Originally Posted by
adhiren
Is there a Marriot-wide policy on how hotels should be dealing with deposits for incidentals, etc?
No. Every property has wide latitude to within reason do/authorize what they want and why shouldn't they? At the end of the day, it's not Marriott's hotel, it's XYZ franchisee's hotel. Processes and amounts are 100% up to the mangement company or local management.