Incidentals
What are incidentals in hotel group billing?
The charges a guest can run up beyond room and tax during a stay: meals, parking, spa, minibar, movies, phone, and similar extras. At check-in a hotel usually authorizes a hold on a credit card to cover anticipated incidentals. The key question in group billing is routing — whether incidentals post to the individual guest's own card or roll up to the group's master account. Contracts and rooming lists specify this per guest, and "room and tax to master, incidentals to guest" is the most common arrangement, keeping the group from absorbing personal charges. Getting incidental routing right on the rooming list is what prevents billing disputes at checkout and keeps the post-event master account clean and reconcilable.
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