Short-Term & Vacation Rentals Payouts

Vacation rental platforms collect bookings months in advance and pay hosts after check-in. Roots sets up booking payments, deposit holds and host payouts, with all-in pricing that meets the FTC fee rule.
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Payment solutions for short-term & vacation rentals

How these solutions fit short-term & vacation rentals

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

Marketplace Payments

For short-term & vacation rentals: Collect customer payments for rental bookings, deposits and platform fees and allocate proceeds to rental hosts and asset owners within the marketplace workflow. Guests pay at booking, and hosts are paid after check-in. Roots sets up a marketplace funds flow where buyers pay through your platform, your fee is deducted automatically, and providers receive payouts through our licensed banking and money-transmission partners.
  • Pick a funds-flow model with our partners (direct, destination or separate charges and transfers)
  • Draft seller terms that support an agent-of-payee structure, with your counsel
  • Integrate checkout and payout events
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Split Payments

For short-term & vacation rentals: Allocate customer payments between rental hosts and asset owners and platform fees, using a defined rule for each transaction. Payouts split among the host, co-host and cleaner. Roots configures rules that split each incoming payment among the parties who earned it, provided through our licensed banking and money-transmission partners. There's no manual math and no end-of-month spreadsheet.
  • Model your split rules and edge cases
  • Build split logic into your order or settlement events
  • Reconcile each party's share against bank settlement
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Payouts

For short-term & vacation rentals: Distribute amounts owed to rental hosts and asset owners, with payment references matched to booking references, rental deposits and host balances. Property owners receive scheduled ACH payouts. Roots sets up bulk and API-triggered payouts provided through our licensed banking and money-transmission partners, covering ACH, same-day ACH, RTP, FedNow and push-to-debit where supported.
  • Map your funds flow and match each payment type to a rail with our banking partners
  • Build or connect the payout API and approval workflow
  • Configure schedules, limits and payee notifications
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Multi-Currency Payments

For short-term & vacation rentals: Collect rental bookings, deposits and platform fees in the currencies your customers use and reconcile them against the original order or invoice. Hosts abroad get local-currency payouts. Roots connects your platform to cross-border payout partners for local-currency bank transfers and wallets in many countries. Foreign payment records are collected at onboarding.
  • Map target countries to the best-covered partner
  • Integrate a payee portal or white-label widget
  • Set FX and fee policy
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Short-Term & Vacation Rentals payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Payments for Vacation Rental Platforms, Split Payments for Rental Platforms, Payouts for Hosts. 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 customer payments, recipient onboarding, payment calculations and payouts, then plan the changes your short-term & vacation rentals 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 short-term & vacation rentals workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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