Do guests need to sign up for Stripe or Square in order to pay with credit card?

Unfortunately we have not connected directly to them yet

To view if you are connected to stripe or square on Houfy go to:

Please follow these instructions to connect to Stripe:

Please follow below steps to get earnings report on Houfy.

If you want to not charged taxes above certain nights, please follow below steps

We have connected the payments processing companies Stripe and Square to Houfy for you to receive direct deposits & payments from your guests. This will only work if your listing is completed and verified by us.

If you would like your Houfy listing to be online bookable, just connect a Stripe or Square account to your listing.

Yes. Since Houfy doesn't handle payments there is no credit card on file. Travelers enter a credit card number when the second payment request is automatically sent.

No.

Whether you are sending email invoices through Square or receiving payment through Houfy using the Square's eCommerce integration, all transactions will be visible from your Square account dashboard. i.e. Sign into your Square account to see the transactions.

In order to connect to Houfy, you must use one of the integrated processor oprtions: at this time Stripe and Square. You can still choose to use other payment methods to invoice your guests directly.

In order to recover your credit card costs in your rental pricing, you need to understand the true cost of accepting credit cards. In this story, I'll explain how to determine the true cost of the credit card fee relative to your rental rate and how to set your rental rate at a value that will allow you to receive the rental take-rate you desire to cover these credit card costs.