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Know Where Your Money Is—Always

Use a booking system that helps you keep track of your money through deposits, charges, add-ons, gratuities, and discounts.

“Prior to Origin, our payment system was PayPal/Cash only and paper waivers, manual entry. This is tremendously better!”

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Mac McCaleb

Owner/Operator

Granite Mountain Guides

Back to All Features

Know Where Your Money Is—Always

Use a booking system that helps you keep track of your money through deposits, charges, add-ons, gratuities, and discounts.

“Prior to Origin, our payment system was PayPal/Cash only and paper waivers, manual entry. This is tremendously better!”

—

Mac McCaleb

Owner/Operator

Granite Mountain Guides

Back to All Features

Know Where Your Money Is—Always

Use a booking system that helps you keep track of your money through deposits, charges, add-ons, gratuities, and discounts.

“Prior to Origin, our payment system was PayPal/Cash only and paper waivers, manual entry. This is tremendously better!”

—

Mac McCaleb

Owner/Operator

Granite Mountain Guides

Have More Control Over Deposits

Customize Deposit Amount Per Listing

Decide how much you want someone to deposit when they reserve a trip with you and let your customers choose between paying the deposit or the full amount at checkout.

Schedule a Collection Date

Prevent frantic last-minute calls on the day of the trip to collect remaining balances by charging your customers in advance.

Track Deposits in Reports

Origin shows what your guest paid at checkout and what’s still owed, so you’re not writing notes on paper to remember.

Collect the Remaining Balance

Charge a different card for the balance, have another guest pay the rest, or adjust the amount due within Origin.

Flexible Refunds

Refund any amount of a booking if that’s part of your refund policy.

Charge Different Credit Cards

Charge a different card for the balance, have another guest pay the rest, or adjust the amount due within Origin.

Offer Digital Gift Cards to Increase Cash Flow

Sell Gift Cards

Build brand awareness, capture last-minute holiday sales, and improve cash flow during the off-season.

Refund to a Gift Card

Keep money in the bank by offering to refund a booking to a digital gift card for guests who plan to book with you in the future.

Charge For Add-Ons At Checkout

Offer Anything as an Add-On

Boost your bottom line and offer more to your clients by selling shirts, stickers, or tour photos.

Inventory Add-Ons

For operators who rent gear or equipment, use Origin to charge and track inventory so your guests don’t show up empty-handed.

Admin-Only Add-Ons

Using Origin’s virtual Point-of-Sale, admins can designate certain discounts for customers not available to your regular staff, such as discounts for customers bringing their own gear.

Let Your Customers Leave Gratuity

Collect Donations

Let guests donate to a nonprofit organization important to you.

Accept Tips

Give your guests a chance to tip your guides before their trip.

Generate Booking Reports

See how many tips or donations you’ve collected in the Booking Reports

Compare For Yourself

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Fully Customized Deposits
No Refund Reserve
Your Company Processes the Payments
Fully Customized Refunds
Flat Processing Fee
Update Customer Credit Cards
Process Phone Bookings
Payment Failure Notifications

Interested in a personalized guided tour of the Origin platform?

Schedule an intro call with our team.

Compare For Yourself

		Other Reservation Systems
Fully Customized Deposits
No Refund Reserve
Your Company Processes the Payments
Fully Customized Refunds
Flat Processing Fee
Update Customer Credit Cards
Process Phone Bookings
Payment Failure Notifications

Interested in a personalized guided tour of the Origin platform?

Schedule an intro call with our team.

Payment FAQs

Do I have control over refunds, or does Origin?

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Can I customize deposit settings for my different offerings?

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Yes! You can set a company-wide deposit, or customize it on each different Listing you offer.

For example, you can take a 50% deposit on every booking, or you can take a $100 per-person deposit on only one of your Listings.

How does Origin collect the service fees? Do you bill me?

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Does Origin hold any of my money?

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Origin doesn’t touch your finances because your money is yours, and all transactions are processed by your own Stripe account.

What shows on my Customers' bank statement when they book?

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Is it possible to get lower payment processing fees?

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If you have a large or high-volume business, you may be able to directly negotiate better processing rates with Stripe.

You might’ve seen platforms offering “Ridiculously low rates” or “Industry’s lowest rates”, but this means charging a higher percentage to your customers to pay part of the processing fee so it seems lower to you.