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Taking credit cards for STR

Jason Blasenak
  • Simpsonville, SC
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Hello all!  I was wondering if any of you have experience using a credit card processor for a short term rental business?  I recently acquired a property and have friends that want to book, but really want to pay by credit card.  I have looked at Square and Bank offered merchant services and they all seem to be cost prohibitive, as I do not intent to run more than 10 transactions in a year.  

The only one that looks halfway decent is PayPal but I am still taking a 2.9% fee per transaction.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

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John Underwood
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John Underwood
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@Jason Blasenak I think you will pay the 2.9% almost anywhere. Ask them to pay via debit card and use Paypal or tell them you will have to add 3% to the fee to pay for the credit card fee.

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