How to take credit cards online to take bookings at a bed and breakfast
PayPal Website Payments Standard is the quickest and easiest method of taking live online credit card payments
KeepMeBooked will link to your PayPal Website Payments account to let you take payments online for bookings at your bed and breakfast, inn or guesthouse.
You can also use Authorize.net (in the USA) or SagePay (in the UK) to take credit card payments online, but PayPal is the easiest to setup.
Remember that PayPal Website Payments does not require guests to have a PayPal account: they can just pay by credit card. You are just using PayPal to process the credit card payment for the booking at your bed and breakfast.
PayPal don't charge a monthly fee and their commissions are comparable to other payment gateways / merchant services providers.
You can sign up for a PayPal Website Payments account here.
You can also use Authorize.net (in the USA) or SagePay (in the UK) to take credit card payments online, but PayPal is the easiest to setup.
Remember that PayPal Website Payments does not require guests to have a PayPal account: they can just pay by credit card. You are just using PayPal to process the credit card payment for the booking at your bed and breakfast.
PayPal don't charge a monthly fee and their commissions are comparable to other payment gateways / merchant services providers.
You can sign up for a PayPal Website Payments account here.
How to use PayPal Website Payments to take credit card payments:
- Sign up for a free PayPal account here
- In your KeepMeBooked account go to Settings > Online Bookings
- Select 'Require payment with booking'
- Select PayPal from the list
- Enter your PayPal account email
- Guests will now be able to use a credit card to pay for bookings online, with payment going direct to your PayPal account
