Originally Posted by
titanzrule32
You can pay using a debit card for airfare and/or car rental, but for some reason, Hotwire views the payment of a hotel room via debit card as a violation of their terms. THIS may be the fraudulent activity they are referring to...
Not sure that is what it says - it says at check-in debit cards may not be accepted (most likely says the same thing with rental cars).
They will take a debit card, but cannot guarentee that the hotel will for incidentals.