Stripe is one of the most popular payment processors we connect with. This guide will cover the most frequently asked questions about the connection process and usage.
Please Note:
- Although Stripe offers multiple alternative payment methods, our integration only supports credit and debit cards as payment methods (Visa, Mastercard, and American Express)
- When switching payment gateways, any future charges for "in-house" or future reservations must be made on the previous gateway.
- Example: If you have a reservation which was charged by PayU, even if you switch the connection to Stripe, all the charges related to the previous reservation will be done from within the previously connected payment gateway / PayU) - and vice versa.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes, it's possible to connect multiple Cloudbeds accounts to one Stripe account. You need to connect the Stripe account in each Cloudbeds account.
For security reasons, Stripe stores credit card details on their side - This is a security feature on the gateway end to prevent frauds.
Stripe stores the credit cards in your account but does not allow anyone to see them. You can still run any transactions on them via myfrontdesk.
When credit card details are added to a reservation, either manually by the user or automatically from the booking engine or channel manager, myfrontdesk sends it to Stripe to save it and/or perform a transaction. If for any reason, Stripe doesn't accept the card, myfrontdesk will store it locally instead.
Credit cards stored locally can be seen by users with the right permissions to do so. But if you use Stripe as a payment gateway, most likely these cards are not valid.
Yes. We recommend that Indian properties sign up from myfrontdesk's payment options page by following the steps above. You don't need to contact the Stripe support team.
If you're switching from one Stripe account to another Stripe account - the credit card details added while you were connected to previous Stripe account will become unavailable.
Please consider making actions with these credit cards directly on Stripe account or directly in myfrontdesk before switching to a new Stripe account.
In order to successfully charge virtual cards, your merchant category code (MCC) in Stripe should be 7011 Lodging (Hotels, Motels, and Resorts). Please, ask Stripe for more details about this.
Also, Stripe processes most virtual cards, but not the cards that begin with 553397.
This is the only documented restriction for virtual cards at the moment.
Yes. You can use the Invoice feature of Stripe. You will be able to send one-off invoices via email with a link to the payment page hosted by Stripe where your guests can enter their payment details.
Make sure that the option below is "checked" under the Invoice payment page of your Stripe account, so the link to pay the invoice will be included
At the moment this feature is not integrated with Cloudbeds. If you need further assistance with Stripe Invoice, please reach out to Stripe support team directly.
