Stay and agreed extras
Use a payment link for a defined amount, description and booking reference. Check the completed payment before marking the item paid.
Payment links →For direct-booking hosts and property managers
Vacation rental payments, deposits and agreed extras
Collect the stay price and approved extras by payment link. Plan a separate damage-deposit authorization and calculate tourist tax without charging guests twice.
Fictional booking handoff
Stay price€600
Payment completed
Damage security€400
Authorization must be confirmed
Approved late checkout€30
Check availability before sending a link
Tourist taxVerify local calculation
Subtract tax already collected
Illustration only. These are separate payment responsibilities, not a promise of one combined checkout.
Give each payment a clear purpose
Damage security
Use an eligible Stripe deposit authorization. Check the actual expiry, inspect and make a final capture or release.
Vacation-rental deposits →Tourist tax
Verify the local calculation and amounts already collected. Keep collection separate from statutory filing and remittance.
Calculate and collect tourist tax →Sell extras you can actually deliver
For a direct booking, agree late checkout, parking, breakfast or another supported service before sending its payment link. Your team owns availability and approval; PayRequest is the collection step.
1. Check availability
Confirm cleaning, next arrival and any third-party capacity. Do not sell a late checkout simply because a payment link can be created.
2. Agree the offer
Record the service, date/time/zone, price, cancellation terms and booking reference. Obtain the guest’s agreement.
3. Send the exact amount
Create a payment link for the agreed extra with a recognizable reference. Do not call it a security-deposit authorization.
4. Confirm and hand over
Check the completed payment, update the booking record and notify the person delivering the extra.
Worked example: a €30 late checkout
For fictional booking EXAMPLE-001, staff confirm a 14:00 departure on 9 November instead of 11:00. The guest accepts €30. Send a €30 link labelled with that booking and service. When payment is completed, record its provider reference, notify housekeeping and confirm the new time to the guest. A paid link alone does not update a PMS, smart lock or cleaner’s schedule.
Download the payment handoff templateBlank CSV for your own booking records, with one clearly labelled fictional example. Keep card numbers and sensitive guest data out of it.
Guest message example
“We can confirm checkout at [time/zone] on [date] for [price/currency], subject to [agreed terms]. Please use [payment link] with reference [booking]. We will confirm payment and update our booking record. Contact [business contact] if you need to change the arrangement.”
Keep your booking operations assigned
PayRequest payment links do not promise automatic inventory control, PMS synchronization, guest-registration reporting, smart-lock updates or AI upselling. Keep those functions in your existing systems. If a full guest suite or integrated PMS is what you need, compare that broader purchase first.
For platform bookings, follow the booking channel’s payment, fee-disclosure and deposit rules. An external link is not permission to move a booking or mandatory fee off-platform.
Read Airbnb’s payment transparency policyFree has a 2% standard platform payment fee, capped at €25 per transaction. Active Premium (€5/month) and Business (€20/month) have 0% standard platform fees. Provider fees, commission exceptions and separate deposit conditions remain applicable.
Current pricing and limitsPlan, compare and keep records
Deposit amount and authorization planner →Compare guest-payment and deposit software →When to authorize before arrival →Collect tourist tax without duplicate charges →
Start with one agreed payment
Create a free account, complete setup, connect an eligible provider and prepare one clearly identified payment. Verify your allowance and any paid activation before relying on additional capacity.
Prepare one guest payment →