Sports, leisure & rentals: SMS deposits and serious bookings

In sports, leisure and rental activities, every no‑show slot is lost revenue. With PayLinker, you send an SMS deposit at the time of booking: the customer pays in seconds, the spot is confirmed and you reduce no‑shows on classes, kids camps, watersports sessions or equipment rentals. For packs, memberships or higher‑priced stays, you can offer instalment payments via Stripe. Clients spread their budget across several instalments, while you receive the full amount immediately on your Stripe account, visible in PayLinker. Each payment generates an automatic PDF receipt, easy to find for both your customers and your accounting. Whether you run a watersports base, sports club, escape game or leisure park, you don’t need a card terminal: a smartphone is enough to create and send links. Payments are time‑stamped and attached to a date, activity or participant, helping you track income, adjust capacity and organise your teams around confirmed bookings. PayLinker follows your own rules: you choose the deposit amount and your policy for rescheduling or cancellations, while the platform handles payments, notifications and detailed history. In case of bad weather, date changes or cancellations, you have clear proof of past payments to support your commercial decisions.