How to grow your payments app with tour guides
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Tour guides meet visitors from many countries, often people carrying little local cash. Bookings, no-shows and tips at the end of a tour can all be hard to manage. A simple way to take a deposit when someone books and a tip on a phone at the end can help guides earn what their work is worth.
Talk to a few guides
Ask tour guides:
- How do visitors book and pay today?
- How often do people book and not turn up?
- How do visitors tip you when they have no cash?
- Which currencies do your visitors usually carry?
Take a deposit when people book
A payment link sent with the booking means the visitor has committed before the day. It cuts no-shows and helps the guide plan.
Make tipping easy
A QR code on a card or a phone screen at the end of the tour lets visitors tip without looking for cash. Show the amount clearly before they pay.
Grow through guide networks
Guides often know each other, local hotels and guesthouses. One guide who likes your app can introduce you to many more.
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 guesthouses?
The guesthouse guide covers taking deposits and payments for stays.
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.