by desireaddict » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:06 am
We were at DRM in Sept and we were not asked for full payment until check in, which was very unusual. I thought that perhaps there was some advantage for the resort to bill our credit card in pesos. We are returning next week and we were required to pay 30 days in advance. Perhaps it had something to do with the low occupancy in Sept due to the remodeling of the pool?
It's my personal opinion that you have a higher level of security if you purchase through a travel agent in the US (or Canada) than booking directly with a "foreign" business. International banking rules can differ from what we take for granted here if there is some kind of dispute. That is not to be interpreted as being anything negative towards Desire or the Original Resorts group. Simply a generic statement about international purchases from a person who has had 3 credit card numbers "cloned" in the past 12 months.
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