With the ultimate version of the plugin you can require that guests pay a desposit for their booking.
You can enable this feature using the Require Deposit option at the top of the Settings > Payments page.
Configure
The following configuration options are available for the payments feature:
Payment Gateway
Which payment gateway should be used to accept deposits. Default gateways are Stripe and PayPal. If you are using PayPal, make sure to fill in the PayPal Email Address field. There is also an option to add your own extra gateway(s).
Deposit Type
What type of deposit should be required, per reservation or per guest?
Deposit Amount
What deposit amount is required (either per reservation or per guest, depending on the setting above)? Minimum is $0.50 in most currencies.
Currency
Select the currency you accept for your deposits.
Currency Symbol
The currency symbol you’d like displayed before or after the required deposit amount.
Currency Symbol Location
Decides whether the currency symbol should be placed before or after the price.
Deposit Applicable
If enabled, under what circumstances should a deposit be required?
Deposit Appliable Days/Times
If selected above, on what days and times should a deposit be required?
Deposit Required Party Size
If selected above, at what party size should deposits be required?
Stripe
There are also several configuration options that are specific to the Stripe payment gateway, including:
Strong Customer Authorization (SCA)
User will be redirected to Stripe and presented with 3D secure or bank redirect for payment authentication. (May be necessary for certain EU compliance.)
Hold & Charge Separately
With this enabled, the deposit will be taken as a hold and not charged right away. The payment can then be charged/captured manually later by going to the Bookings page, checking a booking and choosing Charge Payment on Hold from the Bulk actions dropdown menu. If not captured, the hold on the amount will be released after 7 days, which is the maximum allowable by Stripe. The SCA option must be enabled to use the hold feature.
CC Expiration Single Field
Should the field for card expiry details be a single field with a mask or two separate fields for month and year?
Test/Live Mode
Should the system use test or live mode? Test mode should only be used for testing, no deposits will actually be processed while turned on.
Stripe Live Secret
The live secret that you have set up for your Stripe account.
Stripe Live Publishable
The live publishable that you have set up for your Stripe account.
Stripe Test Secret
The test secret that you have set up for your Stripe account. Only needed for testing payments.
Stripe Test Publishable
The test publishable that you have set up for your Stripe account. Only needed for testing payments.