Parking operators run unattended pay stations, monthly permits and online reservations, sometimes with attendant booths. Roots sets up unattended payments, permit billing and integrations with your parking software.
See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.
Unattended Payments
For parking lots & garages: Build self-service checkout for parking sessions, permits and valet services at kiosks, stations or access points that operate without a staffed counter. Take cards at pay-on-foot stations, exit lanes and entry kiosks. Unattended readers and pay stations take cards on machines, kiosks and gates without staff.
For parking lots & garages: Connect the payment flow for parking sessions, permits and valet services with your software and the operational records behind parking sessions, permit balances and event totals. Connect payments to license-plate recognition and permit systems. We connect payments to the industry software you already run, from reservation and ticketing systems to access control.
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Recurring Billing
For parking lots & garages: Schedule and manage payments for monthly parking permits and space rentals, including renewals and customer account balances. Bill monthly permits automatically. Recurring billing charges memberships, installments and monthly fees automatically to a card or bank account on file.
For parking lots & garages: Offer bank-account payments for parking sessions, permits and valet services, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. Collect corporate permit accounts by ACH. ACH moves money straight from a customer's bank account, usually for far less than card fees on large invoices and recurring charges.
We set up authorization forms and verification
We connect ACH to your invoicing or billing
We explain return codes and timelines to your team
For parking lots & garages: Add online checkout for parking sessions, permits and valet services, with order references carried through payment and fulfillment. Sell reservations online. 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
In stock at 2 locations · synced with your POSCheckout
Text to Pay
For parking lots & garages: Send a payment request for parking sessions, permits and valet services by text so customers can pay against a specific order or invoice. Let drivers pay by text from a sign in the lot. Text to Pay sends a secure payment link by SMS so customers pay from their phone without reading card numbers aloud.
Hi Taylor, your booking balance of $283.00 is due.Pay Highland Parkingpay.rootspayments.com/gl-2291Paid, thank you!Receipt: $283.00 received. Thank you!
Square Point of Sale
For parking lots & garages: Bring parking sessions, permits and valet services into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around parking sessions, permit balances and event totals. Take payments at attendant booths on Square POS. Square Point of Sale accepts tap, dip and swipe payments, including digital wallets, with an item library, customer profiles and sales reports in one app. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
We build your item library, taxes, discounts and device settings before day one
We recommend Square hardware for each station and configure it (you buy it from Square)
We train your staff and stay on call as your named contact
For parking lots & garages: Send itemized invoices for parking sessions, permits and valet services and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Bill monthly corporate accounts with recurring invoices. Square Invoices sends estimates, e-signature contracts and invoices with deposits, payment schedules, recurring billing and automatic reminders. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
We build invoice, estimate and contract templates in your brand
We set up deposit and payment-schedule rules that match your policies
Copper Hill Parking sent you an invoice for $283.00Due in 14 daysPayment method
Credit or debit card
Cash App Pay
Bank (ACH)
CustomerMorgan Diaz
Invoice INV-1067
Valet × 1$30.00
Event Parking × 1$40.00
Monthly Pass × 1$189.00
Daily Parking × 1$24.00
Total$283.00
Level 2/3 Processing
For parking lots & garages: Include purchase-order references and itemized invoice data for business-card purchases of parking sessions, permits and valet services. Lower interchange on fleet and corporate cards. Passing enhanced data such as tax amounts, PO numbers and line items with corporate, purchasing and government cards can qualify transactions for lower interchange rates.
We review which of your customers pay with commercial cards
We set up data capture in your invoices or software
Cedar Grove ParkingInvoice INV-4805 · Due in 14 days
Sent
Bill to
Casey Patel
Event Parking
$40.00
Monthly Pass
$189.00
Daily Parking
$24.00
Valet
$30.00
Amount due$283.00
Pay by cardPay by bank
Square Payment Links
For parking lots & garages: Share a checkout link for parking sessions, permits and valet services through messages, email or your website. Print a QR code for event-day or small-lot parking. Square Payment Links creates a checkout page you can share by text, email, social or QR code, and one link can be reused for a standard charge.
Create reusable links for standard fees and deposits
Generate QR codes for trucks, leave-behinds and invoices
Make sure paid links land in the right customer profile and report
For parking lots & garages: Arrange a processing account for parking sessions, permits and valet services, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. Typical tickets for parking operators run $3 to $50 per session; monthly permits, and a merchant account's limits and pricing can be set for that range. A dedicated merchant account gives you custom pricing and processing limits set during underwriting. Roots uses it when Square isn't the right fit.
Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Unattended Payments for Parking Lots, Custom Payment Integration for Parking Lots, Recurring Billing for Parking Lots. Roots helps compare the setup, software and processing requirements around how you operate.
Yes. Bring your current POS, checkout or billing tools and recent processing statements. We review reservations, tickets, deposits and on-site checkout, then plan the changes your parking lots & garages business needs.
Request a quote for your business. The review covers your payment mix, locations, software, hardware recommendations and implementation work. Consultations and payment reviews are free.
Bring recent payment statements, the systems you use and a record of how a customer places an order, receives a service or pays a bill. Tell us which parking lots & garages workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.
Let’s set up payments for your parking lots & garage business
Book a free 30-minute payment review to compare costs, address payment problems and plan your next steps.
