I know that the max they can charge for a deposit is $100/night, but the individual hotels charge different amounts. My goal here is to gather information about each individual hotel for reference. If you have any info not listed here, please let me know so I can update the list. Here's what I've gathered so far from experience and forum threads:
Hilton: $50/night
Marriott: $50/night
Hyatt Place: $50/night
Saint Claire: $50/night
Fairmont: $100/night
Ramada: ?
Holiday Inn: ?
Radisson: ?
DoubleTree: ?
Awesome thread. You beat me to it!
Don't take my word for it, but if the Hyatt Place is anything like the Hyatt Regency, there's no deposit required.
I'll upload a censored scan of my previous mariott/hilton receipts.
Hilton, Marriot, and Fairmont are between $110-120/night. That's with the Fanime discount. For a three night stay (Friday-Monday) I was charged roughly $450 for a two bedded room last year at the Hilton. That's with tax and everything.
Just thought I'd point that out before you get people's hopes up. I've personally stayed at the Hilton and Fairmont and they're both pretty awesome.
Just thought I'd help.
EDIT: Here's a Screencap of my confirmation email from last year.
http://i45.tinypic.com/11uugrm.png
I still think that the basis of this thread is to gather deposit prices. That screencap would've been more beneficial in this thread
http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,17727.20.html (http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,17727.20.html)
I can post it there too. :)
I just booked a room at the Marriots next to the con center (with my credit card, not debit). The estimated total rate for my group is about $400. Is the deposit fee an additional charge, OR will it be a part of the total $400~ package?
Quote from: Xia on January 24, 2013, 01:24:13 PM
I just booked a room at the Marriots next to the con center (with my credit card, not debit). The estimated total rate for my group is about $400. Is the deposit fee an additional charge, OR will it be a part of the total $400~ package?
Deposit is an additional charge. With a credit card, the hotel puts a hold for the actual amount (the ~$400) and another hold for the deposit (in your case, $50/night). At check out, the actual amount is actually charged, and the deposit hold drops off after a couple days.
$50 at the marriot goes a lot better on my mind then $100.
Excellent.
Was lucky enough to get a Marriot room.
Those Hilton Rooms were gone in a flash...
Quote from: kookiekween99 on January 24, 2013, 01:35:14 PM
Quote from: Xia on January 24, 2013, 01:24:13 PM
I just booked a room at the Marriots next to the con center (with my credit card, not debit). The estimated total rate for my group is about $400. Is the deposit fee an additional charge, OR will it be a part of the total $400~ package?
Deposit is an additional charge. With a credit card, the hotel puts a hold for the actual amount (the ~$400) and another hold for the deposit (in your case, $50/night). At check out, the actual amount is actually charged, and the deposit hold drops off after a couple days.
That makes a lot more sense now. Thanks for answering! (And $50/night is a good deal)
Quote from: royjovero on January 22, 2013, 10:30:52 PM
Awesome thread. You beat me to it!
Don't take my word for it, but if the Hyatt Place is anything like the Hyatt Regency, there's no deposit required.
Saw in another thread someone claiming a $50/night deposit for Hyatt Place.
Yup, I saw that too. It's nice to see that the community is helping each other out in this regard.
Is there anyone who's stayed at the Saint Claire that can confirm the $50/night deposit? I'm only asking because I could of sworn my friend paid $100/night two years back, but maybe because they had a junior suite and not a normal room?
Quote from: DangerHeart on February 05, 2013, 12:46:26 PM
Is there anyone who's stayed at the Saint Claire that can confirm the $50/night deposit? I'm only asking because I could of sworn my friend paid $100/night two years back, but maybe because they had a junior suite and not a normal room?
My girlfriend and I stayed there last year, and I can confirm it was $50 a night! We had the deposit held on a different card than the one we paid with (we paid using half with cash, the other half with the card we reserved the room with), and had no problems at all regarding that~ <3
Hope that helps!
Quote from: Vasyenka on February 06, 2013, 03:15:00 AM
Quote from: DangerHeart on February 05, 2013, 12:46:26 PM
Is there anyone who's stayed at the Saint Claire that can confirm the $50/night deposit? I'm only asking because I could of sworn my friend paid $100/night two years back, but maybe because they had a junior suite and not a normal room?
My girlfriend and I stayed there last year, and I can confirm it was $50 a night! We had the deposit held on a different card than the one we paid with (we paid using half with cash, the other half with the card we reserved the room with), and had no problems at all regarding that~ <3
Hope that helps!
Thanks! Cash and card is what we do every year, works out better that way.
If anyone has experience from the DoubleTree last year for deposits that would be very helpful for me! I'm hosting 3 rooms (since i'm one of the best in my group of friends with planning) so I want to know just how large the hold on my card will be and if i'll end up needing to have one person per room put their card up for the deposit instead of me holding them all.
Quote from: stitchez on February 08, 2013, 01:50:21 AM
If anyone has experience from the DoubleTree last year for deposits that would be very helpful for me! I'm hosting 3 rooms (since i'm one of the best in my group of friends with planning) so I want to know just how large the hold on my card will be and if i'll end up needing to have one person per room put their card up for the deposit instead of me holding them all.
Ended up calling myself. They said it was only $25 a night because they lowered the rate?
For deposits, I highly recommend using an actual credit card, not a bank debit card or prepaid card. Charges and holds on credit cards can be reversed and adjusted almost immediately, or after 1-2 business days. Debit cards usually take about a week or more because they take money out then put it back in. I hardly see hotels take cash deposits without any sort of card on file.
Quote from: Otakuya on April 23, 2013, 02:39:48 PM
For deposits, I highly recommend using an actual credit card, not a bank debit card or prepaid card. Charges and holds on credit cards can be reversed and adjusted almost immediately, or after 1-2 business days. Debit cards usually take about a week or more because they take money out then put it back in. I hardly see hotels take cash deposits without any sort of card on file.
Back when I reserved a room with my debit card, the charges were finalized 3-4 days after checkout. Really the drawback to debit for that is (until the security deposit is refunded after checkout when the charges are finalized), you're out the room charges plus the $50-$100/night they tacked on for security charges "just in case". It makes it so unless your checking account has some financial padding, you could be short on funds. But yes, for that reason it's best to use credit/cash, but not everyone has a credit card (seems they've become difficult to get the last few years if you're beginning), and not everyone is comfortable handling roughly $400 in cash at once. So while debit/prepaid is probably the third best choice in terms of deposits, for some it might be the best/easiest option.
The Hilton deposit is not $50 per night. It's the cost of one night's stay, plus tax, so if you have quad occupancy, it's $122.00 plus tax, but that's not per night, that deposit is for your stay.
Quote from: Freight on April 27, 2013, 08:28:41 AM
The Hilton deposit is not $50 per night. It's the cost of one night's stay, plus tax, so if you have quad occupancy, it's $122.00 plus tax, but that's not per night, that deposit is for your stay.
Did they change the deposit amount recently? Because up until last year their deposit WAS $50 per night of your stay. I might have to call them, since that amount is very different from how it was last year.
Quote from: SpiritOfKairi on April 27, 2013, 12:31:38 PM
Quote from: Freight on April 27, 2013, 08:28:41 AM
The Hilton deposit is not $50 per night. It's the cost of one night's stay, plus tax, so if you have quad occupancy, it's $122.00 plus tax, but that's not per night, that deposit is for your stay.
Did they change the deposit amount recently? Because up until last year their deposit WAS $50 per night of your stay. I might have to call them, since that amount is very different from how it was last year.
Actually, I had NO deposit at the Hilton last year. The fact that they have a deposit at all this year is technically new.
I called them directly after my waitlists were filled and I was moved to the Hilton. The lady in the Group Events and Sales department was very specific when we spoke yesterday.
Quote from: Freight on April 27, 2013, 02:33:57 PM
Quote from: SpiritOfKairi on April 27, 2013, 12:31:38 PM
Quote from: Freight on April 27, 2013, 08:28:41 AM
The Hilton deposit is not $50 per night. It's the cost of one night's stay, plus tax, so if you have quad occupancy, it's $122.00 plus tax, but that's not per night, that deposit is for your stay.
Did they change the deposit amount recently? Because up until last year their deposit WAS $50 per night of your stay. I might have to call them, since that amount is very different from how it was last year.
Actually, I had NO deposit at the Hilton last year. The fact that they have a deposit at all this year is technically new.
I called them directly after my waitlists were filled and I was moved to the Hilton. The lady in the Group Events and Sales department was very specific when we spoke yesterday.
Really now? Okay, well then they did change it. All I know is last year the room was on my debit card, and they DID take a deposit for $50 per night. Maybe you used a credit card or cash, and that's why they didn't take a deposit since their policy is different with those methods of payment. With those they don't take the deposit unless the room has issues at checkout.
Yeah, I put down a credit card. My understanding at the front desk was that there was no hold, they just needed it for incidentals and a backup payment. I've stopped using debit cards because of hold rules and the varying times of getting the holds taken off. I either use a credit card or cash since 2002.
Quote from: Freight on April 27, 2013, 08:40:42 PM
Yeah, I put down a credit card. My understanding at the front desk was that there was no hold, they just needed it for incidentals and a backup payment. I've stopped using debit cards because of hold rules and the varying times of getting the holds taken off. I either use a credit card or cash since 2002.
Makes complete sense. I had to use debit from 2008-2012 because I didn't have a credit card yet, and I was always the only one available to book the room. This year though, despite the fact that I do have credit now, I was busy working when housing went live, so my roommate had to do it their their debit card since they don't have credit yet. I've offered to call housing and put it on my card instead so they don't get hit with the upfront deposit hold, but they don't mind it so oh well.
Pretty sure DoubleTree's deposit is one night's room & tax as well.