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How to charge a Booking.com virtual credit card, and when you cannot
You charge a Booking.com virtual credit card on or after the activation date Booking.com set on it, and not a day sooner, on your own Stripe account included. Here is when that date falls, what each route to collecting the money costs, and what a refund takes back.
Stripe vs Lodgify Payments: which should take your direct bookings
Lodgify Payments charges 2.90% plus $0.30 on a domestic US card, and Lodgify's 1% transaction fee applies even when you connect your own Stripe account. The fee table, what breaks, and the verdict by property profile.
Mews Payments: fees, safety, and whether to keep Stripe
Mews Payments is the card processing built into Mews: legitimate, safe for card data, and the sensible choice for a small property with no technical staff. Mews publishes no rate, and its new e-money license covers Europe only.
Cloudbeds Payments pricing vs your own Stripe account
Cloudbeds publishes no processing rate for Cloudbeds Payments, and Stripe publishes 2.9% plus 30 cents. What each does with a failed card, where the payout fee falls, who holds the guest's card and the record of a charge, and the verdict by property size.