Deactivating online payments for Booking.com means you will go back to receiving the guests' own card for processing payments, instead of getting a payment from Booking.com with a virtual card.
If you deactivate online payments:
- You will 'turn off' Virtual Cards, losing out on the security and processing advantages Virtual Cards offer.
- Cards will be charged at either domestic or international rates, depending on the country of origin of the bank that issued the guest's card.
- You will receive the credit card details to process instead of Booking.com taking payment (the guest only enters the card details on Booking.com).
- You will need to deduct the card in the same way you do all other online card payments (e.g. via your own linked payment gateway, or PayBridge.)
- As Booking.com will not process the card, the guest will not have the opportunity to enter a 3D secure pin, making the payment less secure.
How to deactivate Online Payments
You can go back to the receive guest credit card option as follows:
- Login to Booking.com https://admin.booking.com
- Click on the Finance drop down menu item
- From options click on Finance settings
- Click Deactivate Online Payments
