This article discusses in detail various ways to book hotels without prepayment and a card. The reasons why a hotel administrator can block funds on your credit card and how to avoid this are described. Given step by step instructions with screenshots for booking hotels without payment or credit card.

Why does the hotel need your card details?

In most cases, the online system requires you to enter your bank card information to complete your hotel reservation. This is not surprising if a tourist plans to immediately prepay for accommodation. But Why do you need credit card information? if it happens hotel reservation without payment?

The fact is that hotels impose fines in case of no-show or late cancellation of a reservation. This information can be found on the online system website in the hotel room descriptions. As a rule, you can cancel your reservation without penalties a day or three before your expected arrival. At the time of booking a hotel without prepayment, the tourist accepts the cancellation conditions in accordance with the hotel policy.

In turn, the hotel has the right to have guarantees that in case of no-show the tourist will pay the cost of the fine. This guarantee can be obtained by saving data bank card(credit or debit) tourist.

If you are not yet strong in matters of hotel reservations, then I recommend first reading the general article: .

Who can benefit from hotels without prepayment?

A few examples when you may need to book hotels without prepayment:

• Visa. Many consulates require you to provide a hotel voucher. In this case, it is advisable to make a hotel reservation without paying for a visa.
• Fuzzy plans. I want to go on vacation, but I’m not sure that my boss will let me go.
• Lack of funds. There are situations when you need to urgently book a hotel room while there is a good choice, and salary is not coming soon.

If you intend to make a hotel reservation without payment through popular specialized platforms such as booking.com, agoda.com, roomguru.ru, hotellook.ru and others, you need to choose hotels with the following characteristics: “Free cancellation, pay later” or similar. Hotels without prepayment are most from the list proposed by the online system. In this case, without any debits, the reservation can be canceled 24-72 hours in advance (there are other requirements; you must first read the cancellation conditions). That is, there is no need to worry until this deadline.

What happens during the period when free cancellation is no longer possible:

• Money can not be withdrawn from the card; you must pay at the hotel upon receipt.
• Payment is made for one day or for the entire period of intended stay.

It all depends on the hotel and booking system. For example, Booking is inclined to the first option, and Agoda is inclined to the second. By the way, the latter accepts credit cards only.

How to book a hotel without prepayment:

1. We switch to one of the booking systems or a search engine. Let's say on agoda.com =>>
2. In the search window, fill in the destination, dates, and number of guests.

1. We sort the results using the horizontal menu, and also set the necessary characteristics using filters in the left column.

1. We look through the generated list. We search for hotels using the phrase “Free cancellation, pay later.” The “free cancellation” filter is only available on the hotellook.ru search engine. On other platforms, selection occurs visually.

1. We select a hotel and proceed to booking. Once again we make sure that we are satisfied cancellation conditions And payment period.

1. Fill in the required fields and enter your bank card details. Once we complete your booking, an email with a voucher will be sent to your email address.

⚠ Important to know! Unfortunately, this method of booking a hotel does not require prepayment. does not provide a full guarantee that no actions will occur with your bank card. To check the solvency of a future guest, some hotels may block funds on the map. This procedure is called pre-authorization (or Hold). The amounts vary: a dollar, the price of one night, and the entire cost of the reservation. In this case, the money is not physically written off, but it will be impossible to use it until it is unlocked. In turn, the banking system is designed in such a way that the lock is automatically released in about 30 days(depending on the bank). Owners credit cards may not feel this discomfort, since potentially borrowed funds are blocked, and this process does not entail the accrual of interest, since no write-off actually occurs. But debit card holders can find themselves in a difficult situation when they get blocked from the amount they were hoping to use while traveling. Blocked in cash You can’t even pay at the hotel, which is what started all the fuss.

For example, a tourist booked a hotel without prepayment in Nice for two weeks for 1000 €. The hotel administrator verified his debit card, pre-authorizing the entire amount. The bank, in turn, did not remove the block manually, and automatic cancellation will occur only in a month. Let’s say a tourist flies out on vacation in a week, and after another two, he checks out of the hotel. But the money with which he planned to pay is still blocked, since only 21 days have passed. It’s good if the vacationer has sufficient cash reserves. What if he is not there at the end of the vacation?

One good thing is that such cases do not happen often. But you need to know about them and be prepared for such a situation. Hotel booking without prepayment guaranteed can only give a hotel reservation option without a bank card.

When is it useful to book hotels without a card?

A few examples of reasons why you may need to book a hotel without a card:

• 100% no blocking . If necessary, unconditionally receive a hotel reservation without payment and blocking a bank card (credit or debit).
• The card is about to expire . If your bank card expires at the time of check-out, your reservation may be denied.
• Card type is not suitable . Sometimes the simplest (non-embossed) Visa Electron and MasterCard Maestro cards are not suitable for booking.
• No map at all .

I found 3 ways to make a hotel reservation without a credit card. Let's look at each of them in detail.

Hotel reservation without credit card viabooking. com

Unfortunately, everyone’s favorite booking did not provide special filters to automatically select hotels without paying by credit card. However, this can be done in other ways:

• By manual search.
• In a tricky way.

Manual method

1. Go to booking.com =>>
2. Fill out the form: city, dates, number of guests.

1. Let's sort and filter the results according to the necessary parameters.

1. Scrolling through the results, visually look for the phrase “You can make a hotel reservation without a credit card.”

1. Having decided on a hotel, select a room and proceed to booking.

1. Fill in the required information. Be sure to check the box next to “Ability to change reservations online.” Click “Continue”.

1. Fill in the latest information: country of residence and phone number. No credit card details are required to make a hotel reservation.

1. Within a few minutes the voucher will be sent to your email. It will need to be presented in paper or electronic form when checking into the hotel.

Tricky way

1. We repeat points 1-2 of the previous section.
2. We go to any hotel from the proposed list and simulate a reservation (steps 5-6).
3. When you need credit or debit card information, click on the “No card?” icon.

1. In a pop-up window, information appears about why a bank card is needed when booking a hotel, and below it offers options for hotels that can be booked without a credit card. The absence of such a list means that you cannot book hotels in a given area without a map through booking. Then the methods described below will be useful to us (they are much simpler).

1. We go to the proposed hotels, make a choice and complete the reservation, as described in previous paragraphs 5-8.

The easy way. Update dated July 25, 2016

Recently, Booking has expanded its functionality and now includes filters for booking rooms without cards and prepayments.

Hotel reservation without card payment through domestic online booking sites

One of the most convenient options– is to use domestic systems online booking: hotels.ru, oktogo.ru, ostrovok.ru. The search on these sites is identical, so let’s look at booking a hotel without a credit card and prepayment using one of them as an example.

1. Go to the website hotels.ru =>>
2. As usual, fill in the destination, arrival/departure dates, number of guests, and click “Find hotels.”

1. A column with various filters will appear on the left. Find the “Payment” filter and select the “Do not require a bank card” option. In our example (Haapsalu, Estonia), there were 19 hotels out of 34 that did not require a card to book.

1. We select a hotel and proceed to registration, be sure to fill out your first name, last name, e-mail, phone number, country and city of residence. Additionally, you can enter the name of the second guest (if there is one). This may be required if you need to provide a voucher for a visa.

1. When you confirm your reservation (the “book” button), you will receive an email with a voucher. You can print it out for your visa. For a hotel, it is not necessary to provide a printed form; an electronic file is quite suitable (the main thing is not to forget to save it to your mobile device).

You can change or cancel your reservation at Hotels Ru via Personal Area=> “My bookings” section => “Orders” tab.

Find the required reservation and click the “Reservation Details” button. A window will open where you can cancel or make changes.

Hotels.ru presents more than 877 thousand hotels in 225 countries (its own database, as well as the database of the Expedia system). Good help for Booking, which has slightly lower figures: 855 thousand hotels in 223 countries.

Make a hotel reservation without a map through the metasearch engine hotellook.ru

Now I will tell you about the most universal way to book hotels without a card - search through the hotellook aggregator.

1. Go to the website hotellook.ru =>>
2. In the search form, fill in the destination, arrival and departure dates, and number of people. By the way, you can fill it out here too.

1. In the top horizontal menu above the issue, find the “additional” item and select the “without card” option.

1. Using the sorting of the second horizontal menu, we select hotels.

Do you know why I like this method of booking a hotel without a card the most? Because the hotellook search engine displays results from oktogo, ostrovok, and booking, as well as other online booking systems (except hotels.ru, which we looked at before). It defines the option “hotel booking without a card” for any of the given hotel platforms.

Example. Let's say a certain hotel "X" onostrovok you can book without a card, but onbookingAndoktogo- No. At the same time, the hotelY» on Booking is displayed with the status “card not required”, but other platforms do not have such a function for this hotel. Hotelluk will also show the hotel "X", and the hotel "Y", at the same time displaying prices for other online booking systems.

It turns out that the search engine finds the maximum number of possible hotel booking offers without a map. All that remains is to select a hotel from the proposed list and go directly from Hotellook to the selected option on any platform.

If you know other ways to book a hotel without a credit card and prepayment, share them in the comments - this information may be useful to other users. Your experience with a hotel blocking money on your card will also be interesting.

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You will need

• - computer;
• - Internet access;
• - documents of all passengers;
• - bank card (may not be required).

Instructions

Go to the airline's website. In the proposed form, enter the departure and destination and the date of departure, whether you are flying one way or round trip (in the second option, you will also need to indicate the date of return), the number of adults, people of retirement age and one or another age category among passengers. In most cases, all the necessary parameters can be selected from the drop-down list and/or entered manually. When everything is ready, by pressing the appropriate button, instruct the system to search for options.

From the options offered, choose the one that suits you best based on departure date and time, price, and fare conditions. The latter can be read by clicking on the appropriate link. Be sure to do this before making any decisions. The fare conditions may include, among other things, restrictions on the payment period after booking. Some, usually fares require immediate redemption of the ticket. In this case, you will need a bank account.

On the next page, enter the names and passport details (or details of the child’s birth certificate) - number and series - of all passengers. Treat this with the utmost attention: if there is the slightest mistake, the person will not be able to take anything booked tickets, neither sit in nor return the ticket.
When everything is ready, move on to the next step.

The system will request your bank card information. Enter all the required information and move on.

If you prefer to visit the airline, ticket office or travel agency in person, take all passengers' documents with you. Tell the operator all your wishes regarding the future flight: from where, where and when you are flying, one way or back, the number of passengers, how many children and what age and pensioners among them, the preferred class of service (economy, business, first, premium etc.), wishes regarding price and other essential conditions of the tariff. Make your choice from the options offered by the operator. He will do everything necessary and give you a confirmation of your reservation. It may be needed, for example, when applying for a visa.

If booking by phone, call the correct number for the airline or other organization providing such a service. Tell the operator everything important information regarding the flight, as with a personal visit to the ticket office. Listen to the proposed options, choose the most suitable one.
Then dictate to the operator the names and passport details of all passengers. Make sure that he has recorded them correctly (usually the interlocutor himself suggests doing this). Next, listen and remember or write down the instructions for further actions to buy tickets and cancel your reservation.
To confirm it and redeem tickets, you will have to visit the office of the company through which the telephone reservation was made.

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Any traveler planning a trip wants to save money. Booking is one of the ways to save money. In addition, by booking a ticket or a hotel room, you can be sure that they will be assigned to you.

Instructions

The booking process is simple. Go to any sales website and register on it. Then enter the points of departure and arrival (destination), select the date, time, airline and click “book”. On this page you will need to enter passenger details, delivery method and place. After this, the company's managers contact you and clarify payment methods and the time when you will pay.

For those who are not particularly experienced in flying, let us remind you that there are 3 services: first, -class and economy. But not everyone knows about booking classes. These classes are distinguished by the ability to change the flight schedule of the ticket and many other possibilities. Thus, passengers who paid different amounts for one ticket can fly on an airplane in the same class of service. Moreover, the difference is significant. So a passenger who bought a ticket of booking class Y for $1,200 in economy class will be able to change the date of the flight throughout the year, fly on another airline, return part of the ticket, and so on. He can do all this without paying fines. He will be able to buy the ticket on the day of departure.

Tickets booked in V-Class will cost $400, but you will not be able to return the ticket or change the date without a penalty. At the same time, you can book a ticket no earlier than 2 months in advance, and redeem it no later than 3 days before departure.

A passenger who paid $300 can sit next to the previous two passengers in a seat. This is a T class reservation. There are even more restrictions here, but the most important thing is that you need to redeem the ticket on the day of the reservation. However, he will buy a ticket 4 times cheaper than a passenger with a class Y reservation. Needless to say, they will be treated exactly the same?

As for the booking rules, there are several general recommendations: 1. You need to book in advance to save money;2. Tickets that arrive on the night of Saturday to Sunday are cheaper; 3. Buy round trip tickets immediately. The savings will be more than a third of the cost. In addition, this will save you from unnecessary explanations with customs officers and other authorities monitoring visitors;4. The longer the interval between the date of departure and arrival (more than 30 days), the more expensive the tickets;5. As already mentioned, the cheaper the ticket, the lower the booking class, the greater the fines in case of changing the date or time of departure.

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Tip 3: How to book plane tickets online

E-ticket on airplane, also called E-ticket, is a way to book flights to almost any destination from the comfort of your home, right from your computer. You can choose a convenient flight, and then issue a ticket on the airline’s website at a time convenient for you. After booking is completed, you will need to pay for the ticket by credit card or electronic money.

You will need

• computer with internet
• credit card

Instructions

At this stage, check all entered data. Whether the ticket is in the right direction, the required dates, flights. Once you are sure that everything is correct, proceed to filling out the traveler information. Enter your full name, passport details, contact phone number and e-mail in the required fields. Check everything again. If you made a mistake with your passport details, you will not be able to make the flight. An error in the email address will result in you not receiving your ticket, it will be sent to the wrong address. All this can be fixed, but you will need to additionally contact support, and some changes, such as correcting an error in passport data, may cost money.

If everything is correct, proceed to payment, the booking system will offer you options to choose from. All airlines support the ability to pay with Visa or MasterCard; some accept cards of other formats. Some Russian carriers agree to pay by electronic money; some airlines even allow you to pay for tickets through electronic payment terminals, Svyaznoy or Euroset.

As soon as the purchase is paid for, you will immediately receive confirmation by email that your ticket has been issued; it will be attached to the letter. Print it out and present it at the reception. Some companies require a printed ticket, this happens on international flights. If the flight is domestic, then you can simply go to the counter with your passport, the ticket will be issued to you without any printouts, since all the information is stored in the airline’s database.

Internet included modern life getting stronger and stronger. Today, the World Wide Web has covered virtually all areas of human life. Tourism has not been left out either. It turns out that you can book a hotel in any part globe simple enough. To do this, you only need a credit card and access to the Internet.

Let's say you want to relax in Turkey, but certainly in the hotel where you stayed last year, and a travel company cannot provide you with such conditions. Or you simply do not want to commit yourself to mandatory programs with excursions, guides and other indispensable “pleasures”. This also happens quite often - many tourists want to spend their holidays being left to their own devices. In such situations, booking a hotel via the Internet seems to be the best solution.

In order to book your vacation accommodation online, you need to follow these steps:

First of all, you need to choose a suitable location. Perhaps you know in advance where you are going to move in, this will greatly simplify the task.

Next, you should fill out and submit an application on the hotel booking page. Some hotels can be booked directly on their official website, but more often this applies to those that are part of a chain or 5-star hotels.

Most hotels work with online booking systems. The most popular booking systems include booking.com. The application includes all the data necessary for check-in - the credit card number from which payment will be made, the category of the room (or rooms), as well as, of course, the date of arrival and departure. Some systems, immediately after filling out the application, issue a special voucher, which should be printed and presented at the reception upon arrival. In this case, you will not need to call the hotel and speak a foreign language, as many people imagine the procedure for booking on the Internet.

In some cases, after submitting an application for booking a room, a letter is sent to your email address containing all the necessary information about the reservation, as well as hotel details, including a phone number. By phone you contact the administration and make a request to confirm your reservation by fax. You must have this confirmation with you. Most often, it is required to obtain a visa, but if the country you are traveling to is visa-free, then the confirmation will be required to present to the border guards. This document must be printed on the hotel's letterhead. It contains passport data, as well as information about the prepayment made (on request) and the length of stay of tourists at the hotel.

It is very important to know that the reservation confirmation must come directly from the hotel and not from the reservation system. Otherwise, unpleasant delays may occur, and you will still have to contact the hotel, since embassy employees always require documents with its details.

Another significant point is how payment is made when booking online, and what cards should be used. In principle, a lot depends on the specific hotel and on the specific reservation system, but, nevertheless, some general rules and trends. Most often, you need to deposit a certain amount (usually from 10% to 50% of the total cost) upon receipt of confirmation. Some establishments require 100% advance payment. Full payment must be made within three days before check-in. Funds on a credit card, as a rule, are not written off, but blocked. Sometimes an amount equal to the fine for canceling a reservation is immediately blocked. IN different hotels fines vary in size. Most often it is equal to the cost of one day of accommodation. As for credit cards directly, it is best to use the Visa and Master Card systems, since they are serviced and accepted everywhere.

And the last one is very important point which many tourists forget about when planning their vacation. When booking online, you only pay for the hotel room. In addition, you will also need to book tickets and transfer from the airport to the hotel and back. Booking air tickets and organizing the delivery of tourists from the airport is always included in the package sold by the travel agency. Therefore, before you book yourself, consider whether the game is worth the candle.

Many people are concerned about the question of whether it is financially profitable to book a hotel via the Internet? There is no clear answer to this question. Much depends on the season and the country you are going to visit. As a rule, the cost of accommodation is somewhat cheaper than the price offered by travel companies. However, this is not an axiom. If you want to book a place in a Turkish hotel yourself at the height of the tourist season, it will cost much more than booking a tour through a travel agency. The only universal advice in this situation would be to make hotel reservations in advance. The closer the application date is to the arrival date, the more you will have to fork out.

The Airbnb service is suitable not only for tourists and active travelers, but also for homeowners who want to rent it out. Let's look at how to work with the site if you rent out housing.

Working with the Airbnb service begins with registration. On the main page, select the “Receive Guests” tab.

Let's start work. Register, accept the rules for using the service, and bind your phone number.

We will place the first advertisement for housing for rent:

Adding a property to Airbnb

Using the example of one apartment in Yekaterinburg, we will step by step analyze the process of adding your own apartment or house to the Airbnb website.

basic settings

Step 1. We indicate what we will rent. In my case, this is a house, an apartment. What will be available to guests? We choose “entire housing”. Although very popular in Europe separate room or a common room.

We indicate how many baths. If the apartment has a separate toilet, it is considered half the bathroom. In the Russian Federation this is not so developed, but in Europe the “guest toilet” is popular, i.e. separate toilet without shower.

Where the housing is located - indicate the address. Rest assured, only guests with a confirmed reservation will see the exact address of the apartment/house.

Indicate what amenities you offer - select from the list. Be careful! If you indicate something, but it is not in the apartment (for example, air conditioning or working Wifi), then there will be problems with guests.

Some hosts offer guests breakfast or dinner - this is not necessary, but it attracts more clients.

What facilities can guests use?

Step 2. Show the property, tell us about it. Upload photos of housing. Short description. Who is the housing suitable for? You can provide any additional information in the description below.

Enter the name of your ad, 60 characters available. Think about the headline and how to make your property stand out from its competitors.

Step 3. Prepare to receive guests.

We indicate our requirements for guests. There are standard requirements; in addition, you can request some of your own.

You can add “No bad ratings” and that the guest has already booked on Airbnb. In this way, you will protect yourself from inadequacy, but will lose newcomers to the site.

State house rules for guests. Is it possible to smoke, throw parties, bring pets, etc.

If guests break your rules (which they previously agreed to when booking), you can cancel your reservation online without penalty to you.

Next, we set up the booking calendar. How often do you want to receive guests? How many days in advance should guests notify you of arrival, what time of arrival. For Russia, it is better to issue an alert on the same day.

How far in advance can I book accommodation with you? Most offer up to 6 months. As a rule, people plan their vacation or business trip in advance.

How long can guests stay at your property?

When can you receive guests? Select dates when reservations are not available. If the apartment is not ready yet, just block your calendar for this month.

We set the price. The system automatically suggests average prices for your region. You can set up “smart prices”, i.e. the price will vary within a certain range depending on demand.

For the first guests, you can set a 20% discount for a review. You need this to attract your first clients.

Offer guests a discount who books for a long period of time. For example, for a week's stay, a 20% discount, for a month - 50%.

That's all! You can always edit all booking settings.

How does the booking work?

And Airbnb has 2 booking systems. Instant- standard option, as it was on the booking. The guest goes to the website, finds suitable accommodation and immediately books it.

Booking via request. The guest sends a reservation request to the host, the host reads it and can either confirm the request or cancel.

Last time Airbnb service transfers everyone to instant booking, because... It's more convenient for guests. And in return, the owners have the opportunity to cancel the reservation if you are not comfortable with it, and you will not be charged a fine.

The host can always change the requirements for the guest before booking.

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