leaving a credit card at onsite hotels

[Candice30]

do you have to leave a credit card on file at the universal resorts? i just stayed at disney in august and they only required a credit card or cash deposit if i wanted charging priviledges on my room key. is it the same at universal? also, has anyone ever left their debit card? any problems with that?

 

[SpideyHulk24]

You can put a debit card down, but you have to specify how much they can put a hold on. Someone posted that this happened to them and a large amount was put on hold. Others have done it, but specified what should be put on hold. You can put cash down, but I don't know if they would allow charging priveleges.

 

[Eclpz314]

When we went in July, we were asked if we wanted charging privileges good throughout the parks during our stay. RPR had it divided into different increments....$100, $200, etc. We chose the $100 one just in case we decided on something big. The charge privilege was only activated on the adult room keys. I just looked at our room keys and there's nothing to identify them as such. I'm assuming that was for safety reasons. We would have had to show a credit card anyway in case they had to charge for any damages to the room, in-room bar use, etc. We had no problems with our credit card billing statement showing "accidental" charges from RPR.

 

[ktglads]

No, you do not have to leave a credit card on file if you do not want to at Universal. I had prepaid my rooms and ended up just having to pay the parking fees when checking out. This was in August of this year. I don't know if they would make you leave a card if you haven't fully paid.

 

[highlander447]

Thats good to know asa I do not intend to bring one this year to avoid over spending