Payment Methods & Settings

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Accept credit card payments

Stripe, Authorize.Net, Braintree, and Payyo (on request) are payment gateways that allow you to accept all major credit cards. We strongly recommend accepting credit cards as it will enhance your w...

Forms of payment

Your website could feature one or more forms of payment for your guest's bookings, ranging from credit card or direct debit to Paypal and Manual payments. This article will give you a quick overvie...

Set up your payment schedule

Decide when you would like your guests to pay for their reservation, and if you prefer to split payments in several smaller amounts.  To set up your payment schedule in your policies: Go to your M...

Use cases: Payment scheduling

If you want to split up the booking amounts into 2-3 payments instead of charging 100% at the time of booking, and want to find out more about the different scenarios and possible setups, take a lo...

Configure a security deposit

In Lodgify you can configure a security deposit in case the guests have caused any damage to your rental. This deposit can either be charged manually on the guest's arrival and returned on check-ou...

Lodgify Transaction Fee

The Transaction Fee is a percentage fee applied on all payments processed by the payment gateway that you configured within Lodgify (e.g. Stripe, Braintree, Authorize.net, Paypal, etc.). This is a ...

Stripe transaction fee + VAT

Depending on the country of your Billing Contact information, Lodgify charges for each payment you receive via Stripe, a 1% transaction fee + the applicable VAT.  💡 Note: There is no VAT for custom...

Accept Paypal payments

With a Paypal business account, you can accept Paypal credit card payments, and can therefore partly automate your processes in the reservation system. PayPal is available for reservations made thr...

Understand failed payments

In case a credit card payment fails for one of your bookings, it depends on a variety of factors why this payment could have failed. These factors could be the guest's bank or credit card, settings...

Set up owner payments

The Owner Payments feature gives you, as the account holder, the possibility to let Owners collect payments for bookings related to their rentals directly themselves. Payments will be collected thr...

View analytics, check transactions and occupancy with reports

The Reports section of your Lodgify account helps you keep an overview of your activity with analytics, transactions, and current occupancy of your rentals. Read About: Access Reports Understandi...

Accept payments via bank transfer, POS, or in cash

If you want to accept payments via Bank transfer or prefer to receive the full payment on arrival in cash or via credit card through your POS, you need to activate Manual Payments ✨ Manual payments...

3DS2 Compliance - Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)

On 14 September 2019, Europe will be subject to new requirements for authenticating online payments, under the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). These new requirements come in the form of S...

Activate Payyo

⚠️ Payyo is only available upon request to Lodgify's Support Team. Payyo enables your guests to pay in their own currency via credit card directly on your website. With Payyo you can receive schedu...