payment schedule

[Janet127]

Is there a way to set up a payment schedule for guests? I thought Airbnb sets up a schedule automatically, but a guest that just booked for Oct 2017 was charged the full amount already.  Is this normal? I can't seem to find anywhere where I can require X% payment upon booking and the balance X days before check-in.

[Cynthia-and-Chris1]

You may be thinking of a different site.  Airbnb collects the entire cost of the reservation up front - much like an airline ticket.  The host is then paid approximately 24 hours after the guest checks in.

[Laurie151]

A guest who has requested a week long reservation over Christmas has requested a payment schedule.  She would pay half now and then half at the end of November.  While the host does not receive payment until 24 hours after check-in, I see the appeal to the guest.  I am trying to find how to do this in the Airbnb platform.  I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE!  The reason being, I just booked a week long stay myself and initially I had that option.  While my reservation came from my second request to the host (an instant book property) the option had disappeared.  The only difference was the host pre-approved me the first request I made.  

Has anyone figured this out?  I am searching the backend, but cannot find a setting like this.