How to grow your payments app with glamping sites
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Glamping sites rent yurts, bell tents, pods, shepherd's huts, cabins and treehouses, often on farms and in the countryside. Many take a deposit when guests book and the balance a few weeks before arrival, and sell extras such as hot tub use, firewood, breakfast hampers and late check-out. Owners are often small, family-run businesses that want to take bookings directly instead of paying big booking site fees. A payments app that sends deposit and balance links, and lets guests pay for extras with a tap or a QR code, can win these sites, and every guest who pays sees your app.
Talk to glamping site owners
Ask local glamping site owners:
- How do guests pay a deposit when they book today?
- How do you collect the balance before arrival?
- How are extras like firewood and hampers paid?
- How much do you pay booking sites in fees?
Take deposits and balances by link
A deposit link when guests book and a balance link before arrival means the owner doesn't have to chase payments or share bank details.
Sell extras on site
A QR code in each hut or tent lets guests order and pay for firewood, hampers or hot tub time without looking for the owner.
Grow through the countryside
Glamping owners know farm shops, campsites and local attractions. One site on your app can introduce the others.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about hostels and campsites?
The hostels and campsites guide covers deposits for bookings and payments at check-in from travellers from many countries.
Hostels and campsites →What about guesthouses and holiday lets?
The guesthouses guide covers small guesthouses, B&Bs and holiday lets taking deposits and payments from guests near and far.
Guesthouses →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.