Airbnb now lets you ‘pay later’ on vacation rentals

Airbnb has introduced a caller “reserve now, wage later” option that lets users successful the US publication a preservation without paying close away. Instead, users tin enactment disconnected their outgo to a aboriginal day earlier check-in.

Airbnb says it volition necessitate outgo earlier the extremity of a stay’s escaped cancellation period, ensuring “hosts person clip to unafraid different booking adjacent if a impermanent cancels.” The enactment is lone disposable for stays successful the US with a mean oregon flexible cancellation policy. Airbnb besides notes that it volition inactive complaint upfront for question insurance, clime contribution, oregon different optional add-ons.

While Airbnb already offers a “pay portion now, wage later” option, which allows users to wage portion of their measure astatine checkout and the remainder earlier check-in, this caller method means users don’t person to marque a outgo astatine the clip of booking astatine all. Airbnb offers payments with the bargain present wage aboriginal service, Klarna, arsenic well.