Can you set up 2 part payments for your rental?

[Cami0]

Hi folks.  2 days new to this, and I received a request from my first person!  Good news, right?  But then she asked if I'd take a $100 deposit and she would pay the balance next month.  Can I do this?  More importantly, if I can set this up, should I?   I can't see how Airbnb has this method of doing things.  Her profile was also new, so I'm a little worried that something is not right.  

[David126]

Apart from long term rentals AirBnB takes the payment in full.

[Dede0]

@Cami0 That's not at all how AirBnB works. As soon as a booking is confirmed, the guest's payment method (credit card, PayPal, whatever) is charged in full and the money is held until YOU are paid 24 hours after the guest's checkin time. There's no such thing as a "deposit" not and the rest later.

Any guest requesting otherwise is either a total newbie who doesn't understand how AirBnB works, OR someone who is setting you up for a scam of some sort, if they can convince you to do any sort of financial dealing outside of the AirBnB system. Do NOT go for that.

[Floris5]

Hi,

A somewhat different situation would be if someone is organising a holiday for a larger group of friends and family next year. Renting for example a villa with 10 rooms for two weeks can cost for example 12,000 dollar. It is a bit strange to 'freeze' 12,000 dollar for a whole year.  A kind of deposit or partial payment would not be inappropriate in those circumstances imo.

Floris

[Jeff158]

Hi @Floris5

Paying a deposit is available, I have no idea how you implement it.

Read this pay-less-upfront-terms