{"id":5936,"date":"2023-08-21T08:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T01:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farparents.com\/?p=5936"},"modified":"2024-09-27T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T06:46:17","slug":"deposit-at-hotel-why-do-i-have-to-pay-for-it-while-checking-in-at-the-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farparents.com\/?p=5936","title":{"rendered":"Deposit at hotel\/ why do I have to pay for it while checking in at the hotel? [farparents tip]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div id=\"gap-82451235\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-82451235 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>If you travel many times you are already similar to whenever you check in at any hotel,<\/p>\n<p>the receptionist will deposit the money from your credit card.<\/p>\n<p>It accounts normally ca. 10000 &#8211; 20000 Bath here in Samui. They are many guests who are confused about this matter<\/p>\n<p>\u201c what for do I just pay even though I haven\u2019t bought anything new from the Hotel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Just blocking\/not settle<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let me clarify, that this amount of deposit is not the charge from your bank account but just block the money in your account for 10000 &#8211; 20000.<\/p>\n<p>To make sure that the guests will have money to pay all their bills that they are going to many services in the hotel when they check out the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Like Massage, Bar, and Transfer. That means if you haven\u2019t bought any service in the hotel during your stay at the hotel, you will get all your deposit money back.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>when will you get your money back<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Actually, when the hotel makes the deposit from your bank account, this money still is in your account.<\/p>\n<p>But you just cannot use it until the hotel unlocks it again (it happens when you check out).<\/p>\n<p>Normally it should last about 2 weeks after check out to unlock this amount of money.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You can pay your bills in the hotel with cash instead<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Thailand, we use the Thai Bath currency, but the deposit will block your money in your domestic currency.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you come from the EU using the currency Euro (\u20ac). And the hotel makes the deposit for 20000 Bath.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But your money in your Conto will be blocked within Euro.<\/p>\n<p>The question is how much Euro will your money in Euro be blocked?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s take an example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You are now sitting at the reception arranging the hotel check-in<\/p>\n<p>The receptionist asks you: Sir we do need to make a deposit payment<\/p>\n<p>And you say hey wait why do I have to pay now?<\/p>\n<p>The receptionist then explain you like above I described<\/p>\n<p>You say: ok ok with not 100% understanding<\/p>\n<p>You give your credit card to her<\/p>\n<p>She says thank you sir here your card back<\/p>\n<p>Now your account was blocked for a particular amount of 20,000 Bath<\/p>\n<p>The question is will you receive your 20,000 back?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is yes IF you pay every with cash during your stay. \u00a0If not, the bills will charge to your 20,000 deposit directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now how much does 20,000 Bath account for Euro<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I would say about 750\u20ac. And you say wait\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>20000 Bath converting to 750\u20ac<\/p>\n<p>(as your hotel rate is slightly lower than the normal rate to compensate the service makes you being convenient)<\/p>\n<p>When you make a check out from the hotel, they will charge all bills from your deposit money directly<\/p>\n<p>and your account will be charged in euros.<\/p>\n<p>Please don\u2019t blame your hotel to disturb you at the check-in, that is very normal. It happens in almost every hotel, even in your homeland.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, all bills in the hotel will charge to you in Thai Bath. You just pay all of it also in Thai Bath.<\/p>\n<p>And receive your full amount of deposit back in a few weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-issues-with-hotel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Deposit at hotel\/ why do I have to pay for it while checking in at the hotel? 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