Hotels going cashless (i.e., refusing cash payment) & implications of refusing cash
Mar 6, 2018, 1:00 pm
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I love the conspiracy/post-apocalyptic vibe of this thread. 
Forget about paying in cash: I want my hotel brand to accept ammo, whiskey, and fresh game as payment.
But still give me hotel points.
Forget about paying in cash: I want my hotel brand to accept ammo, whiskey, and fresh game as payment.
But still give me hotel points.
Mar 7, 2018, 4:14 pm
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I think the move toward cashless society is a move toward eventual acceptance of the Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-18; Revelation 14:9-11)
Mar 8, 2018, 4:09 am
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Governments and others trying to control people via cutting off a target’s electronic financial transactions is also neither post-apocalyptic nor a conspiracy theory.
An economic hit or other economic-related problems due to being cut off from electronic financial transactions is also neither post-apocalyptic nor a conspiracy theory.
Governments and others spying upon targets (i.e., individuals, groups, communities, a country) via loyalty program transactions isn’t post-apocalyptic nor a conspiracy theory; but targets being controlled or otherwise restricted via loyalty program points isn’t as easily and broadly effective as targets being cut off from electronic financial transaction facilities.
But since this is about hotels going cashless, one of the implications of hotels going cashless is that it may become harder to get all the hotel points for at-property spend than used to be the case. Note that for some hotels, hotels going cashless may mean that hotel restaurant meals and some other on-site services previously chargeable to the guest room may no longer be added to the hotel room folio. And yes, I would want those transactions to still as easily result in hotel points for me as they used to do before some of these properties went cash-less.
Mar 8, 2018, 5:10 pm
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Seriously. I'm surprised there aren't more complaints in this thread about hotels not accepting gold bullion or gemstones either.
Apr 27, 2018, 8:10 am
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The majority of Nordic Choice hotels are card-only/cashless.
When even some airline ticketing locations in the US are going cashless, it’s probably only a matter of time until this no-cash approach spreads to US hotels too.
When even some airline ticketing locations in the US are going cashless, it’s probably only a matter of time until this no-cash approach spreads to US hotels too.
Apr 27, 2018, 10:07 am
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Refusing cash is a good way to keep the riff raff out. People who don't have credit cards or even debit cards are higher risk people.
I remember being in a terrible hotel years ago. It was the "Tulsa Select" hotel in Tulsa. They had a sign at the front desk: "Cash payments not accepted from Tulsa residents".
The reason is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals in general use cash only. By requiring them to use a CC or debit card, you are requiring them to leave a record of their identity and of their stay. This means the hotel won't turn as easily into a seedy base of operations for low-lifes.
I remember being in a terrible hotel years ago. It was the "Tulsa Select" hotel in Tulsa. They had a sign at the front desk: "Cash payments not accepted from Tulsa residents".
The reason is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals in general use cash only. By requiring them to use a CC or debit card, you are requiring them to leave a record of their identity and of their stay. This means the hotel won't turn as easily into a seedy base of operations for low-lifes.
Apr 28, 2018, 10:10 am
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Refusing cash is a good way to keep the riff raff out. People who don't have credit cards or even debit cards are higher risk people.
I remember being in a terrible hotel years ago. It was the "Tulsa Select" hotel in Tulsa. They had a sign at the front desk: "Cash payments not accepted from Tulsa residents".
The reason is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals in general use cash only. By requiring them to use a CC or debit card, you are requiring them to leave a record of their identity and of their stay. This means the hotel won't turn as easily into a seedy base of operations for low-lifes.
I remember being in a terrible hotel years ago. It was the "Tulsa Select" hotel in Tulsa. They had a sign at the front desk: "Cash payments not accepted from Tulsa residents".
The reason is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals in general use cash only. By requiring them to use a CC or debit card, you are requiring them to leave a record of their identity and of their stay. This means the hotel won't turn as easily into a seedy base of operations for low-lifes.
The fact is that all those questionable type of characters mentioned above can readily buy prepaid debit cards at stores or even self-service standalone kiosks. A record of their identity can be the same whether they are using cash or a bank card of sorts. Prepaid debit cards are issued by banks too.
And the fact is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals use credit cards too.
Apr 28, 2018, 10:49 am
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Refusing cash is a good way to keep the riff raff out. People who don't have credit cards or even debit cards are higher risk people.
I remember being in a terrible hotel years ago. It was the "Tulsa Select" hotel in Tulsa. They had a sign at the front desk: "Cash payments not accepted from Tulsa residents".
The reason is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals in general use cash only. By requiring them to use a CC or debit card, you are requiring them to leave a record of their identity and of their stay. This means the hotel won't turn as easily into a seedy base of operations for low-lifes.
I remember being in a terrible hotel years ago. It was the "Tulsa Select" hotel in Tulsa. They had a sign at the front desk: "Cash payments not accepted from Tulsa residents".
The reason is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals in general use cash only. By requiring them to use a CC or debit card, you are requiring them to leave a record of their identity and of their stay. This means the hotel won't turn as easily into a seedy base of operations for low-lifes.
As for your Tulsa example, any hotel with such a sign for such a purpose, is not a hotel I would be staying in with cash or with credit cards.
Apr 28, 2018, 10:50 am
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Wishful thinking above, aimed for an audience susceptible to paranoia and morality policing.
The fact is that all those questionable type of characters mentioned above can readily buy prepaid debit cards at stores or even self-service standalone kiosks. A record of their identity can be the same whether they are using cash or a bank card of sorts. Prepaid debit cards are issued by banks too.
And the fact is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals use credit cards too.
The fact is that all those questionable type of characters mentioned above can readily buy prepaid debit cards at stores or even self-service standalone kiosks. A record of their identity can be the same whether they are using cash or a bank card of sorts. Prepaid debit cards are issued by banks too.
And the fact is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals use credit cards too.
Apr 28, 2018, 11:02 am
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In most cases, I don't mind hotels going cashless. I'm more annoyed by the time I tried to spend the remaining amount of my foreign currency to pay for lounge access, only to be told that they only accept card payment.
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