> They don't forward your credit card as security. They forward it for the hotel to charge you for the entirety of your booking.
Security, as in, the hotel will charge me with the passed-on information if I don't turn up. I still have to swipe my card if I turn up.
I don't like increasing the number of variables. When I pay directly to booking.com, I am dealing with a PCI compliant company. When you pass my credit card info to a hotel clerk, I am dealing with a hotel clerk who has my info who is free to pass it to his friends, or dump it in a trash can(knowingly or unknowingly) from where someone else picks it up.
Security, as in, the hotel will charge me with the passed-on information if I don't turn up. I still have to swipe my card if I turn up.
I don't like increasing the number of variables. When I pay directly to booking.com, I am dealing with a PCI compliant company. When you pass my credit card info to a hotel clerk, I am dealing with a hotel clerk who has my info who is free to pass it to his friends, or dump it in a trash can(knowingly or unknowingly) from where someone else picks it up.