I booked a hotel on the reservation, saying that the credit card was only used as a guarantee and paid at the store, but the credit card was still deducted. What happened?

When booking, I booked a hotel credit card, and the money was deducted from it, because the hotel or booking platform would deduct some funds from the credit card as a guarantee.

When booking a hotel, the hotel has a free cancellation policy. After booking the hotel, the hotel and the platform will deduct some funds from the credit card to confirm whether the credit card has enough money to pay the room rate. As a guarantee, the rest of the room rate will be subject to the hotel.

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Accommodation providers are usually responsible for your payment. If payment is handled by Booking.com, this will be shown in your order confirmation, and you can usually pay when you check in or check out. For example, some accommodations may require full or partial advance payment, which will also be indicated in the order confirmation and payment policy.

If there is no prepayment policy, the accommodation provider may still freeze some money as test payment before check-in. This temporary freeze is only used to verify your credit card and guarantee the reservation, not the actual payment, and will be returned to the credit card.

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