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Pre-authorization payment hold
Collect security & damage deposits for your hotel or vacation rental using pre-authorization payment holds on credit & debit cards.
In less than 2 minutes, start collecting security or damage deposit in any currency with zero integration.
Trusted by the top vacation rentals & hotels
Why You Need Pre-Authorization Payment for Security Deposits
Flexible Security Deposit Scheduling Pre-Authorise on Your Timeline
Give guests the flexibility to add their payment method at any point before arrival. The security deposit pre-authorisation is then triggered automatically on your chosen schedule — at booking, before check-in, or on a custom date, ensuring seamless damage deposit collection with no manual follow-up.
Chargeback Protection for Hotels — Fraud Prevention Built Into Every Payment
Stop treating fraud prevention as a trade-off with payment convenience. Our hospitality fraud prevention platform combines real-time transaction monitoring, guest ID verification, and chargeback dispute management — so hotels and vacation rentals can accept payments confidently without absorbing dispute losses.
Reduce Payment Processing Fees With Security Deposit Pre-Authorisation
Avoid the 3% processing fee on security deposit charges and refunds by switching from card charges to automated pre-authorisation holds. You only pay for successful transactions — eliminating unnecessary processing costs on deposits that are never claimed, across every connected payment gateway.
Automated Deposit Notifications and Guest Payment Reminders
GReceive real-time alerts via email, SMS, or in-app every time a security deposit is processed, pre-authorised, or updated. Guests are automatically reminded when a payment is overdue or a pre-authorisation fails — eliminating manual follow-up from your property management workflow entirely.
Multi-Gateway Payment Platform — Connects With 100+ Payment Gateways, Any PMS, and Every Booking Source
Our multi-gateway payment platform integrates with over 100 payment gateways globally — including Stripe for international transactions, MercadoPago for LATAM hotel payments, and Razorpay for India and Asia hotel payment processing. Whatever your PMS, OTA, or direct booking source, automated security deposit pre-authorisation works seamlessly across all channels.
Easily Collect Security Deposits with Our Solution
Connect your payment gateway (e.g., Stripe), generate an authorization link, and share it via SMS, WhatsApp, email, or other channels for a simple and secure way to collect security deposits
Why Choose Our Authorization Solution?
No Website/Page Needed
You can still collect security deposit even if you have no website or page for your business. Just create a payment link and send to your customers online. No Website/Page Needed
Payments Made Easy
You can still collect security deposit even if you have no website or page for your business. Just create a payment link and send to your customers online.
Share via any platform
Share the authorization link over any platform like WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Messenger etc. giving your customers a quick checkout option and hassle free transaction.
Zero Fraud Guarantee
You would not worry about fraud customers, disputes and chargebacks for your business with our Chargeback Protection feature available on our Authorization Links.
Go International
You can accept authorization anywhere, even internationally with our Authorization Links. Making your business expand more without even lifting a finger.
No Extra Charges
Create and send as much authorization links as you like for free, and get charged only for successful transactions.
Save Transaction Fee
Charging & refunding security deposit costs you processing fee (~3%). With authorization, you no longer have to pay these fee to your payment processor.
Receive Notification
Every time a security deposit is received, you are will receive notifications in real time.
Why hosts like you trust ChargeAutomation
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$40Upsell revenue
Offer personalized upsells during check-in
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50%Guest queues
Reduce guest queues by using online check-in
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30minTime savings
Speed up check-in & booking processes
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75%Guest satisfaction
Saving guest time & money will make them happy
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100%Document handling
Collect guest documents & signatures online
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100%Eliminate cash-handling
Collect payments & security deposit during check-in
Pre-authorization payment hold
Collect security & damage deposits for your hotel or vacation rental using pre-authorization payment holds on credit & debit cards.
What Can you Do with Pre-Authorization Hold?
Release Authorization Hold
Extend Authorization Hold
Send Auto Reminders
Capture Partial or Full Amount
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Authorization links are simple URL’s that are generated to be sent to your customers for them to add a card for Authorization.
By clicking on it, they are routed to the page where transaction will take place.
You can send the link to any form of messaging communication like email, chat, SMS, or any social media sites, etc.
By this, your customers are able to pay you anytime anywhere they are.
Yes, you can. You do not need any website or app to send your authorization links to your customers.
Just create your links then send to your customer through any form of communication app you are using.
Yes. You can accept payments from your customers internationally.
Yes, you schedule authorization date. Your customer can add their card anytime & authorization will take place on the specified date.
You must have a payment processor like Stripe in order to collect security deposit with ChargeAutomation
It can stay 7-30 days depending on the issuing bank of the cardholder.
Create and send as much authorization links as you like for free, and get charged only for successful transactions. Only successful transactions are charged a minimum fee of 0.15% of transaction amount (e.g. 15 cents on a $100) + 0.25 cents gateway transaction fee. We bill you at the end of the month based on how many transactions are processed.
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