How long does it take for a pending direct booking to expire on Houfy?

Unlike most platforms where you don't get paid till guest check-in, Houfy does not interfere in your payment transactions. All transactions pass between you and your guest only. As such, hosts choose their own forms of payment acceptance: check, Square, Stripe, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, bank transfer, etc. It's entirely up to you.

Yes. Once the owner "accepts" a reservation request the host and the guest will receive an e-mail from Houfy. (Below an example of 10$ paid through stripe)

Note: if you have payment connected to Houfy, you always have the option to send a payment request in reply to an inquiry.

Quotes can be deleted if assigned guests have not signed up. To delete the quote please follow the below method Go to the reservation/message page