when do they charge your card for resort ressies?

[jann1033]

we are going for a few days the end of Aug and since it's less than 30 days out, they want the deposit right away over the phone...I 'll be paying cash for the trip but wonder if i can put it on a charge card just to hold it then pay once we get there with cash .( just in case our plans change again, i'd rather not have a charge i have to hope gets reversed right.). i know most hotels don't put the charge through till you get there but then Disney is not "most hotels"... so anyone know when they actually charge through your deposit?

 

[SnackyStacky]

In January of 2003, our flight was cancelled, and I called CRO from the airport for a hotel room for that night. We booked POFQ, and they took my credit card, and I THOUGHT they'd charged it.

But when I got to the hotel, they took my card again. I told them I didn't want charging privleges, but he told me that he was putting through the balance. I told him I'd given my credit card to the agent on the phone, and he told me that it was just to guarantee the room, and that I had NOT been charged.

That was my experience!

I'll put this on Resorts for you. You'll probably get better answers there.

 

[GeekChic]

my experience has always been that they guarantee the room with the credit card (meaning that if you don't show up they charge you for the first night) but they don't actually charge your stay until you check in.

The exception to this is if you put the deposit on your credit card, then they charge that amount right away. That deposit is equal to one night's stay.

But deposit issue aside; you can show up and pay the amount owed in cash if you choose; they dont' charge the amount of your stay until you check in.

hope that helps!
geek

 

[jann1033]

thanks is was specifically the deposit i wondered about.