Book Cheap Flights and Hotels With Paypal
Posted on May 18, 2009
Filed Under Travelling Free
I’ve been researching the web for some time to find cheap flights and hotels that I could pay for with Paypal.
In other words, I’ve been looking for websites where I could book a cheap flight or book a hotel and complete my payment with Paypal.
There are some very useful sites that offer Paypal as the payment option and here’s what I’ve found so far:
Cheap Flights in the USA
If you’re travelling in the USA, these companies allow you to pay for your flight with Paypal:
- American Airlines (only for US, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands residents)
- Northwest Airlines
- JetBlue Airways
- US Airways
- Hotwire.com (I tried booking one hotel in Paris, France with Hotwire and was unable to select Paypal as my payment option. The Hotwire support answer: »The reason why it would not let you choose this payment option is it is not available for this hotel. The hotel may not accept Pay-pal for payment.« So it seems that Hotwire accepts Paypal only if the airline or the hotel does. Please share your experiences!)
Cheap Airline Tickets In Europe
The following websites allow bookings for flights (in Europe only) with Paypal:
1. Jet2.com
International Flights – Any Country
The best website I’ve found so far that allows Paypal payments for cheap flights to any destination is Jetabroad from Australia…
1. Jetabroad.com
2. Air Asia X (mostly Asia and Australia)
Hotel Bookings Payable with Paypal
The best one I’ve found so far is Hotelopia which allows you to book a hotel and pay with Paypal anywhere…
2. Excelloz.com
3. Hotwire.com (check my note above…)
4. Agoda.com
If you have come across any other websites that allow payments with Paypal for cheap tickets or hotels, please email me at tomaz (at) freedomideas.com and I’ll update the post. Thanks!
Why Payment With Paypal?
There are various ways to earn money online and get paid through Paypal. The most well-known is eBay.com, but if you’re into internet marketing, then consider these programs which I use, that pay to my Paypal:
1. Chitika.com – Chitika is my biggest earner and they pay on time. I could easily now live only on my Chitika earnings, if I could pay for other stuff with Paypal. Chitika also sends you a check if you wish.
2. Sitesell.com – The Sitesell Affiliate Program also pays to Paypal (or check).
3. Infolinks.com – They pay to Paypal or wire transfer to your bank.
4. Shoppingads.com – If, like me, you cannot use the eBay Affiliate Program, Shoppingads is a good alternative and pays to Paypal too.
So why is using Paypal so cool? Because you don’t pay tax for the money in your Paypal account, whatever you earn, you get to spend. 
I’ve just completed my planning for a trip to the Roland Garros Grand Slam tennis tournament and was able to pay for my plane ticket and 8 day stay in Paris all with Paypal. Great!
Now I only need the real money for the tennis tickets, food and souvenirs!
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I read that Paypal has been doing it’s utmost to add more and more travel sites that use Paypal as payment method.
So far, it’s a mixed bag: yes, they did evolve and forged new partnerships with a few new online travel services, but they still have a long way to go compared to major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, etc.) that are being accepted everywhere.
I wish them luck.
Many do prefer using the Paypal option over the CC one.
When you say you don’t have to pay tax, I assume you mean it’s treated as a business account and as long as you’re making business expenditures it’s above the line and therefore not taxable.
Whatever is leftover is taxable right? Or am I moving to Slovenia?
Mike,
No, the IRS has no idea about paypal and cannot look into it. Therefore this is not a business expenditure. It’s just money earned and spent without any “interference” by IRS.
And me watching tennis at Roland Garros cannot be justified as a business expenditure even if I paid with the money from my business account.
I don’t think USA IRS can see into paypal. That’s why it’s based in Luxembourg.
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Tomaz -
I just found your site the other day and I want you to know that you are my new mentor – even though I haven’t informed you of that yet! I want to be financially free by earning residual income from the internet just like you have done.
I talk to people about making money while they sleep and building something once and they act like I am crazy or from another planet!
There are lots of people just like you doing this out there and I want a big piece of the pie and I won’t give up until I get it!
Anyways – that is a fabulous tip that you gave about Paypal. Both the fact that they IRS can’t touch the account (hopefully that will last forever!) and the companies that pay through Paypal and the ones that you are making money from – so very cool!
Thank you, thank you my new mentor. I want to be just like you!
-Patti Royster
Welcome Patti, and all the best on your journey to freedom! Keep building!
Paying with paypal is a pretty original idea. Thanks and I’ll be sure to try that in the future.
Another way to save money when planning a trip is use the travel meta-search site 1000travelsites.com to find the best prices on flights and hotels. They search pretty much every travel provider on the web in a matter of seconds. The list prices from the sites you listed above plus like a million other places. You always see the lowest price possible on their site.
Just a suggestion – check it out.
Hey there
Just wanted to let you know that US Airways now accept Paypal as well. I found your site by chance and will take a closer look, your ideas seem very inspiring. Thanks!
Thanks, Lea! I’ve updated the list with US Airways too.
Thanks for this list! I was desperately looking for somewhere I could buy air tickets with PayPal and found Jetabroad thanks to you. So now I’ve got my tickets!
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Emirates says you can pay with paypal, but there is no ACTUAL paypal button or anyway to actually pay using paypal.
Air Asia only allows payment via PayPal for flights from Australia. 95% of their flights, you cannot pay via PayPal.