marciamcb

What is your experience getting a discount at hotels in Venice, Florence, Vernazza and Montepulciano when paying in cash vs. credit card? With the conversion rate, is it worth it?

kayd

Some hotels will discount for cash, about 5%, so you'd save that plus whatever conversion surcharge your creditcard would impose, minus the cost of getting the cash from an ATM. So, with ATM cash a savings of 5-6%, or no savings at all if you convert US dollars or travelers checks to Euro at the typical 8%.

Not all hotels that accept cards will discount for cash; you'll have to ask.

PalenQ

i've never encountered discount for cash but perhaps because i didn't ask but i have encountered a surcharge for using credit cards.

Travelnut

My Venice hotel offered 10€ off the nightly rate if paid in cash. I think someone posted in a TA review about my Rome hotel that their rate was discounted for paying in cash.

CasaDelCipresso

I've never gotten a cash discount on a hotel Perhaps at a family-owned place you could (?)Some vacation rental owners will give a cash/check discount to you - can't hurt to ask!

ellenem

On a trip last year both my hotels offered a 10% discount for cash. The discount offer was well-advertised on their web sites.

Gavin

I stayed at a Rome hotel that offered a cash discount to our neighbours in the hotel. Since we had booked through an Internet booking agency they would not give us a cash discount so we used our credit card.

nytraveler

We pay for everything sizeable with credit cards - so there's no problem if a dispute arises. Have never asked about a cash discount - and frankly running around to gather all that cash would be too much trouble to bother. But we generally do 4* (vacation) or 5* (business) so that may be why no one offered.