How to grow your payments app with hostels and campsites
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
- 1Your card appears in your app
- 2Tap it to pay in a shop
- 3See every payment as it happens
Small hostels and campsites host travellers from many countries, often for a night or two. They take deposits for bookings, payments at check-in and extras like meals, tours and bike hire. A payments app that takes deposits by link and payments at the desk can win these owners, and every guest who pays sees your app.
Talk to hostel and campsite owners
Ask local hostel and campsite owners:
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Take deposits by link
A payment link for a deposit confirms the booking and cuts the number of guests who book and never arrive.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
Type a name, tap a colour and pick what it does. The phone changes as you go.
Colour
What it does
Design and preview your whole platform free, then launch when you are ready.
Take payments at the desk
A QR code at reception lets guests pay the balance and any extras in seconds, with a receipt for their records.
Grow along the travel route
Hostels and campsites work with tour guides, bike hire firms and cafes. One owner on your app can bring you the businesses their guests use.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
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Questions people ask
What about guesthouses?
The guesthouses guide covers bookings and payments for small places to stay.
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 launch. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
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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. Other companies named in this guide are reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.