Topic: Expedia Starts Accepting Bitcoin for Hotel Bookings (Read 4812 times)
I've booked using btc on expedia and the process is great. Hotel rooms only though, airlines isn't supported yet. Great way to use btc.
Bitpay has make the process easy for any web store to accept bitcoin with no fee.
The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
We still need to get consumers to understand the benefits of using bitcoin. We do not need bitpay to charge 0% fee to merchants for bitcoin to have a cost advantage over credit cards and paypal. Even with the fee being the same as a credit card bitcoin will have an advantage due to the lack of fraud and chargebacks. The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
You're right. The cost of chargeback/fraud would be so much lower.
Bitpay has make the process easy for any web store to accept bitcoin with no fee.
The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
We still need to get consumers to understand the benefits of using bitcoin. We do not need bitpay to charge 0% fee to merchants for bitcoin to have a cost advantage over credit cards and paypal. Even with the fee being the same as a credit card bitcoin will have an advantage due to the lack of fraud and chargebacks. The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
You're right. The cost of chargeback/fraud would be so much lower.
Bitpay has make the process easy for any web store to accept bitcoin with no fee.
The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
We still need to get consumers to understand the benefits of using bitcoin. We do not need bitpay to charge 0% fee to merchants for bitcoin to have a cost advantage over credit cards and paypal. Even with the fee being the same as a credit card bitcoin will have an advantage due to the lack of fraud and chargebacks. The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
Little user experience in Expedia's bitcoin payment...
Well... it will be very short!
It's very easy : you scan the qrcode and the coinbase confirmation is immediate!
There is one problem : it's provided on expedia.com so I had to pay in $.
In fact, that's not a problem at all
: the conversion $<->BTC<->€ follow the official price of $/€
It has worked perfectly for all my reservation this summer.
Well... it will be very short!
It's very easy : you scan the qrcode and the coinbase confirmation is immediate!
There is one problem : it's provided on expedia.com so I had to pay in $.
In fact, that's not a problem at all
: the conversion $<->BTC<->€ follow the official price of $/€It has worked perfectly for all my reservation this summer.
Bitpay has make the process easy for any web store to accept bitcoin with no fee.
The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
Companies still need to understand the regulatory risks associated with accepting bitcoin as well as the counter-party risk with bitpay. These are both very important things for any merchant to take into consideration. The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
Bitpay has deep pocket funded by VC is this is non-issue.
As for regulation, if US really want to shoot itself in the foot, the companies can set up offshore companies to accept payment.
Bitpay has make the process easy for any web store to accept bitcoin with no fee.
The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
Companies still need to understand the regulatory risks associated with accepting bitcoin as well as the counter-party risk with bitpay. These are both very important things for any merchant to take into consideration. The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
Bitpay has deep pocket funded by VC is this is non-issue.
As for regulation, if US really want to shoot itself in the foot, the companies can set up offshore companies to accept payment.
Bitpay has make the process easy for any web store to accept bitcoin with no fee.
The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
Companies still need to understand the regulatory risks associated with accepting bitcoin as well as the counter-party risk with bitpay. These are both very important things for any merchant to take into consideration. The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
Bitpay has make the process easy for any web store to accept bitcoin with no fee.
The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
The day of paypal and credit card domination are over.
How did I not see this before? This is great news and I am glad to see another company jump on the bitcoin train as they say and start accepting it as a form of payment. I don't see the price of bitcoin going up though just because a company like Expedia starts to accept it.
1800 flower joining.
And master card is patenting payment with bitcoin using credit card.
ETF will be listed around year end.
Lots of positive news, I don't think the price fully reflected it yet.
And master card is patenting payment with bitcoin using credit card.
ETF will be listed around year end.
Lots of positive news, I don't think the price fully reflected it yet.
Newegg is joining the bandwagon.
I believe Newegg had been on the Wagon for some time now. Expedia I'm sure has had enough with visa taking their profits and will soon flip the switch to allow all their services to be paid via bitcoin.
It's basically the only part they make money on. I think they -might- get $5 per plane ticket, some none. Same with car rentals. Hotels they have deals with the sites to get a nice spread on -some- of the hotels, some no spread whatsoever. Thin margin business for sure.
But still they could increase their margin with Bitcoins. For example, Bitpay charges only 1% where Visa / Master charges 2.8%. So even for flight bookings they could make significant profits if they use Bitcoin.
They would also no longer have to deal with fraud related issues with are almost certainly above 3%
Newegg is joining the bandwagon.
It's basically the only part they make money on. I think they -might- get $5 per plane ticket, some none. Same with car rentals. Hotels they have deals with the sites to get a nice spread on -some- of the hotels, some no spread whatsoever. Thin margin business for sure.
But still they could increase their margin with Bitcoins. For example, Bitpay charges only 1% where Visa / Master charges 2.8%. So even for flight bookings they could make significant profits if they use Bitcoin.
They would also no longer have to deal with fraud related issues with are almost certainly above 3%
It's basically the only part they make money on. I think they -might- get $5 per plane ticket, some none. Same with car rentals. Hotels they have deals with the sites to get a nice spread on -some- of the hotels, some no spread whatsoever. Thin margin business for sure.
But still they could increase their margin with Bitcoins. For example, Bitpay charges only 1% where Visa / Master charges 2.8%. So even for flight bookings they could make significant profits if they use Bitcoin.
I never heard of Google flights. They need to get on the ball like Expedia and accept my btc!
You should check it out. It's amazing. However they do not sell tickets. They do what Google does best, they just show where the best price is. https://www.google.com/flights/
Wow, this is awesome. Thanks for sharing. This has a much better search and interface than any other similar service I have used. Thumbs up!
That will kill off a lot of airline and travel agency.
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I never heard of Google flights. They need to get on the ball like Expedia and accept my btc!
You should check it out. It's amazing. However they do not sell tickets. They do what Google does best, they just show where the best price is. https://www.google.com/flights/
Wow, this is awesome. Thanks for sharing. This has a much better search and interface than any other similar service I have used. Thumbs up!
That will kill off a lot of airline and travel agency.
I believe that these prices are if you were to buy directly from the airline. With a travel agency you buy from the agency who buys from the airline, and the airline may have special/different prices for travel agencies.
I never heard of Google flights. They need to get on the ball like Expedia and accept my btc!
You should check it out. It's amazing. However they do not sell tickets. They do what Google does best, they just show where the best price is. https://www.google.com/flights/
Wow, this is awesome. Thanks for sharing. This has a much better search and interface than any other similar service I have used. Thumbs up!
That will kill off a lot of airline and travel agency.
I never heard of Google flights. They need to get on the ball like Expedia and accept my btc!
You should check it out. It's amazing. However they do not sell tickets. They do what Google does best, they just show where the best price is. https://www.google.com/flights/
Wow, this is awesome. Thanks for sharing. This has a much better search and interface than any other similar service I have used. Thumbs up!
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