Originally Posted by ChrisR
Has anyone here booked a room at a luxury hotel via debit card - or (GASP!) paid with cash? Obviously, I would not expect a 5 star hotel to put you up in a room for the "promise to pay" in cash, but with hotel and rental agencies so picky about debit cards these days, I wondered if it was possible to reserve with debit and pay with cash on checkout?
Debit cards work fine if they have the Mastercard or Visa logo on them. Paying in cash works still too. It just requires a cash deposit.
It's not so rare for people to pay in cash at higher end hotels. I've done it myself.