Introduction
PayPal is a market-leading PSP trusted by over 426 million active users worldwide, empowering businesses to transact securely, efficiently and flexibly in a digital-first economy. With a reputation built on decades of innovation, PayPal offers a user-friendly interface and robust technology that simplifies online transactions. For hotels, this means delivering a seamless, secure payment experience for guests while tapping into a vast network of international customers.
Why Integrate with PayPal?
Integrating with PayPal offers a host of compelling benefits for hotels:
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Global Trust and Recognition: As one of the most recognised payment brands, PayPal instils confidence in your guests, leading to increased conversion rates.
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Enhanced Security: With advanced fraud detection systems and buyer protection policies, your transactions are secure, reducing the risk of fraudulent activity.
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Flexible Payment Options: PayPal supports a variety of payment methods, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and its own wallet service, allowing guests to pay in the way they prefer.
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Seamless Integration: Designed to be developer-friendly, PayPal’s APIs integrate effortlessly with booking platforms like Bookassist, ensuring a frictionless end-to-end payment process.
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Scalability: Whether you operate a boutique hotel or a large chain, PayPal’s infrastructure scales with your business, adapting to higher transaction volumes and international growth.
Pricing
Bookassist charges a Service Fee of €250 plus VAT annually due in advance for each connection to a third-party service. This fee is necessary to cover certification costs with the PSP, development and implementation costs, server and hosting costs including server bandwidth for traffic, ongoing service upgrades, security standards implementation including PCI level 1 certification, ongoing security testing ensuring data integrity, monitoring systems, ongoing quality assurance, and GDPR compliance.
PayPal offers competitive pricing tailored to the needs of each client, a few standard cost components such as transactions fees (country based) are typically associated with activating their PSP solution.
Please check PayPal website directly or with a representative of your country to receive more information.
Capabilities with Bookassist
Setup Help Guide for Hotels
You will find PayPal information needed on this link below. Once you have the PayPal Business account active, please contact Bookassist Support so that they can send you the Bookassist configuration guidelines.
Ready to start? Sign up for PayPal Business.