What do Ctrip guarantee and advance payment mean? Do I need to pay the full amount in advance?

Guarantee Due to hotel practice, all hotels need to provide credit card guarantee in order to ensure the normal stay of guests. If the guest fails to check in as scheduled, all or part of the room fee will be deducted according to the reservation terms.

Generally speaking, the situations that need to provide guarantee are:

1, tourist season or hot spot;

2. Hotels during exhibitions or national holidays;

3. The retention time exceeds the hotel limit.

Credit card guarantee is a reservation method, not a payment method. You still need to pay at the front desk of the hotel.

The hotel reservation deposit is frozen, and the deduction is generally thawed within one month. If you are in China, you can call the hotel or Ctrip and ask to cancel the authorization immediately.

Prepayment means paying the hotel accommodation in advance, and then the room will be reserved for you.

The difference between the two is that you can't refund the fee if you pay it in advance. If the guarantee is cancelled in advance within a certain period of time, no payment may be made.