Originally Posted by
BKKLEE
T&Cs: Marriott GiftCards may be used at participating JW Marriott® , EDITION®, Autograph Collection® Hotels, Renaissance® Hotels, AC Hotels by Marriott (SM), Marriott Hotels & Resorts®, Courtyard®, SpringHill Suites®, Fairfield Inn & Suites®, Residence Inn®, TownePlace Suites®, Gaylord Hotels® and Marriott Vacation Club® and participating hotel outlets: retail, spa, golf and food and beverage.
That is the standard verbiage used with other service options as well. When there are no exclusions, it means that all of the brands listed participate. If you can find a list of non-participating properties, please share the link and I'll add it. Otherwise, any property that is one of the aforementioned brands is, by definition, participating, and if they tell you otherwise, they're incorrect. Give your GC info and politely tell them to charge it when they have the time, and walk. If they screw you, corporate will resolve later and you can often get compensation out of it.
Originally Posted by
BKKLEE
Innkeeper laws not only vary by state, but by country as well. Next time you're in (say) Russia and they won't accept your GC try walking out the door (before and/or after you're arrested)!!!!!!!! See how far you get complaining to the local fuzz and/or the US Consulate (who couldn't give a damn) after your passport is held until cash payment is made..........
Irrelevant. Marriott is a US-based corporation and you can bet there's be an international uproar if Marriott employees were conspiring to help falsely imprison customers. It's not about the local police; it's about what the Marriott employee does. This wouldn't be an issue related just to GC use, but to any issue. In all Marriott properties, regardless of country, you've already authorized valid payment before you've checked in. Local law variations don't alter that fact.
Originally Posted by
BKKLEE
And, by the way, unless the individual prop you're walking from is one of the few actually owned by Marriott you would not be defrauding Marriott but the actual owners of the prop.............
All hotels mentioned as participating brands are under the Marriott corporate umbrella.