Take the safari deposit from guests who live on another continent.
Safari operators, lodges and camps take a deposit when a trip is booked and the balance weeks before the guests arrive, and almost every guest pays from abroad. Send one link for the deposit and one for the balance. Guests pay from their own wallet, and stablecoins settle to a wallet you control.
Before you read on: we publish every business type we take and every one we refuse — 28 we take, 11 we refuse.
Check yours in ten secondsGuests far away, a deposit months ahead, and a total that can change.
Almost every guest is abroad
Guests are often asked to choose between an international bank transfer and a surcharge for paying by card.
They pay your link from their own wallet, or by card where available — buyer eligibility depends on country, payment method, provider, and compliance checks.
The deposit comes long before the trip
Many safaris are booked months ahead, with the balance due some weeks before arrival.
Send the deposit link when the booking is confirmed, and the balance link when it is due. Every link is a single payment of a fixed amount.
The trip changes after booking
An extra night, an added transfer or a change of camp can change what a guest owes.
Send the difference as its own link, with the booking number in the description. Zoyn keeps no card on file and charges nothing automatically.
Deposits and balances settle to a wallet only you control.
Two limits worth knowing. If your own account with us is under review, automatic payouts pause until that is resolved. And a buyer paying by card can be declined, or asked to prove who they are, before the money is sent — a payment that doesn't happen, never money taken back from you afterwards.
A deposit when they book, the balance before they fly.
Confirm the itinerary and your terms
Your booking terms say what the deposit is, when the balance is due, and what happens if the trip changes or is cancelled.
Send the deposit link, then the balance
Guests pay from their own wallet, or by card where available — buyer eligibility depends on country, payment method, provider, and compliance checks.
The payment reaches your wallet
After the required network confirmations, in the currency the link was set in.
What a safari operator asks first.
Can the balance be charged automatically?
No. Zoyn keeps no card on file and charges nothing automatically. Each payment is its own link, which you send when it is due.
A travel agent abroad is paying for their clients.
Send the agent one link per booking, with the booking number in the description. Every link is a single payment of a fixed amount.
A guest cancels, or the trip changes.
Your booking terms decide what is owed. Zoyn has no refund button: any refund you owe is a payment you send from your own wallet.
Does paying by link cover package-travel rules?
If you sell trips that put your lodge or camp together with game drives, transfers or flights, the rules in your travellers' home countries may treat you as a package seller who has to protect their money if your business fails, even if you are based elsewhere, and meeting those rules is yours to do however you are paid: Zoyn does not protect travellers' payments, does not cover anyone if a business fails, and has no refund button.
What does it cost me?
A percentage of each payment, agreed with you in writing before you go live: crypto payments start at 0.75%, and card payments, if your business can take them, have a separate, higher price. No monthly platform fee and no setup fee. Network fees, and any extra charge for how your customer pays, are separate. Your customer pays them on top of your price and sees their total before they pay.
Will you take my safari business?
We publish every business type we take and every one we refuse, and every application is reviewed before it goes live. We don't promise a timeline we can't keep.
Selling tours more widely? Read the page for tour operators. Paid by overseas travel companies? Read the page for destination management companies. Not sure we'd take your business? See exactly how we decide.
Take your next safari deposit as one link.
Apply today, and settle each payment to a wallet only you control after the required network confirmations. Every application is reviewed.