Scheduling and permissions for ski resorts' teams

Schedule and permission seasonal lift, lodge and rental staff. Square's staff tools schedule shifts, track attendance and hours, and set custom permissions with Square Advanced Access. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
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Payment solutions for ski resorts & ski areas

How each solution supports ski resorts & ski areas

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square for Restaurants

For ski resorts & ski areas: Organize campground cafe meals and recreation-site concessions with menu modifiers, kitchen routing and front-of-house checks in one restaurant workflow. Run lodge cafeterias and bars on Square's restaurant POS with KDS routing. Square's restaurant POS handles preauthorized bar tabs, coursing, table and seat management, split checks, auto-gratuity and kitchen routing to Square KDS. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We build menus, modifiers, printers and KDS routing for each outlet
  • We set up tabs, tip rules and permissions for bartenders and servers
  • We configure Square Handheld or Register at each station and train staff
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Square for Retail

For ski resorts & ski areas: Connect camping supplies, recreation equipment and site merchandise to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Track goggles, gloves and logo gear in the ski shop. Square's retail POS keeps stock in sync across locations and channels, with purchase orders, vendor profiles, barcode labels and cost-of-goods tracking. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We import your catalog, variants and barcodes
  • We set up vendors, reorder points and low-stock alerts
  • We configure scanners and label printers and train shop staff
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Square Appointments

For ski resorts & ski areas: Schedule site tours and activity appointments, collect appointment payments and keep staff calendars aligned. Book private and group lessons with instructors as staff and prepayment. Square Appointments gives you a free booking site, staff and resource scheduling, recurring classes, automated reminders, and cards on file for prepayments and no-show fees. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We model your services, resources and capacity in Square Appointments
  • We write cancellation and no-show policies into the booking flow
  • We connect your booking site to your website and Google Business Profile
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Square Kiosk

For ski resorts & ski areas: Let customers select and pay for campground cafe meals and recreation-site concessions at a self-service ordering station. Add Square Kiosks in the lodge so skiers order food without waiting in line. Square Kiosk is an iPad-run self-ordering station with built-in contactless and chip payments that sends orders to your primary Square POS. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We design the kiosk menu and upsell flow
  • We choose mounting and placement and configure the device (bought from Square)
  • Roots Payments is an independent Square Reseller, not Square.
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Square Staff

For ski resorts & ski areas: Set roles, permissions and schedules for site hosts and activity staff, with a clearer view of staffing across shifts. Schedule and permission seasonal lift, lodge and rental staff. Square's staff tools schedule shifts, track attendance and hours, and set custom permissions with Square Advanced Access. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We set roles and permissions for each department
  • We build schedules and tip rules for seasonal crews
  • Roots Payments is an independent Square Reseller, not Square.

Square Gift Cards

For ski resorts & ski areas: Offer gift cards redeemable toward campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals and track purchased and redeemed balances. Sell lodge and shop gift cards for the holidays. Square Gift Cards lets you sell physical and digital gift cards in person and online; they don't expire and redeem like any other payment. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We set up designs, denominations and holiday promotions
  • We connect gift cards to your website and booking flow
  • Roots Payments is an independent Square Reseller, not Square.
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Recurring Billing

For ski resorts & ski areas: Schedule and manage payments for seasonal site rent and marina memberships, including renewals and customer account balances. Offer season pass installment plans billed automatically. Recurring billing charges memberships, installments and monthly fees automatically to a card or bank account on file.
  • We set up plans and migrate existing customers
  • We write clear billing terms and receipts
  • We monitor failed payments
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E-commerce Payments

For ski resorts & ski areas: Add online checkout for campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals, with order references carried through payment and fulfillment. Sell lift tickets and passes online with fraud screening. A hosted or embedded checkout takes bookings and orders on your own website with fraud screening and 3-D Secure.
  • We connect checkout to your site or booking engine
  • We tune fraud rules to cut false declines
  • We support launch and testing
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Custom Payment Integration

For ski resorts & ski areas: Connect the payment flow for campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals with your software and the operational records behind reservation deposits, rental balances and site fees. Connect payments to your ticketing and access-control system. We connect payments to the industry software you already run, from reservation and ticketing systems to access control.
  • We scope, build and maintain the integration
  • We test with real workflows before go-live
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Cashless RFID Payments

For ski resorts & ski areas: Connect campsite bookings, marina services and activity rentals to wristband or RFID checkout, with purchases tied to the guest or attendee account. Let guests pay at lodges with the RFID pass they already carry. RFID wristbands or cards linked to a payment method let guests tap to pay across the site and get unused balances refunded.
  • We compare cashless partners for your event size
  • We connect them to your processing and reporting
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Square Staff questions

Questions outdoor rec business operators ask about payments.
Square provides tools for shifts, timecards, team communication and staff access. Roots helps configure the staff workflow.
Yes. We review what each role needs to see and do, then help configure the appropriate Square access settings.
Bring your staff roles, scheduling process and access requirements. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for ski resorts & ski areas and prepare a clear setup scope.
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