Originally Posted by Condition One
A friend was talking to me about credit card holds when you check into a hotel. I guess when the hotel swipes your credit card, they place a hold on the lodging amount PLUS an estimated daily incidental expense for hotel dining, room movies, etc.
While I knew about the holds, does anybody know the average hold per night (in addition to lodging) at Hilton chains? For example, while staying at the HHV, would it be lodging plus say, $250/night? And would it vary among the Hilton family (i.e. Hilton vs. Hampton Inn)?
I have also wondered about this and at one point started monitoring the holds to see if I could detect a pattern. IIRC, held amount is lodging plus some percentage that varies by hotel. At most Hilton, again IIRC, it seemed like 20%. Obviously, YMMV.