The bank details for the accounts where you want to receive payments from NightsBridge and where you want your guests to pay you are set up in your Deposit & Booking Policy section.
Open the NightsBridge Setup
Please look at our articles on Setup if you need more information on how to do this.
Click on Step 4: Deposit & Booking Policy
Define your Payment Details
This is where you specify what payment options are available to your guest, for the deposit payment. As a lot of online bookings are made by international guests and the easiest way for them to pay is via credit card, we recommend that you accept credit cards.
Click on the on the Payment Details drop down arrow and select from these options:
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Credit Card Only
- You accept credit card payments only.
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EFT Only
- You accept Bank Deposit/Electronic Transfers only.
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Both (Credit Cards & Bank/EFT)
- You accept Credit Card Payments and Electronic Transfers.
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No Money:
- You accept only cash on arrival.
Enter your Bank Details
Generate and put in your Security OTP (two factor authentication)
- Choose to send via Email or SMS.
- Click Generate Code.
The security OTP will be sent:
- To the Owner's contact details in Step 1: Basic Setup for new clients
- To the bank details contact in Owner's Login for existing clients
3. Type in the Security Code received.
4. Click to Submit.
Update your banking details in two places
Bank details for NightsBridge to pay you
These bank details are used when NightsBridge pays a property e.g. from Channels or PayBridge.
- Choose your bank from the Bank Code drop down list or Choose "Other" for the bank name if your bank in not on our list.
- Type in your A/C name.
- The universal branch code will automatically be inserted if you selected a bank from the list or insert a branch code if you had to capture your bank.
- Select your Account Type.
- Insert your Account No.
Bank details for guests to pay you
These bank details are used by guests to pay you for bookings.
Even if your default payment method for guests is credit card, you need to update these banking details in case you receive an EFT payment in the future.
Do you use the same bank account for receiving for payments from NightsBridge and from guests?
You must always click on Copy banking details in case you receive an EFT payment in the future.
- Click on Copy banking details.
- The bank details you entered previously will appear in the box.
- Check the Proof of Payment Email details and amend if necessary.
- Click to Save your changes.
You must always click on Copy banking details in case you receive an EFT payment in the future.
Click on Copy banking details.
- The account details will appear in the box.
- Replace the bank account details with information for the account you want the guest to pay into. In this example, the bank details have changed from First National Bank 222222222 to Capitec Bank 00000000.
- Amend the Proof of Payment Email address if necessary.
- Click to Save your changes.
Publish the changes
- Click to Publish the changes.
- Your banking details will be uploaded.
If you invoice your guests from NightsBridge, please make sure you update your banking details on your invoice and proforma templates as well. Please look at our articles on invoice templates if you need more information on how to do that.