How Payments & Payouts Work on SparkHour

SparkHour processes every booking through Stripe Connect, generates VAT/TRN-compliant invoices automatically, and protects both sides with dispute-pause-payout coverage — payment only completes once a booking is confirmed.

For guests

• Pay securely at booking — no back-and-forth with the host over payment
• Every booking generates a VAT-compliant invoice automatically (TRN 105467813900001), useful if you are booking for a business or production
• Opening a dispute pauses the payout to the host until it is resolved

For hosts

• SparkHour takes a 5% commission per completed booking, and listing is free
• Hosts set up with Stripe auto-pay are paid instantly when the booking is captured
• Hosts paid by bank transfer to an IBAN receive funds within 3 days
• VAT invoicing is generated automatically for every booking, so you are not issuing your own tax invoices per guest
• If a guest opens a dispute, payout pauses until it is resolved — protecting you from a false claim, and protecting guests from a payout completing before a real issue is addressed

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