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Jean-F

Jean-F

Jean-F

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A friend of my brother-in-law just called him from Manchester, to tell him that he’d gone up there to watch Rochdale v Millwall tonight, but could not get booked into a hotel by paying cash, apparently they insisted on ID, I asked my b-in-law if his friend had a Debit or Credit Card, he said no.
I can’t imagine a 55 y.o. Londoner not having a CC, but I also can’t see why 5 hotels would decline his cash custom, he’s hardly a teenage chav, even if he does follow Millwall.
What is so obvious that I must have missed?
 
Most places do this these days. These places do accept cash but require you to still swipe your card to cover any additional charges in case you decide you needn't pay them due to damages, swiped towels, smoking in the room or anything charged to the room such as drinks/food.
 
I would assume this is down to them wanting security should you puke all over the bed and **** on the curtains and then vanish without a trace in the morning. I guess larger cheap chains are proportionally more worried about such damage.
 
Oh, give them the most negative feedback in Booking.com.
Maybe someone of their managers with more brainz would notice that something from their side is wrong :D
 
4K8KW10 said:
Oh, give them the most negative feedback in Booking.com.
Maybe someone of their managers with more brainz would notice that something from their side is wrong :D
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Nothing on the hotels side is wrong in this instance..

In almost every 4 and 5 star hotel i have ever worked in if you didnt give up a swipe of your CC / debit card at check in, then you didnt get in simple as that.

Imagine this someone pays cash to get a room, goes up and drinks everything in the mini bar then takes a dump in the middle of the bed and then walks out of the hotel
without a cc / debit card the hotel has lost all that money for refill mini bar and the bed cleaning....

{and yes i have had that happen in a hotel i worked at}
 
I booked at a Sheraton hotel using the work card. When I got there they asked for it and wouldn't let me check in without the card used to pay for the booking. As a result they reimbursed the work card and I had to pay on mine.
 
Its usual practice they take the card for a holding deposit some hotels i've stayed at will actually take a temporary charge on the card and refund it where others just want the card on file just in case
 
Rincewindle said:
Nothing on the hotels side is wrong in this instance..

In almost every 4 and 5 star hotel i have ever worked in if you didnt give up a swipe of your CC / debit card at check in, then you didnt get in simple as that.

Imagine this someone pays cash to get a room, goes up and drinks everything in the mini bar then takes a dump in the middle of the bed and then walks out of the hotel
without a cc / debit card the hotel has lost all that money for refill mini bar and the bed cleaning....

{and yes i have had that happen in a hotel i worked at}
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You are also right.
Just forgot how complicated business is the hotels business... :rolleyes:
 
peterwalkley said:
He's from South of the river ?
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You’ve got some front peter, coming from the Wirral, and casting aspersions on a guy from Bermondsey!
No, the security aspect makes perfect sense, and is completely understandable and acceptable to me.
What I can’t get over, is how someone can manage to get through everyday life in 2018, and not have a CC.
Makes you wonder if he even has a bank account, sure, I know having one isn’t mandatory, but it must be unusual.
 
Not absolutely correct.

First is that employees always sign documents in which they explicitly agree that their salaries had to go to banking accounts, thus not paid in cash.
Second, if one's salary is high enough, and they have the debit card, they won't need a CC at all.
Third, security measures can be enforced with passports or another identity document.
Hotels shouldn't require banking cards at all. If they want additional security deposit, just take more cash, what's so wrong with this system?
 
4K8KW10 said:
Not absolutely correct.

First is that employees always sign documents in which they explicitly agree that their salaries had to go to banking accounts, thus not paid in cash.
Second, if one's salary is high enough, and they have the debit card, they won't need a CC at all.
Third, security measures can be enforced with passports or another identity document.
Hotels shouldn't require banking cards at all. If they want additional security deposit, just take more cash, what's so wrong with this system?
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it's the same system that Hotels operate from all over the World :confused:

If the Hotel were to take a cash deposit, how much would they take to cover possible damages? £100? £200? £1000? A CC / debit is just easier for everyone involved.
 
I think 100-200 should suffice. The real question is how often hotels do need these end measures. Do guests really so often damage their rooms/apartaments?

The system is not the same from country to country.
I see hotels that prefer cash only payments, some other hotels may prefer cashless payments.
 
4K8KW10 said:
Second, if one's salary is high enough, and they have the debit card, they won't need a CC at all.
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This is just pure nonsense. I earn a very decent wage and still have a CC as you get more consumer protection when paying with one. Far more than you get from a debit card.
 
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