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Hotelmente PAY in El Salvador: hotel card payments through BAC El Salvador

Card payments for your hotel in El Salvador, through BAC El Salvador: deposits at booking, balances before arrival and secure payment links, each recorded on the right reservation in Cloudbeds.

Hotel card payments in El Salvador: the guest pays on BAC El Salvador’s secure page and the payment lands on the reservation in Cloudbeds

Hotelmente PAY

$45 /month

per bank connection, per property

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How billing works

  • A monthly price per property. Each product has its own price: you pay only for the ones you use.
  • Pay by card through Stripe, or with PayPal. Prices are in US dollars.
  • Billed every month. Cancel anytime.
  • Several hotels? A pack of 5 properties is 10% off and a pack of 10 is 20% off, on every product. More than 10: contact us.
  • Priced per bank connection: your property system plus your bank, such as Cloudbeds + BAC. Card fees stay between your hotel and your bank.

Hotelmente PAY in El Salvador

Connection
Cloudbeds + BAC
Bank
BAC El Salvador
Currencies
USD
Property system
Cloudbeds
Guests pay
By secure payment link
Card data
Stays with the bank

Banks in El Salvador

The banks Hotelmente PAY works with or plans to work with in El Salvador.

Connections available in El Salvador

Hotelmente PAY is sold per connection: your property system plus your bank. These work with the bank’s entity in El Salvador.

Getting paid at a hotel in El Salvador

El Salvador charges in US dollars, and many bookings arrive at short notice, especially on the coast. A payment link sent the moment the reservation comes in turns an inquiry into a paid night, without waiting for the guest to arrive.

Hotelmente PAY is built for the surf hotel in El Tunco or El Zonte, the colonial hotel in Suchitoto, the inns along the Ruta de las Flores in Juayúa, and the hotels of Santa Ana and San Salvador that take cards through BAC El Salvador.

For hotels across El Salvador

Every destination gets paid differently. Hotelmente PAY adapts with the deposit, balance and reminder rules you set.

El Tunco

Surf hotels on the La Libertad coast, with last-minute bookings and international guests.

El Zonte

Small beachfront hotels, with long stays from surfers.

Suchitoto

Colonial hotels by Lake Suchitlán, with weekend getaways from San Salvador.

Juayúa

Inns on the Ruta de las Flores, known for its weekend food festival.

Santa Ana

City hotels near Santa Ana Volcano and Lake Coatepeque.

San Salvador

City hotels with business travelers and guests passing through.

What you get in El Salvador

Deposits at booking

Choose the deposit percentage. The guest gets a BAC El Salvador payment link with the confirmation.

Balance before arrival

The balance is requested automatically the number of days before arrival you choose, with a reminder before it is due.

Everything in US dollars

Guests pay in US dollars (USD) and your BAC El Salvador payouts arrive in the same currency.

Payment links on demand

Send a link for a deposit, a balance or an open charge from the reservation. You decide how many hours the link stays valid.

Matched to the Cloudbeds folio

Every payment lands on the right reservation and folio, so front desk and accounting see the same numbers.

Automatic receipts

The guest gets a receipt by email as soon as they pay. Nothing to send by hand.

How setup works

  1. 1

    Your business details

    Legal name, payments email and whether you already bank with BAC El Salvador. If you have a merchant (affiliate) number, add it; it is not a card number.

  2. 2

    Currencies

    In El Salvador, charges and payouts are in US dollars (USD).

  3. 3

    Deposits and balances

    Deposit percentage, days before arrival for the balance, reminder timing and how long links stay valid.

  4. 4

    Connection with BAC El Salvador

    Your merchant connection with BAC El Salvador is completed together with Hotelmente and BAC before launch.

What it covers, and what it does not

Hotelmente PAY covers only payments that go through Hotelmente PAY: the deposits, balances and links your hotel collects through BAC El Salvador. What an OTA such as Booking.com or Expedia collects, and cash payments, follow their usual path.

Hotelmente AI still shows all that revenue in your financial insights, so you see the full picture even when not everything goes through Hotelmente PAY.

Electronic invoicing in El Salvador

Hotelmente FACTURA issues electronic invoices to the Ministerio de Hacienda for the payments you choose, including Hotelmente PAY payments.

Hotelmente PAY in El Salvador: questions

Does Cloudbeds connect with BAC in El Salvador?

Hotelmente PAY is the bridge between Cloudbeds and BAC El Salvador: the guest pays on the bank’s secure page and the payment is recorded on the right reservation in Cloudbeds. Hotelmente only reads Cloudbeds and records the payment; it does not change reservations or rates.

Does Hotelmente store card data?

No. Guests enter their card details on BAC El Salvador’s secure page. Hotelmente never sees or stores card numbers.

Which currency does Hotelmente PAY use in El Salvador?

US dollars (USD). Guests pay in dollars through BAC El Salvador and your payouts arrive in dollars. Final details are confirmed with BAC before launch.

Does it work for last-minute beach bookings?

Yes. As soon as the reservation comes in, the guest can get a BAC El Salvador payment link and pay from a phone. The payment is tied to the reservation in Cloudbeds before they arrive.

Does Hotelmente PAY collect OTA reservations or cash?

No. Hotelmente PAY covers only payments that go through Hotelmente PAY. OTA-collected payments and cash follow their usual path.

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