Travel Payments, Simplified
PayFirmly’s Travel solution is designed to make payments effortless for travel merchants. We understand that running a travel & hospitality business means dealing with diverse customers, currencies, and regulations. Our platform addresses the industry’s toughest payment challenges, from cross-border complexities to fraud, with a merchant-friendly, accessible approach.
Travel & Hospitality Payments Elevated
PayFirmly empowers travel and hospitality brands to deliver seamless, cross-border payment experiences — from booking to checkout and beyond — tailored for guest satisfaction and operational scale.
Guest Conversion Levers
Operational Efficiency & Flow
Risk, Compliance & Security
Advantages of choosing PayFirmly
- Enable local currency payments and reduce friction for international travelers.
- Support deposit, authorization hold, and incremental charges.
- Automate reconciliation and integration with PMS, booking engines, and travel platforms.
- Provide risk controls tailored to travel (fraud during booking, cancellation, no-shows).
- Maintain account reliability with trusted payment rails and compliant processes.
One Platform for All Travel Businesses
OTAs, Airlines, Tours, Booking, Hospitality
- Unifies cards, APMs, and channels in a single dashboard.
- Fits local tour operators and enterprise airlines alike.
- Reduces reconciliation chaos and legacy fragmentation.
- European nuances (language, regulation, preferences) supported by default.
Multi-Currency Support & Local Payment Methods
- Accept and settle in customers’ local currencies for transparent pricing.
- Auto-detects locale for currency/language, cuts abandonment.
- Broad APM coverage (iDEAL, SEPA, SOFORT, Bancontact, wallets).
- Local methods = higher acceptance.
Intelligent Risk Scoring, Fraud Prevention & Chargeback Resolution
- Real-time risk scoring and ML rules block fraud without hurting conversion.
- Travel-specific controls for long lead times and higher dispute risk.
- Built-in dispute workflows: alerts, evidence, and submission in one place.
- Outcome: fewer chargebacks, protected margins, healthier ratios.
Empowering European Merchants to Grow Globally
- Cross-border ready: approvals up, friction down, expansion simplified.
- Merchant-friendly setup.
- Practical payoff: higher approval rates, fewer losses, better traveler experience.
Smart Routing & Flow Optimizations
Booking & Authorization Logic
Handle deposits, pre-authorizations, dynamic pricing, metered charges (e.g. by hour/night) via API, hosted checkout, or links. Multi-PSP and multi-entity ready.
Cancellation & Adjustment Optimization
Route partial refunds, prorated charges, or change fees with logic that accounts for booking context, cancellation policies, and guest props.
Recovery & Retry Strategies
Timed retries after card declines, channel fallbacks (email / SMS), alternative methods (bank/ACH, local payment rails), and soft decline loops.
SCA / Travel Exemptions & Compliance
Apply exemptions (for low value, repeat travel customers) or step-up only when needed. Maintain audit trail and compliance with PSD2, global equivalents.
Billing & Payout Operations
Generate invoices, tax adjustments, credit notes, partial refunds; webhooks + export for PMS, ERP, or travel back-office systems with reconciliation fields.
Traveler Insights & Cohort Analytics
Measure key travel KPIs: booking conversion by region, cancellation rates, lifetime traveler value, retry performance by corridor, test routing policies per segment.
Choosing the Right Payments Partner for Travel & Hospitality
Local Currency Support & Traveler-friendly Rails
A payments partner must support local currency acceptance and traveler-friendly payment rails, so that international guests feel comfortable paying in their own currency using familiar methods.
Transparent Pricing & Revenue Sharing on Bookings
Transparent pricing and fair revenue sharing models ensure that hidden fees or opaque markups don’t erode margins or surprise you later.
Real-time Booking Visibility & Reconciliation
Real-time booking visibility and reconciliation allow you to match payments, bookings, and payouts instantly across your property management and reservation systems.
Fraud Detection Tailored to Travel Behavior
Fraud detection that’s tailored to travel can identify risky booking patterns (cancellations, multi-leg itineraries, proxy IPs) before they impact your bottom line.
Start Optimizing Your Payments Today
Experience the power of intelligent transaction routing and a seamless payment ecosystem with PayFirmly.
