Worldline is a European payment processor used by hotels in dozens of countries. It can connect with ChargeAutomation to automate guest payments next to your current Worldline setup.
If you already use Worldline for in-person card payments, you can use it for more. You can extend it to pre-arrival charges and automatic deposit handling.
This article covers what Worldline offers hotels in Europe and how the link with ChargeAutomation works. It also lists what to check before you automate payments with both.
Worldline offers payment processing built for hotels. It covers in-person and online payments, from booking to checkout.
It is built to work with your current property management system. This gives you one processor across many European markets.
Worldline takes payments in many countries through one technical link. So hotel groups across Europe can use one setup, not a separate provider in each market.
Hotels using Worldline often take payments for:
ChargeAutomation connects with many payment gateways. Worldline is one of the options hotels can set up for automatic guest charges.
Once linked, you can schedule pre-arrival payments and hold deposits. You can also set automatic retries for declined cards. The front desk doesn’t need to step in.
ChargeAutomation supports 3D Secure and PSD2 compliant checks. So Worldline hotels can add a security step to online charges that fits European payment rules.
This doesn’t change how you use Worldline for in-person payments. A Worldline and ChargeAutomation setup can usually automate:
If your hotel already uses Worldline, you don’t need to change that to add automatic pre-arrival and deposit workflows.
ChargeAutomation is free to start and needs no long term contract. That makes it an easy way to test automatic payments next to your Worldline setup.
You can start automating payments at chargeautomation.com and see how the two systems link on a live booking. Most of the setup is linking the gateway and choosing which charges to automate.
Before you link Worldline to an automatic payment workflow, check:
Worldline is one of the payment gateways hotels can link to ChargeAutomation. European properties that already use Worldline can then automate pre-arrival charges and deposits.
Worldline handles payments for hotels in dozens of European countries. It covers in-person and online payments, from booking to checkout.
When you link Worldline through a platform like ChargeAutomation, you can hold a deposit before the stay. It is then released after checkout on its own.
No. ChargeAutomation is built to connect with your current payment gateway, including Worldline. You don't need to switch processors.
Worldline is built for the European market. Pairing it with a PSD2 compliant platform like ChargeAutomation can help you add 3D Secure checks to online charges.
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