Accepting PayPal Payments for Your Bookings
How PayPal fits into your booking workflow, where Airflow handles the payment, and how to keep your accounts clean either way.
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Commission on What You Collect, Not What You Hope to Collect
Airflow now charges its booking commission proportionally to the money you've actually received — pay on the deposit when it lands, the rest when the balance is paid. Live now across cards, Paystack, and manual payments.
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Deposit Now, Balance Later — and the Books Stay Right
Let guests pay a deposit to hold their dates and the balance closer to arrival. Airflow tracks every stage automatically — deposit paid, balance remaining, fully paid — and the accounting stays reconciled the whole way. Live across cards, Paystack, and manual payments.
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Get Paid in Kenya: M-Pesa Bookings With Real Books Behind Them
Kenyan and African hosts can take direct bookings paid by M-Pesa, card, or bank transfer through their own Paystack account — and the accounting draft and commission flow happen automatically. Live now in KES.
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Held for 10 Minutes: How Airflow Stops Double Bookings at Checkout
When a guest starts paying, Airflow holds their dates for about 10 minutes so no one else can grab the same slot. Complete the payment and it's confirmed; abandon it and the hold auto-expires and the dates free up. And a database-level guard makes a true double-book impossible, even in a race.
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See the Number Before You Charge It: Manual Payments, Done Right
In bank-transfer, cash, and mobile-money markets, you collect the money yourself. Airflow lets you record the exact amount received — and shows you the precise commission before anything is charged. No silent charges. Live now for PayPal, M-Pesa, and bank transfer.
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Guest Payments & Deposits
How Airflow handles guest payments — from deposit collection at booking to balance payments via the guest portal, with support for Stripe, Paystack, and manual methods.
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Your Own Booking Engine, for Free — Why Direct Bookings Change Everything
Airflow's Direct Booking addon gives every host a Stripe-powered checkout, automatic invoicing, and full guest ownership — included free with every plan.
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