Airbnb now lets you ‘pay later’ on vacation rentals

Airbnb has introduced a caller “reserve now, salary later” option that lets users successful the US book a preservation without paying correct away. Instead, users tin put disconnected their costs to a later day earlier check-in.

Airbnb says it will require costs earlier the extremity of a stay’s free cancellation period, ensuring “hosts person clip to unafraid different booking moreover if a impermanent cancels.” The action is only disposable for stays successful the US pinch a mean aliases elastic cancellation policy. Airbnb besides notes that it will still complaint upfront for recreation insurance, ambiance contribution, aliases different optional add-ons.

While Airbnb already offers a “pay portion now, salary later” option, which allows users to salary portion of their measure astatine checkout and the remainder earlier check-in, this caller method intends users don’t person to make a costs astatine the clip of booking astatine all. Airbnb offers payments pinch the bargain now salary later service, Klarna, arsenic well.