For years, onboarding new accommodations to Booking.com through NextPax has been fast and fully automated—except for one critical step: activating Payments by Booking.com. This final activation had to be done manually in the Booking.com Extranet for each property or via a time-consuming bulk process that could take up to two weeks for portfolios over 100 properties.
Today, we are proud to announce a major industry milestone:
NextPax, as part of a BETA program of Booking.com - is one of the first channel managers worldwide to support full automatic enrollment into Payments by Booking.com during property creation.
This upgrade eliminates manual workflows entirely, enabling partners to publish properties instantly with the right Booking.com payment program active from day one.
Although NextPax already automated accommodation creation and content distribution on Booking.com, payments activation was the last step requiring human intervention:
Each property had to be manually activated in the Extranet one by one,
or
When handling 100+ properties, partners needed to request a Booking.com bulk activation, which often required 10–14 days.
This delay affected go-live speed, revenue potential, and operational efficiency—especially for property managers with large, fast-growing portfolios.
NextPax now integrates directly with Booking.com’s Payments Onboarding API, allowing us to:
Enroll eligible accommodations instantly into Payments by Booking.com
Apply the correct payment program without manual steps
Ensure partners can put properties live immediately
Eliminate delays, avoid errors, and remove dependency on Extranet or bulk activation cycles
This is fully automated inside the property creation pipeline.
Result: Faster onboarding, faster first bookings, and a smoother, more reliable setup workflow for all NextPax partners.
To support all use cases, we’ve added granular controls in the NextPax platform. Accommodation Partners can decide what payout method (bank transfer, virtual credit card or Stripe Connect) they would like to use, the payout strategy and more. For more information about these settings, please visit: https://support.nextpax.com/channel-settings-booking.com
Instant go-live: No more waiting days or weeks for payments setup
Zero manual intervention: Fully automated from creation to activation
Fewer onboarding errors: API-driven checks and automated enrollment
Accelerated revenue: Start receiving bookings and payouts immediately
Reduced operational burden: No need to coordinate with Booking.com support for bulk payment activation
This upgrade is especially impactful for:
Professional property managers
PMS platforms connected to NextPax
Large multi-property operators
Rapidly scaling portfolios