Topic: Someone booked a hotel using bitcoin - page 3. (Read 748 times)
That will not be a great news in Africa. If they is a way you can convince the hotel manager to create a block chain account, and you send them Bitcoin. Direct them to a trusted exchange that will send it to their Bank account. You will be considered a big person and appreciated too. For teaching them something new. Bitcoin is negotiable. So long they will receive money into their Bank account.
As I browse through my social media account, facebook, I saw this post saying he booked a hotel in Thailand using bitcoin in Travala ( application for hotel and accommodation booking.
A quick view for Travala, the heart of this system is Travala token (AVA) which helps the platform offer tokenized incentives to its customers and any other user that can help the platform grow. ( quick google seach)
Here's the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-pLZzVO6s&fbclid=IwAR2urpi9mDQ9k-Rs-L5N5-KYUbwYen01SmXtAdwkhsY16E3w5iJff8Y718I
There is no actual moment that he is booked and paid using bitcoin. What do you guys think about it?
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
A quick view for Travala, the heart of this system is Travala token (AVA) which helps the platform offer tokenized incentives to its customers and any other user that can help the platform grow. ( quick google seach)
Here's the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-pLZzVO6s&fbclid=IwAR2urpi9mDQ9k-Rs-L5N5-KYUbwYen01SmXtAdwkhsY16E3w5iJff8Y718I
There is no actual moment that he is booked and paid using bitcoin. What do you guys think about it?
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
Well, using bitcoins to book and pay for hotel expenses is convenient when it comes to travel, or vacation trips. Considering that it is on another country, there would be other expenses of a person like fare, food, souvenirs, and visitation to good spots in that country. If one can ease the expenses especially the stay in a hotel, by using Bitcoins, it'll definitely work out. Even though it is charged a little or rather a reasonable amount, other expenses which can't be paid through Bitcoin can be dealt with your own pocket money, it'll be enough.
This is going to be quite easy if you have a custodial wallet with Credit Card payment bills at your disposal.
You could just Book a Hotel > Book a date > Pay with your credit card > Pay when Bill is due > Pay it in the custodial wallet.
This is not directly using your Bitcoin, but it works just as much the same. You just have to have a credit card, though. There's no VCC anymore available that I know of that applies to my place, but maybe you could find one in yours.
Some custodial wallets could also pay directly the flights IIRC.
You could just Book a Hotel > Book a date > Pay with your credit card > Pay when Bill is due > Pay it in the custodial wallet.
This is not directly using your Bitcoin, but it works just as much the same. You just have to have a credit card, though. There's no VCC anymore available that I know of that applies to my place, but maybe you could find one in yours.
Some custodial wallets could also pay directly the flights IIRC.
if the whole community starts talking more about using bitcoin as a means of payment I believe that many people will start using bitcoin as a means of payment
This is basically a dream at this point. Satoshi developed BTC in order to primarily be used as a payment method and traded as an asset secondarily, but the reverse has been the reality so far and I don't think this will change anytime soon.Personally, I am confident that BTC and the crypto market on a whole would flourish if the reverse case scenario became the reality which will only happen if majority of the investors realize this too.
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
No problem with me. But if using Bitcoin means paying a much higher price simply because of that option, I would rather use fiat. After all, generally, I am actually trying to accumulate more and more Bitcoin rather than spend them.
No disrespect to your decision but you do understand that, If we don't spend it, it can't serve the purpose it was created for. Bitcoin was created to serve as a currency so the sooner we understand that and start utilizing it in that manner then achieving the global currency statue will still be a dream that can't be achievable. For those wanting to use bitcoin as a store of value (asset), which is highly recommended. My above statement shouldn't be considered as discouraging instead you can set aside few satoshi to be utilized when the opportunity presents itself.
I personally tried to use bitcoin when I see an opportunity to do so. Here in Africa it isn't that common to find any opportunity to spend bitcoin that's why we're mostly participating in the industry by trading/investing.
I don't know how much it makes sense to discuss travel at this point, because tourism is on the ice in almost the whole world. But it's no wonder to me that someone paid for the hotel directly with BTC, it is a digital currency and its purpose is to pay for goods and services.
The year is 2020, and some are still surprised to see that some company, store or travel agency is accepts BTC as a means of payment. A good seller knows that the buyer should always be offered as many payment options as possible. I want to pay with BTC, you with cash, some other person with Visa, but at the end the revenue generated is important.
On the page that lists all the merchants who accept BTC as a means of payment it is currently 27 results in category of traveling.
https://spending-bitcoin.com/category/traveling?page=1
The year is 2020, and some are still surprised to see that some company, store or travel agency is accepts BTC as a means of payment. A good seller knows that the buyer should always be offered as many payment options as possible. I want to pay with BTC, you with cash, some other person with Visa, but at the end the revenue generated is important.
On the page that lists all the merchants who accept BTC as a means of payment it is currently 27 results in category of traveling.
https://spending-bitcoin.com/category/traveling?page=1
What do you guys think about it?
I am very happy to know that some people are using bitcoin as a means of payment instead of thinking about doing Hold, don't get me wrong, I also think about Hold, but it is a great exaggeration that analysts constantly appear in the channels of news talking about Hold and price go to the moon because it discourages people from using bitcoin as a means of payment.if the whole community starts talking more about using bitcoin as a means of payment I believe that many people will start using bitcoin as a means of payment
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
yes i would do that, however i must say that in my country there is not a single place that accepts bitcoin and i have some doubts about refund and legal issues if i pay any hotel from abroad with bitcoin.
I am also a bit concerned with spending crypto directly because it'll link me to that wallet and as a person that has Bitcoin. It's not illegal in my country, but Bitcoin is still in the grey area, so problems might occur.
I also thought about it a lot when I asked for my plastic card in the past and I just limited myself to withdrawing money from the ATM with it, I never used the card to shop in my country, in my country bitcoin is not illegal, but neither is it legal, the government only allows the use of bitcoin
You can get fiat based (bitcoin loaded) VISA Debit cards, Coinbase do a really good trustworthy one. That way you can pay for EVERYTHING with crypto (via fiat).
https://www.coinbase.com/card
https://www.coinbase.com/card
But then your bitcoin will come under the control of a payment processor. Personally if I wanted to use a card to pay for stuff I might as well use fiat currencies which were meant to be loaded by cards anyway. Putting bitcoin on a debit card gives you the worst of both worlds IMO: it can be seized at any time and there aren't many things you can buy with it.
I see no reason to pay more for the honour of paying with BTC.
That's my problem as well. I would like to spend BTC on day-to-day things but on those rare occasions when I find an option of paying with Bitcoin, it usually costs significantly more than with fiat, so I don't go for it. I am also a bit concerned with spending crypto directly because it'll link me to that wallet and as a person that has Bitcoin. It's not illegal in my country, but Bitcoin is still in the grey area, so problems might occur.If it becomes a casual option one day, I'll definitely go for it, but now it's just too rare and inconvenient.
The simple reason they charge people who pay with bitcoin more will be because of the volatility and unprecedented fluctuations in bitcoin price. You can not predict what happens next even while payment is ongoing, the price can either drop or rise. Nothing is guaranteed.
That's what a payment processor is for.
I will not be subsidising someone else's risk. The tools are out there for them to deal with it. If they can't be bothered to find them or gouge me because they're too lazy to deal with it they won't be getting a bean.
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
No problem with me. But if using Bitcoin means paying a much higher price simply because of that option, I would rather use fiat. After all, generally, I am actually trying to accumulate more and more Bitcoin rather than spend them.
No disrespect to your decision but you do understand that, If we don't spend it, it can't serve the purpose it was created for. Bitcoin was created to serve as a currency so the sooner we understand that and start utilizing it in that manner then achieving the global currency statue will still be a dream that can't be achievable. For those wanting to use bitcoin as a store of value (asset), which is highly recommended. My above statement shouldn't be considered as discouraging instead you can set aside few satoshi to be utilized when the opportunity presents itself.
I personally tried to use bitcoin when I see an opportunity to do so. Here in Africa it isn't that common to find any opportunity to spend bitcoin that's why we're mostly participating in the industry by trading/investing.
I completely understand that. I am both a HODLer and a Bitcoin spender at the same time, and I have separate wallets especially for them. My household's utility expenses are paid in Bitcoin. I have to admit that I am limiting my Bitcoin spending to smaller expenses such as these, though. I guess you and I know that Bitcoin is still going to soar in the months and years to come. I am kind of stocking up for that moment.
However, as I've pointed out, if paying in Bitcoin means paying something with a much higher price, I wouldn't think twice of spending fiat instead. That must be a poor way of encouraging people to use Bitcoin.
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
Very great news mate, bitcoin has been going more popular all over the world so they tend to make an application which can use bitcoin as payment on some transactions, which is really good because it makes the transaction secured and fast compared to the manual thing which you should do all thing physically.
It seems like bitcoin will be more prominent because of the emerging technology as time goes by technology evolves and bitcoin becomes more popular, I think in the near future there would be more software or application uses by some transaction with the use of bitcoin.
It seems like bitcoin will be more prominent because of the emerging technology as time goes by technology evolves and bitcoin becomes more popular, I think in the near future there would be more software or application uses by some transaction with the use of bitcoin.
This is good about bitcoin but it is not new again, there are some countries in Europe that use bitcoin like money, beside using it to book for hotel they also use it for many daily transactions like using it to make order in bar, this is common in Ljubljana and Prague.
I can use it to book for a hotel if the service is available in the hotel I logged, it is a great idea, I can easily use my wallet to even pay as easy than using fiats.
But it is really great for those people who don't know about these things like me because we can use it for next time if we are going to reserve a book in the hotel.I can use it to book for a hotel if the service is available in the hotel I logged, it is a great idea, I can easily use my wallet to even pay as easy than using fiats.
That's what happen if, we, bitcoin supporters are really doing something for the promotion of bitcoin into our surroundings. Sometimes all we need to do is cooperation for the future of bitcoin so that people will notice and know its uses in many transactions. I think that using bitcoin in booking a hotel is a good idea because one of the reason why bitcoin exists is for a digital transaction purposes. Most especially if you're travelling around the world and you need to book a hotel, bitcoin is the best choice if you have no any choice or fiat in your wallet. Bitcoin is really flexible when it comes to digital payment, it can use in any transactions like paying bills, foods, and etc., you just need to confirm if bitcoin is accepted in a country that you're in.
I see no reason to pay more for the honour of paying with BTC.
The simple reason they charge people who pay with bitcoin more will be because of the volatility and unprecedented fluctuations in bitcoin price. You can not predict what happens next even while payment is ongoing, the price can either drop or rise. Nothing is guaranteed. Back to the OP, if we believe bitcoin is digital cash then it should not be a surprise if people pay for goods and services using it. Should it? 
Is that a big deal? I think that hotel booking is still the same, no matter the mode of payment, this is just a business strategy to garner a larger demographic of people and this helps in their business model by adding a variety of payments, the only problem with that I guess is the bureaucracy that depends where that business operates in, because government would surely want their share of taxes to the businesses, it is a quaint problem for businesses though because it poses more problem for the businessman when they fail to comply.
I guess some treat it as a big deal because they could finally spend their Bitcoins on a local business, rather than just for speculation/ gambling.
As I browse through my social media account, facebook, I saw this post saying he booked a hotel in Thailand using bitcoin in Travala ( application for hotel and accommodation booking.
A quick view for Travala, the heart of this system is Travala token (AVA) which helps the platform offer tokenized incentives to its customers and any other user that can help the platform grow. ( quick google seach)
Here's the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-pLZzVO6s&fbclid=IwAR2urpi9mDQ9k-Rs-L5N5-KYUbwYen01SmXtAdwkhsY16E3w5iJff8Y718I
There is no actual moment that he is booked and paid using bitcoin. What do you guys think about it?
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
A quick view for Travala, the heart of this system is Travala token (AVA) which helps the platform offer tokenized incentives to its customers and any other user that can help the platform grow. ( quick google seach)
Here's the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-pLZzVO6s&fbclid=IwAR2urpi9mDQ9k-Rs-L5N5-KYUbwYen01SmXtAdwkhsY16E3w5iJff8Y718I
There is no actual moment that he is booked and paid using bitcoin. What do you guys think about it?
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
It seems like Travala is promoting the use not only Bitcoin but accepting many cryptocurrency-based as payment method, they seem really proud in that they are a cryptocurrency-friendly booking platform, others that I know travel and booking sites are Garbarino Viajes and CheapAir,
Not only travel and booking but there are a lot more online stores that purely accepting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and promoting cryptocurrency services.
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Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
No problem with me. But if using Bitcoin means paying a much higher price simply because of that option, I would rather use fiat. After all, generally, I am actually trying to accumulate more and more Bitcoin rather than spend them.
No disrespect to your decision but you do understand that, If we don't spend it, it can't serve the purpose it was created for. Bitcoin was created to serve as a currency so the sooner we understand that and start utilizing it in that manner then achieving the global currency statue will still be a dream that can't be achievable. For those wanting to use bitcoin as a store of value (asset), which is highly recommended. My above statement shouldn't be considered as discouraging instead you can set aside few satoshi to be utilized when the opportunity presents itself.
I personally tried to use bitcoin when I see an opportunity to do so. Here in Africa it isn't that common to find any opportunity to spend bitcoin that's why we're mostly participating in the industry by trading/investing.
Is that a big deal? I think that hotel booking is still the same, no matter the mode of payment, this is just a business strategy to garner a larger demographic of people and this helps in their business model by adding a variety of payments, the only problem with that I guess is the bureaucracy that depends where that business operates in, because government would surely want their share of taxes to the businesses, it is a quaint problem for businesses though because it poses more problem for the businessman when they fail to comply.
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a list of four approved cryptocurrencies for use as base trading pairs in the country. They are bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), ripple (XRP), and stellar (XLM). The regulator clarified that approval does not make these coins legal tender that can be used to pay.
Travala projet from USA. They are a 2nd party tour service. Yes they accept Crypto as payment (Travala). But for Thailand payment transactions, I don't think it can. Travala can use fiat (USD or etc) to pay for your book hotels , if you pay with BTC in Travala not direct to hotels.
Right now I don't want to go but maybe someday because it's easier.
Would you book a hotel using bitcoins?
Why not? if we bitcoin enthusiast wanted it to be adopted globally, then perhaps we can start by actually using it. And for the record, there are a lot of hotel services that offer bitcoin to book reservations like this:
https://bitcoin.travel/
I haven't tried it to, but according to their website, you can save a whopping 60%. Maybe if after this corona virus pandemic, people here might think of travelling again and use our BTC.
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