Online Payment Systems For Hotels In Thailand

[organic]

A couple of clients who run hotels are interested in receiving online payments, but which company would you advise getting a merchant account from?

There are way too many horror stories about Paypal these days, and from a previous thread on here, it appears merchants in Thailand are hamstrung with extra conditions.

Others like 2checkout specifically exclude the travel biz.

So any recommendations, personal experience, horror stories, etc?

[VaioLord]

A couple of clients who run hotels are interested in receiving online payments, but which company would you advise getting a merchant account from?

There are way too many horror stories about Paypal these days, and from a previous thread on here, it appears merchants in Thailand are hamstrung with extra conditions.

Others like 2checkout specifically exclude the travel biz.

So any recommendations, personal experience, horror stories, etc?

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Hi Organic,

I would recommend http://www.thaiepay.com as an easy solution, I have used them for about 6 months and no problems at all. However to get a internationl trusted solution lookt at http://www.worldpay.com out of Singapore. I find more people are willing to trust this company with CC details and therefore more booking (sales in my case).

Stephen

[organic]

Cheers Stephen, will start looking into those 2.

[Heng]

We use authorize.net/Bank of America. No need to deal with a Thai bank whatsoever if these aren't large hotels. All transactions can be done via virtual terminal or customers can use any of hundreds of blind/secure shopping cart solutions available for less than $250 one time setup.