Payment methods

Enter your card at checkout. On an Instant Book car the payment goes through when you book. On a request, your card is authorized when you send it and charged only when the host approves. If the host declines or the request expires, the authorization is released and nothing is collected.

The card stays with the trip

Your security deposit hold, any extension, and any post-trip charge go to the same card. Keep it valid until the trip is finished and your deposit is released.

If a payment fails

A failed deposit hold blocks check-in. Update your payment method, then use Retry deposit on the trip page. If a card is declined for an extension, your original dates stand.

Credits and promo codes

Credits are applied automatically at checkout. A promo code goes in the promo field. Both come off the trip total, never the deposit hold.