I noticed this for a few hotels when traveling to New Zealand recently, a few hotels required a $100-200 deposit - in cash only. As I'd been using a Revolut card for purchases and it was near the end of the holiday so I didn't want to have to try to spend the deposit before returning home, I simply went with a different hotel that didn't have this condition (it was clearly stated on their booking.com page).
I don't know if they'd had problems with stag nights in the past with people leaving a mess...
I don't know if they'd had problems with stag nights in the past with people leaving a mess...