Booking a Hotel without a card??

[Chris_w666]

Is it possible to book a hotel without a CC or DC and pay cash when you get there?

I wanted to book something for Sunday and Monday night and just pay cash when I get there but I have cancelled all my cards due to some dodgy online fraud I was vicitim of last weekend and no replacements have yet landed. Any ideas?

[illmonkey]

I'm sure its a case of, some will say yes, some will say no.

I cant see an issue if you pay cash when you arrive.

[CosmicMatt]

Sorry mate I can't help here.

I had the problem a while back having only a debit card. Credit cards are a no, no for me.

I had to use a siblings card to reserve the room and pay cash when I got there. Perhaps an idea?

[Dan 80]

I have just booked a room at a Holiday Inn online - I did have to give a credit card number but this was only if I didn't turn up they could put the cancellation charge on there. No money has been debited from the card as I intend to pay cash when I get there as well so if a friend or family trust you enough you could use their card to book and pay cash when you arrive...

Hope this helps..

[Jimbeaux]

Many hotels will allow one to book with no card; however, it won't be guaranteed past 5 or 6 PM.

[defblade]

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[paoloh]

CosmicMatt said:

Sorry mate I can't help here.

I had the problem a while back having only a debit card. Credit cards are a no, no for me.

I had to use a siblings card to reserve the room and pay cash when I got there. Perhaps an idea?

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[thehawk]

You can book without a card on the Accor hotels website for any of their properties, it won't be guarateed if you arrive after 6pm though. However you can guarantee the booking by entering a valid card number, maybe even 16 random digits.

Anyway there are loads of debit/travel cards around that you could use if you can't/don't/won't use a credit card.