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Method of Reservation/Cutoff Date

  • Agreed upon date to have rooming list to the hotel (generally two to three weeks)
  • Company to provide rooming list on or before cutoff date (list payment type, complimentary room
  • assignments, staff rooms, VIP upgrades)
  • Guests call hotel direct/pay via credit card
  • Room and tax to master account; guest pays own incidentals
  • Guests pays room, tax and incidentals via credit card


Payment/Deposit/Billing
Determine how and when rooms and services will be paid:

  • Individual reservations
  • Company Check
  • Credit card
  • Master account
  • Deposit formula (flat fee, one night deposit, percentage of projected revenue)
  • No deposit due to hotel if guests pay for sleeping rooms via credit card
  • Will hotel place deposits in escrow account?
  • All advance deposits applied to master account
  • Establish timetable for final payment of master account
  • Final payment agreement from the time you receive corrected master account
  • Adjustments for accounting errors
  • Master Account arrangements
  • Billing arrangements
  • Interest/late charges


Additional Charges

  • No fees or mandatory charges to guest folio or Master Account unless specifically stated in contract


Food & Beverage Guarantee
Outline details for all meal/social function activities:

  • Specify all group events/setup and use times/number of guests
  • Additional room requirements (AV, head table, dance floor, theme props, etc)
  • Allowable percentage reduction/date
  • Percentage that hotel will overset for each event
  • Guarantee number of guests per event or total minimum food & beverage revenue guarantee


 
 

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