<prompt> Human: My fraternitys formal is at a resort type place, and we rent out about 3 cabins. Weve been going here the past several years. Before, for the deposit, we could just use our credit card. This year, however, they want a 350 cashiers check.Im having trouble understanding how Id get my money back from the deposit. -Doesnt a cashiers check instantly take the funds out from your account and then the bank holds them until it is cashed? -So if I give them a check and theres no damages, how will I get my money back? -Should I just expect them to give me the check backmail it back?Im not handling this and I havent talked to the person at the resort yet, but I dont quite understand how this works. Ive never heard of a place wanting a cashiers check for a deposit. Any helpinsight would help appreciated.I posted this on rfinance as well, I couldnt really find a subreddit that fit this type of question. Apologies if its the wrong place.  <response>: If it is non-refundable deposit, which it sounds like, they will more than likely just deduct the amount of the deposit from the total bill. It is not uncommon to do that at all because if you back out they at least dont loss revenue for the space that was booked. They probably got burned by having people dispute charges after they canceled the event and now make it impossible to stop payment.If it ys security for potential damageextraordinary cleaning, they will put it into an account and deduct for repairs and cleaning and send you the remainder in an invoice. This is pretty standard for venues. 