Europe.) (From what I was told, the thing in favor of a credit card is that the rental agency can put a hold on the security deposit for much longer than on a debit card: a few weeks vs a few days).
- everfrustrated 3mo agoCustom in Europe - where debit cards are the most common - is to settle the hotel bill on check-in.
- egorfine 3mo agoObviously. Because why would a rental company turn down > 90% of the customers?