Bella Vista
Payment Options and Procedures
Owners strongly prefer and encourage payments by
credit card.
Two payments are required: the $300 refundable security "Deposit"
and the rental "Balance"
(consisting of the sum of (a) total rent, (b)
cleaning/processing fee, and (c) 9% transient occupancy tax on
rent).
Payment of the Deposit is required to hold the
reservation and is only acceptable by credit card via PayPal (no
fee applies to this payment). If the rental date is within 30
days from date of booking, payment of the rental Balance is due
immediately and can only be made via PayPal – and no fee
applies.
If the rental date is further out than 30 days, the rental
Balance is due no later than 30 days prior to the rental date
and may be paid by personal check (U.S. Bank only) or by credit
card via the highly secure Internet-Benk PayPal, in which latter
case a 2% PayPal fee co-payment applies. However, if the
rental date is further out than 30 days, we often do offer the
renter ad-hoc the option of paying the entire balance
immediately via PayPal, and then without charging the 2% fee.
For all credit card payments, the Owner will issue a "Payment
Request" through PayPal via e-mail to the renter, upon which the
renter can conveniently and securely complete the payment; no
PayPal account is required. Renter may have to ascertain that
the payment request (from PayPal) does not get hung up in
his/her spam filter.
Chasing after payments is a time-consuming activity for the owner. You WILL NOT be reminded on any payment due dates except credit card payment of the rental Balance. A late payment fee of $50 will be automatically deducted from the deposit refund for any check payments received after the due date, and for any credit card payments delayed without reasonable cause more than 24 hours from the time the request was issued. If payment is not made within 5 days of the due date, the reservation will be canceled and the property will be opened up for other rentals, and money paid shall be forfeited. Reservations may be reinstated, and forfeited money reapplied, upon payment of the amount due, if the property is still available, at the Owner’s discretion.