Originally Posted by
easygoer
Jiejie:
Many thanks for allowing the new thread and the knowlegde you brought to helping me deal with this situation and I learned that cash should be more preferable to be used in a budget hotel, I will always do that in the future tks
But could you also tell me is it Ok to put a signature on the blank cc slip that they swiped upon check-in, though it is as a block but I feel that I already gave my authorization to them to legitimately charge me on my cc or should I worry about that? as I remember they did it to me in 2010 at a 4* hotel
is it possible to decline the signature ? or if you were in that situation would you sign it?
Thank you very much in advance!
Well, it's not up to me to "allow" a new thread
, so you feel free to post one when you feel the situation warrants! The China forum is used to getting questions on how to do procedures for various travel tasks that might be routine elsewhere, so ask away when the spirit moves you.
On the signature question, yes it's OK to sign the deposit authorization slip. Typically Chinese hotels consider this more like a "security deposit" you'd pay for an apartment--it's to cover potential damage or missing items, or incidentals such as minibar, laundry, etc. They usually want payment for the basic room charges separately and up front, whether cash or credit card. When you check out, ask for the slip back--they'll give it all to you and if carbon slips (about 90% of what I see), will return all copies. Just hang onto until a few months of statements have come in and confirm no charges have been made.
And as said above, allow about 10 minutes to check out, as the front desk will call up to housekeeping to send somebody to the room to do a check for missing/damaged items, before they'll release the deposit and complete your checkout.