1) Can you collect more than 10% deposit online, or as much as 100% of the entire reservation? 2) Are bookings confirmed automatically online, or is manual review or intervention required? 3) Do you have no-show and cancellation protection? 4) Can you avoid having to obtain your own costly merchant account, and having to contend [...]

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Should you affiliate? The short answer is yes. But, let’s start by explaining what affiliating means. As a small hotel, hostel, or bed and breakfast owner, you should not fear affiliation. No, it does not mean that you are becoming business partners with someone, or selling shares in your lodging business. Affiliation in internet-parlance simply [...]

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